During the coffee break at my one, war stories were being shared, most people were arguing that they had been caught unfairly, in fact all of them were if I recall correctly.
As they turned to me to hear my speeding story I said “Like the rest of you I was driving like a …… ” and went back to wait for the thing to start. Oddly enough, nobody spoke to me again after that, no lasting friendships were made.
I will admit the actual thing was shit, but that was more the presenters than anything else. I have friends and family who have attended ones which they felt were very good, because of the quality of the presenters.