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

[ImSweetEnoughDarlin]

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 😬🤐

I have done this. In 2019. It still occasionally gets mentioned

Well, I can think of one or two people who OUGHT to have it as their job title...

I read this aloud to my mum... both tears with laughing

At the start of the first lockdown we only had the calls feature on Skype. About 2 months in they rolled out teams with video.

I was on a call one day and poor DH forgot we now had video and walked behind me wearing only a towel having just got out the shower 😂

Luckily it was just my own team and they all saw the funny side.

I was also once on a teams call on my phone but just a watch and listen type thing. I somehow managed to get something in my eye so went in the bathroom to use the mirror and took the phone with me.

I'd accidentally pressed the camera on button, queue a a load of messages from my colleagues panicking that they were all about to see me use the toilet 😆😆

I have had to read this thread in two parts as I have been unable to breathe, red faced, and with tears running down my face, especially when reading some of them to DP.

Early in lockdown the kids (catholic) primary school wanted to hold an online mass as they couldn’t go to the chapel. The school had been great during lockdown, only a couple of live lessons a week and understanding that not everyone would be able to attend them but for the mass they really pushed everyone to log on.

Of course, we forgot until ten minutes after it started. I was frantically trying to get the kids online, they were more interested in eating breakfast and I was busy telling them to ‘bloody well sit down and pretend to be interested’. A few seconds later the priest reminded everyone to mute their mics and I was getting messages from the parents who knew it was me in absolute hysterics.

That is so funny

@Clarabellawilliamson bless you for cleansing the thread

My colleague decided to do his video call from his very sunny balcony. 5 minutes in he realised it was too hot and tried to get back in but he'd locked himself out. Cue him banging frantically on the doors trying go get back in. 😆

@Clarabellawilliamson That's so sweet!

You’ve just reminded me of a class I taught over Zoom a couple of years ago. It was induction week for my Masters students (i.e. grown adults!) and I saw this group every day that week for two hours.

It was the Friday session and one student touched his face while he was speaking, which removed his beard filter. The whole class lost their shit because nobody (including me, to be fair) had realised he didn’t actually have a beard. I lost them for five minutes while they all tried out the filters 😂

Just the other morning I chased my laundry stealing spaniel into DH's study, shrieking loudly 'will you please get my knickers off that dog!', realising just too late that he was on a zoom call <cringe>

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