From haunted houses and scary corn mazes to slasher flicks and coworkers' “Halloween costumes”, this time of year can bring around some pretty creepy and even horrifying things. But sometimes you even the most mundane things can be scary. Case and point: meetings. Even the most ordinary meeting can be scary, especially if you dare to make any of these five horrifying errors. You may just find yourself haunted at night by the ghosts of your meeting mistakes.

1. 5 Horrifying Meeting
Mistakes That Keep
You up at Night

2. Meetings can be nerve-wracking to begin
with. But when you make any of these five
horrifying errors, you may find yourself
haunted at night by the ghosts of your
meeting mistakes.

3. Being Late
Just when you thought you
were safe to make it to your
meeting on time, horror
strikes: you get a message
from a coworker asking
where you are. Your meeting
isn't in an hour, it's NOW!
You can't run and hide, you
must face the room full of
coworkers, and most
horrifying--your annoyed
boss.

4. Leaving Your
Cellphone On
You're in a meeting when all of a
sudden your phone starts to ring.
There's no telling who's on the
other end. Is it a mass murderer or
is it your mom telling you that you
forgot your lunch? Both are
terrifying but it doesn't matter
because now you've interrupted
the meeting with your Justin
Bieber ringtone and everyone is
shooting daggers from their eyes
in your direction.

5. Being
Unprepared
Beads of sweat rolling
down your brow, gut-
wrenching fear and
shaky hands. No,
you're not starring in a
slasher flick, but the
anxiety of being
unprepared for your
meeting can sure
make it feel that way.

6. Forgetting to
Hit Mute
You're working from home and
on a conference call, and the
door bell rings. You get up
cautiously and to your relief it's
just the delivery man. You
exchange a few words, and
then realize, you're not on
mute--you've interrupted the
entire call! The silence on the
line is deafening as you try to
apologize.

7. Getting shut-eye
Meetings can drag on and
on, and if you're a little
short on sleep you may fall
prey to the midday slump
and accidentally catch
some Zs during your
meeting. Catching some
shut eye now will definitely
keep you up at night
thinking about the glare
your boss gave you when
you snored just a little too
loud.

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etiquette to keep your meeting
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