Or how people just put themselves (and everyone else) on mute, so they can do some work during meetings instead of having to listen to whatever inane topic the mandatory meeting is about.
Recently had a zoom meeting where the clients insisted we all keep our masks on...
And the second half of every call is scheduling the next call.
Every meeting:
*please mute your line if you’re not talking.
*What do you think bob? Bob? You’re on mute.
*the reason is *silence* That’s the key!
*where is Neil? Wait let me ping him. *5 mins later* here he is.
*ring* hello? No I’m in a meeting. No it’s not important.
Hearing about friends collecting unemployment, offering them a chance at a job but then watching them backtrack saying that they make more money unemployed then they would working.
The home office still smells like tuna at lunch because I am the guy who microwaves tuna for lunch
Terrified boomers. They think this is smallpox, the black death and captain trips all rolled up into one virus that is in every molecule of air and on every single surface. Yet these same people truly believe that wearing a piece of cloth on their face will save them.
4 different meeting applications, each one needs calibration to the headphones, mic and camera. Making sure the dog in the background is being nice or that I've selected a "non-triggering" background. Then there's the double mute and the loud background noises.
Teacher- our district keeps sending us emails about quarantining after traveling. Teachers won’t teach in person but are traveling so much that district needs to keep warning us to quarantine after traveling
Unproductive zoom meetings... Everyone blacks out their screens, including the CEO. Most are probably posting on Twitter (right now), playing with their phones, or checking stocks (also me).
I asked a guy in the Paint Department at Home Depot a question and he pulled off his mask & said "I can't hear you". I guess his bare mouth is somehow connected to his ear & his hearing.
“Honey can you watch the kids for 45 while I go to grocery store?” “I’m working” “You’re jusr sitting there. ” “i’m waiting on a phone call” “Just 45 minutes. Can’t you do that for your children?” 20 into call - chaos in other room.
“ hey boss, ( from a hippy tech savvy millennial) let’s check out this new different platform for meetings with ‘xyz’ technology” knowing this will aggravate boomers.
The number if IMs I get that say "Can i ask you a quick question?" Or "Are you available to IM?" - Why aren't you just asking your question! It would be fewer interruptions
The sure knowledge that in the distant future, the year 3000, there will be a religious cult devoted to wearing masks and hating those who don’t; the reason long forgotten, the social superiority still present.
Wife clanging dishes while the kids are yelling and TV going. Times a dozen because nobody mutes.
My favorite background noise are the horns on the jitney cabs and goats braying.
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