...to think that the same people are at every training event?

[moahcoocumbahs]

I'm just back from a weekend's residential training related to my profession. It strikes me that the same tropes were there as every other training I've ever done.

• The endearingly scatty middle aged lady who's away from her kids for the first time in ages and gets tipsy and giggly on an overpriced cocktail at the bar every evening.

• The young man who offers unsolicited advice to the group because he thinks we're all impressed by his massive success at such an early age.

• The guy who constantly says 'can I just add...' to something the trainer has said. (No, Dave, you bloody can't. I didn't pay 2 grand to hear yet another story about a mildly amusing client you had fifteen years ago.)

• the 'expert' in whatever training topic it is who delights in asking really niche questions and using obscure acronyms which the trainer is then obliged to ask them to explain with the group.

• somebody who doesn't understand the meaning of the phrase 'learning curve' and uses it to mean 'learning'.

Phewf, I'm so glad to have that off my chest.

Who have I missed?

[PlayOnWurtz]

The one who falls asleep
The group of non contributors
The one who goes for a break and doesn't come back
The one who has a full on mental breakdown

[Asmoto]

The one who is the only person familiar with the venue, and keeps making knowing comments about the coffee machine/canteen/loos.

[Gingernaut]

CaulkheadUpNorf.

I try to be as inconspicuous as possible.

Troublemakers get noticed and remarked upon and the line managers who sent me would not have been happy.

Head down. No fuss. No input. Try to keep one eye and ear open in case I'm asked something. Hope the groups we're split into aren't too small so I can disappear and do nothing without being noticed.

I might even get a nap in.

[CaptainHammer]

Yes the one who wants a proper lunch rather than early finish or tells 5000 irrelevant stories vaguely based on what we're learning so we go over time are THE WORST PEOPLE.

Plus the one who is late every single day and can't slip in quietly but makes loads of noise just taking off a jacket and makes the trainer stop for 10 minutes while we all wait for her.

I've just come off a week long training course so this is very fresh!

I'm also someone who does the writing so I don't have to do the reading

[user1487941567]

I'm the one who mutters quips to heraked under her breath while the trainer is talking. I have to find something to keep me entertained

[user1487941567]

Herself*