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Tell me your "mute" fails, and make me feel better

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Nidan2Sandan · 04/11/2021 14:05

On a training course, interesting course but I'm tired and grotty today.

Just said something (nothing rude, just better not said out loud) thinking I was on mute........I wasnt.

Trainer laughed and said he heard that, and I did some quick talking to cover up my faux pas! But I feel sick with shame and embarrassment, and guilt. The trainer is lovely.

Make me feel better and tell me yours!

OP posts:
hibye123 · 04/11/2021 20:01

@Lorddenning1

Mine was a teams message, so my boss was asking me to confirm something with her that was really obvious, I couldn't hide my face when I repeated myself 3 times until it sunk in with her, then I open my teams ti message my colleague to say, she is thick her, but to my horror I sent it to my boss and she replied who is Confused I had to blag myself out of it badly, told her I was on about someone else, she was ready to go to HR. Sometimes I remember this late at night and can't go to sleep.
I'm genuinely in tears😂😂😂😂 the last sentence has killed me
reallyworriedjobhunter · 04/11/2021 20:07

We had an important zoom call with a client, during which a colleague of mine stood up to reveal that he was wearing a shirt and tie on his top half and nothing but tighty whiteys on his bottom half. We all shrieked and he sat down again and apologised. He is quite elderly, a well known US media type and a large presence both physically and personality wise. Always hopeless with technology. I have left the company now but could never speak to him without thinking of his little y fronts and wondering if he had any trousers on that day.

NotMiranda · 04/11/2021 20:21

Years ago, running an IT project, I was on the phone with a colleague who was doing the tech side of the project, and a Microsoft developer who was based in Fargo. If you've seen the film of that name, you'll know that someone meets a nasty end courtesy of some garden equipment.

The Microsoft chap was being very obstructive and not answering our questions. At one point he was sharing his screen with us and so I messaged techy colleague, saying "BRING ME A FUCKING WOODCHIPPER". Unfortunately, at that exact moment, he stopped sharing his screen, so it defaulted back to mine where he could clearly see the message.

He was slightly more cooperative after that, though, so clouds, silver linings....

Lorddenning1 · 04/11/2021 20:22

@hibye123 this is the first thread I have admitted this on as I have now left the company and don't mind her knowing that it was aimed at her Grin

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 04/11/2021 20:27

My muttered "Is there an echo in here?" when my point was repeated by someone else about a minute after I'd said it would have been less embarrassing if I'd re-muted myself.

GertrudeBElion · 04/11/2021 20:28

My colleague, on being asked her thoughts on a new initiative which would require some real changes to ways of working and reporting, replied

"Bangers and Mash"

Almost as if she was considering what to have for tea Grin

Also, not me but DH this week, on given an idea a team member rolled her eyes and did a 'gun to temple' hand sign. She'd forgotten she was on camera, and went pure scarlet.

D4NS · 04/11/2021 20:30

@MouseTheDog

Said to my husband “I’m still in this fucking meeting” line manager on Zoom says “er right I think we’ll wrap it up there.” Colleague called me after in stitches Blush
That just made me LOL.
D4NS · 04/11/2021 20:31

@drumandhake

Not me but manager joined a meeting with 'this better not take to long, I reeaaalllyy need a crap' no one said anything and let her think we hadn't heard, which was quite kind.
And that just made me LOL a lot 🤣🤣
D4NS · 04/11/2021 20:32

@Ohhhhmothermayi

On maternity and invited to dial in to a very important call with the exec team and other senior leaders. Ten minutes late dialling in and I announce my arrival my declaring that “I’d forgotten about this fucking work meeting” Blush
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
OverByYer · 04/11/2021 20:35

My mate and I share an office and both dialled into the same meeting. I yelled across the office ‘who’s that nob sat there stuffing his face? And look at the awful wallpaper !’
I was on mute but she wasn’t Blush

BernieBaby · 04/11/2021 20:37

I was recently on an all day zoom training course with a group of 50 people.

We'd do an instructor led module then the trainer would send us all off for 30 minutes to do an individual assignment - during which we'd mute and turn our cameras off but stay in the zoom.

On the second assignment, I clicked my camera off then minimised the zoom window whilst I cracked on with the assignment. Sat there vaping away like a steam train whilst typing for 30 minutes.

Returned to the zoom and realised to my horror my camera was still on...and half the group had returned before me so there were 25 people sat watching me vape away and probably pick my nose etc completely unaware. They all looked amused but one was absolutely rolling with laughter which must have been at me Blush

babouchette · 04/11/2021 20:37

@Nc123

Did a huge fart and my camera lit up and betrayed me
This has made me hysterical. Grin
itbemay1 · 04/11/2021 20:37

On a CPD meeting and it was a 10 min break, the trainer obviously thought she was on mute but was chatting on her phone and said I'm doing a session on xxx and OMG some of the stupid bloody questions. The organiser quickly muted her! Poor woman went bright red when she realised!

