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This sums up the past 12 or so months for me

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  • in reply to kmikemoo

    During every Zoom meeting phrases like this seem to pop up at least once "Sorry, I was on mute" or "can you repeat the question, the audio was cutting out?"

    But what is going on in the background?

    People often pop into my office to tell me something or discuss something while I am "muted' on a conference call, and I have to listen to each conversation with one ear and respond appropriately when somebody on the call asks me something.....

    My "one-track" mind has a problem with this, so I am looking for new excuses for inattention. Anybody have any good ones?

  • in reply to dougw

    imageTrue sir....

    'Network error' is the most common excuse.

    Sometimes I have made excuse that I went to the washroomimage, but I don't think it will be a good idea for you. Yeah... I know its a little embarrassing but that is the reason that it always worksimage. You can turn off the mike and the video both.

    Maybe you can say that somebody fainted in your office so you had to leave.

    You can also say that you heard a loud noise outside so you had to leave to check it out.

    Maybe excuse of any rat or any other animal entering your office help you out. You can tell them that there is a rat in your office, so you got distractedimage.

    All the best!

  • in reply to dougw

    "‘I’ll be right back: the cat’s just brought in one of next door’s chickens”

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