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As of tomorrow, both chambers will have remote legislating rules. So you gotta figure something like this is bound to happen eventually 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/Rc1lAZ9OoY
— Rich Miller (@capitolfax) February 9, 2021
* The Question: Have you had any embarrassing Zoom moments? Explain.
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 11:43 am
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I was recently in a meeting while watching my toddler, and after un-muting myself to speak, I forgot to re-mute myself right away. I then proceeded to talk with my toddler about the Play-Doh we were playing with, and started hearing laughter.
Oops!
Comment by Techie Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 11:48 am
I am technologically challenged and on my first zoom meeting I had video but no audio. I was talking away and no one was answering me. I had to get one of my kids to help me turn on the audio.
Comment by Not the Dude Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 11:48 am
It’s not a Zoom meeting unless there’s a crying baby or barking dog in the background.
Comment by Gruntled University Employee Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 11:49 am
I was doing a medical deposition last month and for 20 minutes my display name was my fraternity nickname that I used from last time my friends and I did a zoom happy hour for an Illini game.
Nobody said anything and I changed it. Never know whether the opposing counsel or doctor noticed or not
Comment by all luck Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 11:50 am
Aside to spouse during a dept. meeting when the mic was hot. “That’s going to be a s**tshow.” (It was true, and most people probably agreed, but…)
Comment by Pot calling kettle Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 11:52 am
I was one of about 50 people on a zoom for an organization. We were asked to mute microphones to reduce the ambient noise. During the session, we could hear a telephone ring. Then we saw and heard one of the women get into an argument with her offcamera spouse over who was going to answer the phone. It wasn’t pretty. Glad I wasn’t sitting out the pandemic with this couple.
Comment by Nearly Normal Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 11:52 am
I love pets and kids wandering thru Zoom meetings. It makes this whole thing a bit more bearable.
Comment by Pot calling kettle Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 11:53 am
Not overly embarrassing. I teach high school, and some of my students have logged onto class from Vegas. One from and RV.
Also, I did have a naked toddler crawl into class.
Comment by Guy Probably Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 12:02 pm
Don’t have a video problem, because the camera is broken. I tell people the background noise will be my chiming grandfather clocks and yowling cats.
Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 12:13 pm
To Pot Calling Kettle: That line is almost as good as the one from Airplane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NjTE2vpMA8
No Zoom or other video conferencing, since I’m not working, and don’t have any need of it. Remember to check your room for anything you might not want everybody to see, such as a female BBC reporter who had an interesting item on a book shelf…
Comment by thisjustinagain Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 12:19 pm
Forgetting to turn off my video when briefly having to step away from a meeting due to a suspicious noise outside my apartment (which turned out to be a truck speeding out the parking lot).
Comment by Essential State Employee Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 12:21 pm
Yes.
Comment by Jeffrey Toobin Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 12:25 pm
Just been Zoom-bombed in a public meeting with the bigwigs, and the struggles of switching (or failing to switch) from a headset to speakerphone and back.
Comment by thechampaignlife Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 12:36 pm
I wouldn’t call it embarassing, but I use log-in credentials for an organization to which I belong and need to rename because it shows as the person who set it up. One time, I forgot to do that and also forgot to log out, so when I was on a call with a different group, they were all wondering “who is that?”
And occasionally a cat jumps on my lap and his tail gets in front of the camera.
Comment by JoanP Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 1:09 pm
Jeffrey Toobin wins.
Comment by Montrose Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 1:25 pm
I’m usually the one *providing* the embarrassment when my son Zooms..
Comment by Dave Dahl Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 2:24 pm
Not me, but court participant was admitted into courtroom as she was placing her order in the drive-through. Also if you are charged with driving while suspended, don’t zoom from the drivers seat of a car
Comment by obiter dictum Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 2:27 pm
I was in the middle of crossing the opposing party in an arbitration when my 3 year old son picked the lock to the room I was using and came charging in. Fortunately all attendees, and most importantly, the panel, took it in stride and we didn’t get too far off the rails.
Comment by CCapilla Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 3:05 pm
“Have you had any embarrassing Zoom moments?”
I don’t use Zoom much, but every time MrsJM has a Zoom meeting, she lets me know by singing the refrain from Wreckx-N-Effect’s “Rump Shaker”
And that’s pretty embarrassing.
– MrJM
Comment by @misterjayem Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 4:03 pm
Spouse shouting from the other room during a 10AM meeting - “Are you drinking? Do I need to check you glass? ARE YOU DRINKING??” - I had been really sick, dehydrated, had been getting IV fluids. Switched that day to oral, and he was making sure I was drinking enough so I wouldn’t have to go back to ER for more fluids - however the group did not perceive it that way. One colleague very gently asked if I was having trouble coping and did I need any help or assistance. Was I experiencing a significant increase in substance use? - YIKES! In all fairness, I did look like death warmed over.
Comment by DownSouth Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 4:42 pm
I haven’t but my dog keeps making a fool of herself
Comment by SweetLou86 Wednesday, Feb 10, 21 @ 7:58 pm