A: 你今天下午不是说要开会吗？怎么这么早就回来了？Nǐ jīntiān xiàwǔ bú shì shuō yào kāihuì ma? Zěnme zhème zǎo jiù huílái le?
Didn't you say there was a meeting this afternoon? How come you're back so early?
B: 别提了，原定两个小时的会议，开了十分钟就结束了。我进去一看，就三个人，其他人都在忙别的。Bié tí le, yuándìng liǎng ge xiǎoshí de huìyì, kāi le shí fēnzhōng jiù jiéshù le. Wǒ jìnqù yī kàn, jiù sān ge rén, qítā rén dōu zài máng bié de.
Don't even get me started. The meeting was originally scheduled for two hours, but it ended after ten minutes. I walked in and saw just three people; everyone else was busy with other things.
A: 又是那种「本可以发邮件」的会议？Yòu shì nà zhǒng 'běn kěyǐ fā yóujiàn' de huìyì?
Another one of those 'this could have been an email' meetings?