Page 2 | PSA - Close call - Can I remind you to always make sure your mic is off!

ImSweetEnoughDarlin · 2023-03-16T14:21:26+00:00

I'm listening to a meeting and have my camera off, There was a bit of build up to the first speaker, like they were going to make an interesting announcment, turns out they aren't but I thought my mic was off and nearly shouted out to my DH in the kitchen "They've got nothing interesting to talk about again, its the boring droney cunt" THEN REALISED MY MIC WAS STILL ON 😂 Thank god I bloody didn't 😬🤐

Rollinghill · 16/03/2023 20:19

@ThreeRingCircus that's the funniest thing I've read today 🤣

Northernsoullover · 16/03/2023 20:23

I've heard farting before..

Notatallanamechange · 16/03/2023 21:08

My partner went to do the food shop and I asked him to pick up a bottle of wine I like that was on offer. He came back in the house and said he was back and hollered ‘OH AND I’VE GOT YOUR WINE!’ right outside the office door. At 11am. Whilst I was presenting to new clients.

JanesSadLittleLife · 16/03/2023 21:28

My office is in the garden, and the other day I was on a call, mic and camera on. DH usually listens at the door to check before coming in, but for some reason on this occasion he flung the door open and loudly exclaimed FUCK ME IT'S BASTARD FREEZING OUT THERE before noticing I was on a live call, pissing himself laughing and slamming it closed again.

My colleagues paused for a moment so I just smiled inanely with no explanation required.

Polkapjs · 16/03/2023 21:37

Best I saw in addition to plenty of audio stuff like yawns, heavy breathing , was a guy in his vest with food spilled on it. Unsure if he knew he was on camera or just didn't care

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ImSweetEnoughDarlin · 16/03/2023 21:37

fdgdfgdfgdfg · 16/03/2023 17:02

You think that's bad?

About 15 years ago, my mate worked in IT for the NHS. One morning he was setting up new user accounts, whilst also talking on a non work related message board (no it wasn't Mumsnet).

Someone on the messageboard called him a "donkey faced cunt", which he promptly copied and pasted in order to report the offending language to the mods.

He then went back to his work, copying and pasting the job title while creating the users. Except he neglected to copy, so 15 new staff members started their first day with "Donkey faced cunt" as their job title in their email signatures.

To noones surprise, he was fired.

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Omg 😂😂😂

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ImSweetEnoughDarlin · 16/03/2023 21:41

ThreeRingCircus · 16/03/2023 20:15

My sister was once getting dressed and her DH was on a Zoom call....she realised her clothes were on the airer in the office where her DH was sat so in order to not be seen by anyone on the call she crawled into the office on her hands and knees behind where her DH was sat just wearing her bra and knickers.

Of course, she wasn't out of shot and everyone could see her. Someone on the call piped up "alright down there Mrs Baxter?"

She cried when she told me, poor thing as she was mortified and I had to try very, very hard not to howl with laughter.

I'd have pissed myself too 😂

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BettyBoopy · 16/03/2023 21:47

This is brilliant! Love this thread!

RicchT · 16/03/2023 21:49

Annoyingwurringnoise · 16/03/2023 15:21

My friend was in a teams meeting, thought she had her camera and mic off, but her mic was still on, and she went for a wee, and a poo.

😂😂😂

DogInATent · 16/03/2023 21:49

I have a colleague who is prone to Hot Mic events. They don't realise just how much range their Bluetooth earpiece has, so a few domestic discussions have been overheard during comfort breaks - including one where some very revealing opinions on others in the business were shared.

Happysalley · 16/03/2023 21:52

I've just come off of an online coding lesson. One of the participants couldn't get something to work in his code editor so was asked to share his screen. While doing so he needed to Google something and one of the first search suggestions that popped up was for PornHub 😬

DrMeredithGrey2023 · 16/03/2023 21:57

Not as funny as these - but there's someone that I sometimes have to call at work and I am 90% sure that she's taken all of my phone calls from the bath!

There's a real bathroom echo going on, and I swear I hear water splashing!

NonsenseBinary · 16/03/2023 22:12

ThreeRingCircus · 16/03/2023 20:15

My sister was once getting dressed and her DH was on a Zoom call....she realised her clothes were on the airer in the office where her DH was sat so in order to not be seen by anyone on the call she crawled into the office on her hands and knees behind where her DH was sat just wearing her bra and knickers.

Of course, she wasn't out of shot and everyone could see her. Someone on the call piped up "alright down there Mrs Baxter?"

She cried when she told me, poor thing as she was mortified and I had to try very, very hard not to howl with laughter.

