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Boardroom Meeting Suggestion meme template

Boardroom Meeting Suggestion is a meme format on WhatiMeme. Used to show a meeting or group discussion where reasonable or expected suggestions are offered first, followed by one disastrous, tone-deaf, or wildly unpopular idea that gets its speaker immediately rejected (literally thrown out the window).

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A multi-panel comic. Top panel: a conference table scene with a man in a brown jacket leaning forward and gesturing, a large empty speech bubble above him; a silhouetted figure on the left; a man in a teal jacket and a woman with glasses seated on the right. Middle panel: three people at the table, each with an empty speech bubble—the teal-jacket man pointing upward, the woman looking forward, and a dark-haired man resting his cheek on his hand with a larger bubble. Bottom-left: two stacked close-ups—an angry wide-eyed face on a red background, then a worried face with hands near the cheeks. Bottom-right: exterior of a multi-story white building with a person being thrown out a window against a landscape background.

How to write this meme

Make the first two replies clearly reasonable so the third feels like a sudden drop. Keep the bad idea short, specific, and obviously worse than the others—the humor comes from how fast everyone agrees it deserves the window.

Caption zones

  • Presenter bubble — Sets up the problem, goal, or question the meeting is about
  • First reply — A sensible, expected, or approved suggestion
  • Second reply — Another sensible or approved suggestion that builds on the first
  • Bad idea — The terrible, clueless, or self-sabotaging suggestion that causes the throw

Example captions

  • Presenter bubble: How do we get more people to use our app?
  • First reply: Better onboarding
  • Second reply: Fix the bugs
  • Bad idea: Add more pop-up ads

The first two answers are standard product advice; the third is the exact opposite of what users want, making the ejection feel earned.

  • Presenter bubble: We need to cut the grocery budget
  • First reply: Meal prep
  • Second reply: Store brands
  • Bad idea: Just stop eating lunch

Practical thrift tips are undercut by an extreme, unsustainable “solution” that everyone immediately rejects.

  • Presenter bubble: Ideas to make the group project better
  • First reply: Split the work evenly
  • Second reply: Start earlier
  • Bad idea: I’ll do the title slide and you do the rest

Captures the classic freeloader move that tanks group work and earns instant exile.

  • Presenter bubble: How do we fix our sleep schedules?
  • First reply: No phones in bed
  • Second reply: Consistent bedtime
  • Bad idea: One more episode won’t hurt

The bad idea is the exact rationalization everyone makes, turning self-awareness into the punchline.

  • Presenter bubble: Ways to look productive at work
  • First reply: Update the tracker
  • Second reply: Send a status email
  • Bad idea: Walk around holding a laptop

Contrasts real work signals with pure performative busywork that bosses and coworkers both hate.

Common mistakes

  • Making all three replies equally bad so there’s no escalation
  • Writing a long essay in the presenter bubble
  • Forgetting the bad idea must clearly cause the rejection
  • Using inside jokes that only one niche understands
  • Putting the punchline in the wrong bubble

Also known as

boardroom suggestion · meeting thrown out window · corporate meeting meme · boss throws man out

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