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[Ein Heldenleben]

Obviously because in both situations people get hungrier as time passes. Hunger is an excellent way of ending over long meetings IMO.

Thing is some of these meetings (the all dayers) have food provided…usually carb heavy guaranteeing a sleepy afternoon.

[smittims]

When I used to run training courses we were careful not to show a film in the first session after lunch. On another occasion , during a post-lunch session teaching us relaxation techniques, one of our managers fell alseep.