Try Robert Mueller’s Party Hack at Your Next Meeting
We were all there: you threw an amazing party – maybe for a housewarming, maybe for a holiday – but now it’s 1, 2 am, and your guests are just. Will not be. Leave. It’s not your fault that you’re so good at throwing parties, but you also want to clean up and go to bed sometime soon. What to do?
Do not worry – the Special Adviser Robert Mueller is a small trick for parties, you can use the next time, as we learned in Time magazine profile of the release of ” Man of the Year ” for 2018 year in which a former director of the FBI took second place. You see, he is not just a person overseeing the investigation into whether the President of the United States knew about Russian interference in our 2016 elections, he is also a person . A person who likes to relax from time to time, but seems to have little time for arbitrary social jokes.
Relentless but discreet. Impatient but thorough. Difficult, but respected. Rather than waiting for people to finally get out of his house, or making passive-aggressive comments to those who linger after everyone’s gone — the worst part of organizing the party — Mueller turns the lights on and off to signal that it’s time to go. There is no way to guess, there is no way to misinterpret. Everything is simple and elegant.
“One quick tip for Queer Eye is to signal coffee that it’s time to finish,” says Editor-in-Chief Virginia Smith. “It’s tougher, which I like.”
Tough and to the point!
Because, as video editor Joel Kahn’s example shows, it removes the ambiguity of the situation. “I hosted a dinner party this weekend [ Alicia’s note : Strange, I wasn’t invited … ]. When I wanted everyone to leave, I started to clean up and put on my pajamas, and NOBODY Escaped. All stayed. They said, “You look comfortable,” and they didn’t leave. “
Now, if Joel invited me, I’m pretty sure I would catch what he was doing and go out first, thus ensuring that the other guests follow my example and leave Joel to enjoy the rest of the evening. You can ask any of my friends – I love leaving the party early! But he didn’t. And it suits me! Really. Things are good. But next time he should either 1) invite me (only if he wants to! No pressure!), Or 2) turn the lights on and off, like old Mueller.
Anyway, technical editor David Murphy says he tried the pajamas trick and claims it worked. Therefore, I believe it is possible.
Health Editor Beth Scarecki’s party is the most brutal and effective of them all, as usual. “You can just turn off any circuit breakers that power the music and lights,” she says. “They can sit in the dark with you in their pajamas, or they can go home.” Good point, Beth – I’ll go home!
But if you don’t know which circuit breaker you need to turn off, Mueller’s #PartyHack is a worthy replacement. Because why not be a little “difficult” when you can be “respected” too?