The Meeting Commitment Graveyard 🪦

"Tareekh pe tareekh, tareekh pe tareekh, tareekh pe tareekh milti rahi hai..." ⚖️

Sunny Deol was talking about a courtroom. I'm talking about your Monday standup, where the thing you promised three weeks ago in meeting is still "in progress."

Doing product research on why meeting commitments quietly die. 2 minutes, anonymous. No sales, no signup.

1. Q1. In the case of "Ye Kaam Kab Hoga?", you are:

The accused — I make the commitments (individual contributor)s

The lawyer — I chase people about theirs (manager / team lead)

The judge — I approve things, eventually (senior leadership)

All three, simultaneously, every day (founder / business owner)

Outside counsel, billing hourly (freelancer / consultant)

The intern taking notes at the back (student / intern)

Other:

Q2. Forget the job title. In an average meeting, which are you actually?

The one making promises and doing the work

The one waiting on other people's promises

Honestly both, constantly, all day

The one who stays on mute and hopes nobody says their name

Q3. Does your team keep an official court stenographer? (AI notetaker)

Yes — Fireflies

Yes — Otter, Read AI, Granola, or similar

Yes — whatever Zoom / Teams / Meet gives us

No, we rely on human memory, which is a choice

I genuinely don't know

Q4. State for the record: what did you commit to?

Q5. And the verdict?

Done, on time. I am a functioning adult

Done, but late

Still open, and I'm aware of it

Still open, and I had genuinely forgotten until this survey

I decided not to do it, and I told someone

I decided not to do it, and I told nobody 🤫

Q6. After the meeting adjourned, where did that commitment actually live? Select all that apply

Q7. If it slipped — and no judgement here — what was the real reason?

Remembered, but more urgent things kept winning

Wasn't actually sure it was mine to do

I was waiting on someone else

Forgot completely

Q8. Now you're the one waiting. Something someone else promised you recently — what happened?

They did it. No chasing required

They did it, but I had to chase

Never happened. Tareekh pe tareekh. Still bothering me ⚖️

Q9. A tool overhears you say "I'll look into that" and turns it into an assigned task. Your plea?

Not guilty, and thank you — one less thing to remember

Fine, as long as I can throw it out

Objection — I say a lot of things I don't mean as commitments

Depends entirely on who else can see the file

Q10. When something you promised stops being worth doing, what do you actually do?

Announce clearly that I'm dropping it

Mention it only if someone brings it up

Let it quietly disappear

Keep it on my list forever as a monument to my own optimism

Re-commit to it in the next meeting and restart the whole cycle ⚖️