Sadik · 04/11/2021 20:37

@RaisedByPangolins

I’m cringing so hard on everyone’s behalf here!!

Video fail for me today. I don’t really use zoom or teams etc so not sure on the etiquette. DP had to work from my house today at the kitchen table. I popped in to get something and as I left - assuming he wasn’t on video as he usually isn’t, and the screen wasn’t other people’s faces - I leaned in and kissed the back of his neck. Thought nothing of it until he came into my office in stitches as he had been on video, with his boss Grin. Oops! Following meeting I heard him say “I haven’t put video on as my hair is a mess”. Grin

Similar here - popped into where DP was working to say goodbye on my way out. He was peering at a spreadsheet on his computer, I mussed his hair and gave him a kiss on the cheek / made some comment about his general cuteness. Shame he was on zoom and had just flipped over to find a figure for his colleague Grin Fortunately a co-worker rather than a full on meeting at least!
TheSpottedZebra · 04/11/2021 20:37

@Nc123

Did a huge fart and my camera lit up and betrayed me
D4NS · 04/11/2021 20:42

I was on a sales call as a potential client with about 35 other prospective clients. We were listening to a firm pitch tracking devices for engineers who came to fix our broken kit. … an early version of the type of technology that allows you to see where your DPD driver is.

That technology hadn’t been invented yet so I had no concept of how useful it can be… and it has been said about me that sometimes I lack imagination when it comes to the merits of technology advancements. I thought ‘there’s an app for that’ was bollocks when iPhones come out (spoiler… I now own 3 iOS devices). I couldn’t see the point in smart home (spoiler, my home is now FULL of it).

Anyway… so when hearing about this sales item on this call, I shouted across the desk to a colleague (who was also on the call) something along the lines of

‘What’s the fucking point in this, this is completely fucking sinister, do these drivers get no privacy?

Of course, I wasn’t on mute.

Extra special was when, 2 months later, the vendor actually came to the office for a follow up with my colleague who had a bit more foresight.!

TheVolturi · 04/11/2021 20:43

Was on the phone to dh having a little tiff (he's always right) and I muted and sort of sang the word Motherfucker. Didn't mute though did I!

TwoStepsOnWater · 04/11/2021 20:46

I was on a training course and we took a break for lunch. The woman running the course then proceeded to have a full on conversation with her dog, giving it a breakdown of how she thought the morning session had gone and how she had felt so nervous beforehand but she was so relived. It was quite sweet but she realised she was still on and was really embarrassed.

AutumnTreesBloom · 04/11/2021 20:46

@Nc123

Did a huge fart and my camera lit up and betrayed me
This one killed me! 🤣🤣🤣
Eggybreadlush · 04/11/2021 20:56

Was in a large operational Teams meeting. Had been back to back meetings all day and it was late and I was hungry. Decided to turn camera off to eat my lunch. Forgot to mute. Did a massive loud burp. The one that surprises you but your impressed with the loudness. Meeting went quiet. Forgot was not on mute. Top managers heard me burp and congratulate myself on the impressive noise Confused

Lemonpop3 · 04/11/2021 21:03

@TwoStepsOnWater

I was on a training course and we took a break for lunch. The woman running the course then proceeded to have a full on conversation with her dog, giving it a breakdown of how she thought the morning session had gone and how she had felt so nervous beforehand but she was so relived. It was quite sweet but she realised she was still on and was really embarrassed.
This made me proper laugh out loud but it’s also very sweet Grin
Beeth0ven · 04/11/2021 21:06

Early on in lockdown, setting up a new project, I was on Teams with a v junior colleague, a very senior colleague snd an HR colleague (for resourcing purposes). I took the call in my bedroom and half way through introducing myself and the project noticed a GIANT black rubber dildo standing to attention behind me on my bedside table. In full view. I’ll never know if they saw it or not. But tbh was pretty hard to miss 😳😳😳😭😭😭😂

MrsGeralt · 04/11/2021 21:12

Love these 😆 my very prim and proper colleague did a huge fart today on zoom. He never mutes himself so that he's always ready to give his (unasked for) opinion. He bloody muted himself after that Grin

Namechanger20183110 · 04/11/2021 21:12

@PolkadotsAndMoonbeams

My muttered "Is there an echo in here?" when my point was repeated by someone else about a minute after I'd said it would have been less embarrassing if I'd re-muted myself.

🤣🤣🤣

butterflyfox · 04/11/2021 21:12

Years ago but still haunts me. Was with a colleague and from my desk speakerphone I left a voicemail on a clients phone . Hello this is butterfly fox. Here is the update to the question. Call me when you can. Goodbye. Turned to my colleague and shared salacious story about said client talked for ages about him. After about five minutes the speakerphone announced. End of voicemail. The tape is now full. I had not closed the call. Oh god still makes me feel awful awful awful.