Traditionally, the hunter-males would sit and listen to the teller of sagas at the fire and the womenfolk would chatter and chatter. Now the androgynic neo-hunter goes to meetings and babbles to feel the comfort of connection. Wally is Everyman.
@ khpage : I actually fell asleep during a meeting. Been a while since I've been doing code for companies though. Living in a dilbert environment didn't do me well.
The worst part of listening is falling asleep while others are talking their heads off and the consequent embarassment of waking up with everyone else looking at you. If you snore, it's REALLY bad.....