Dr. Strangemeeting (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy the Donuts)
http://www.geoff-hart.com/resources/2001/meetings.htm

Hart, Geoffrey J.S.
Geoff-Hart.com
2001

Abstract:

Experts claim you'll spend 1500 hours in meetings during a typical 30-year career--that is, if you can duck some meetings by looking busy and if you can retire early. If you duck slowly or plan a long career, you could easily spend more time in meetings than you spend working. Fortunately, a little planning and some quick thinking should let you turn meetings into a blessing--or at least a tolerable evil.