He Picked the Restaurant, Then Gave Us Two Days. Both His.
One guy picked the restaurant, then gave us two options, both his days, both his times.
We said yes to one, because what else do you say. Nobody asked what worked for the other two people at the table, or if we even liked the restaurant.
That's not scheduling. That's picking a winner and asking everyone else to lose politely.
Ever been stuck picking from someone else's two doors?"
The two options framing is the part that gives it away, it looks like a choice but only one person's calendar was ever actually consulted. I have watched this happen in client scheduling constantly, the person who sends the invite controls the options, and everyone downstream mistakes that for consensus. Curious what your fix looks like, does it survey everyone first or does it just make the asymmetry visible before anyone commits.