Spent 4 hours formatting a single internal memo because nobody agreed on font size

I kept going back and forth with three different VPs about whether 11pt or 12pt Calibri was 'more professional' for a policy update. Has anyone else had a simple task balloon into a half-day debate over something trivial?

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the_ben16h ago

Four hour debate over font size? Sounds like you guys actually got work done. I mean, if nobody can agree on 11pt vs 12pt Calibri, maybe the real problem is you're all too invested in your own opinions to just pick one and move on. Probably saved you from some bigger argument down the line by hashing out the font thing first. Maybe it's just me but I'd rather spend four hours fighting about fonts than four hours fighting about something that actually affects the company's bottom line.

grant_cooper15h ago

Is it just me or does @the_ben secretly enjoy these pointless debates as a way to procrastinate? I swear font size arguments are the office equivalent of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic except everyone's shouting about kerning instead of icebergs. Last time we had this fight at my old job someone actually brought out a ruler to measure line spacing on a printed document. We ended up compromising on 11.5pt which is scientifically proven to be the most annoying size to adjust in Word.