Thats bloody hilarious! I think I wouldn't ve able to stop laughing if I was either your sister or her dh.

Ginflinger · 16/03/2023 22:24

Nimbostratus100 · 16/03/2023 15:34

I've forgotton my mic was on when telling my cat how much I love her...

Literally did this today!

Tellyaddict123 · 16/03/2023 22:36

RichardMarxisinnocent · 16/03/2023 16:47

Presumably she went to the bathroom to do that so nobody would have seen or heard it? They just would have seen her leave her desk and then return some time later?

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@RichardMarxisinnocent I carry my laptop with headset on to the bathroom…..just realised this isn’t normal from your comment 🤣🤣

IfuWannaBmyLover · 16/03/2023 22:43

Annoyingwurringnoise · 16/03/2023 15:21

My friend was in a teams meeting, thought she had her camera and mic off, but her mic was still on, and she went for a wee, and a poo.

I would die omg

Hedonism · 16/03/2023 22:43

During the first lockdown when the schools were shut, I paused in a team meeting to lean over and help one of my DC with some of their school work. I turned the mic off, but not my camera. I was wearing a loose v-neck vest top, so when I leaned over my screen, the laptop camera was pointing straight down my top. Thank goodness I was wearing a bra 😳

QueenOfWeeds · 16/03/2023 22:45

I joined a training session online whilst dashing through the office to get back to my desk. Flung open the door to my shared room and announced to my colleague “I’m heeeeeeerre!” in a showtime sort of way (I have never done this before, or since, and I have no idea what came over me). Of course, at that moment the zoom call admitted me with its chirpy little ding dong sound…so it sounded like I was announcing my arrival to the webinar of strangers.

IfuWannaBmyLover · 16/03/2023 22:46

fdgdfgdfgdfg · 16/03/2023 17:02

You think that's bad?

About 15 years ago, my mate worked in IT for the NHS. One morning he was setting up new user accounts, whilst also talking on a non work related message board (no it wasn't Mumsnet).

Someone on the messageboard called him a "donkey faced cunt", which he promptly copied and pasted in order to report the offending language to the mods.

He then went back to his work, copying and pasting the job title while creating the users. Except he neglected to copy, so 15 new staff members started their first day with "Donkey faced cunt" as their job title in their email signatures.

To noones surprise, he was fired.

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

smooththecat · 16/03/2023 22:50

Does everyone remember lawyer cat?

EVHead · 16/03/2023 22:52

“Alright down there, Mrs Baxter?”

😂😂😂

CoffeeBeansGalore · 16/03/2023 23:02

Luckily just an informal teams catch up.
Sat in my armchair with laptop on the arm. My big hairy alaskan malamute decided to climb onto my lap. My collagues just saw me disappear & a large black nose investigate the laptop camera. I heard silence followed by laughter as I tried to push him off. It certainly livened up the chat!

Bunce1 · 16/03/2023 23:02

My boss was in a meeting in the first lockdown. It was a team catch up fairly casual and she was in her garden. She lifted the laptop down and we all got a slow mo view of her camel toe in her short shorts as she lifted it up and down. None of us could stop laughing.

I was late to a teams meeting, thought I was golden as I was listening while blow drying my hair. Muted. Camera on. Big boss was unimpressed.

dh was on a work call, which I missed and Dd and I were having loads of fun with her new blue tooth microphone singing at the top pf our voices in the room
next to him. DHs boss gave us a round of applause. Mortified.

Waterfallgirl · 16/03/2023 23:03

I have seen and heard a few interesting sights/ things when delivering training online over the past three years.
Partners in the background wearing hardly anything are relatively common 😂, I stopped for a lunch break on one course recently and a delegate promptly removed her smart jacket and popped on her dressing gown and lounged on her sofa eating her lunch.
I’ve seen many airers of washing ( but no sign of Mrs Baxter! ).
A woman who was supposedly on work training course but was blatantly baby-sitting her grandchildren, popping off every few minutes, you could hear them chatting to her all day, I asked her several times if she’d like to rebook but no!

Singlemummy01 · 16/03/2023 23:06

mindutopia · 16/03/2023 16:35

Well, I was in a training yesterday and was bored so trying to (not so) subtly adjust the filters on my zoom because the lighting was weird in my office. My hand slipped and I ended up adding a ridiculous looking hat to myself! I didn’t even realise the changes were live for everyone not just me as I couldn’t see the grid screen with the video editing screen open.

Then on the very top left of the screen I saw the presenter laugh and miss a beat…and then I realised everyone could see I had acquired a bloody top hat! 😂 I hid with my video and audio off for the rest of the session.

This made me chuckle haha love this thread.