Funniest/most awkward zoom incidents you’ve had thus far? Need some laughs or at least a chuckle.

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It was the umpteenth lunch zoom. Annoyed that accounts kept scheduling them, I proceeded to just eat my lunch on camera. And I made sure it was weird/awkward things to eat: a jar of olives, ribs covered with sauce, smearing almond butter on a banana before eating it without breaking eye contact, etc.

If you’re gonna keep taking my lunch time, I’m gonna make it uncomfortable.

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That’s so petty and pass agg... I love it

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Account Director was “giving feedback” (killing the idea). I thought I was on mute and told my boyfriend “Ugh, she always do the same thing, I hate her”. When my boss asked who I was talking about I said it was a “loud neighbor” 😪

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🤣😭 Way to be quick on your feet!

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Potty training my kid, forgot to mute my microphone when she rushed in and asked for help, had AirPods in, and a whole room of people got treated to, “Did you tinkle?!? You tinkled! What a good girl!”

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That’s actually funny and wholesome. Who’s a proud parent? You are! Yes you are.

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An Account Director, who I had never met in person and had no idea what she looked like, was cropped from the neck down just petting her two cats the whole call. Felt like I was talking with Charlie from Charlie’s Angels if he were to Zoom.

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Or the villain from inspector gadget.

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1. Someone else: a director at a sister agency on a large meeting had a loud, ugly fight with his wife. There were a lot of people on the call and it took a while to figure out who it was and for the organizers to mute him. He later apologized but after the way he talked to her I can’t look at him the same way ever again....

2. Myself: my cat decided that a client status meeting was the perfect time to jump up on the couch next to me and purr loudly while kneading a pillow. It was right in the microphone and someone was like, “is that a cat?”

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Our CCO was shirtless, towel around the lower body, jumped in on the call and thought he wasn’t “on” yet. Well we all pretended we didn’t see anything.

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(1) Daughter pooped on my arm during a c-suite leadership meeting. Went on mute to wash it off. (2) Rescued a cat that ran out of a bodega into four lanes of traffic.

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Hahaha

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My 4 yr old came into my office, naked!, while I was on a video call and started working out on the elliptical behind me...so was in full view.

Today my 8 yr old came in while I was on a video call holding the cat and having her dance in the background.

🤦🏻‍♀️ I need new kids

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If I don’t have kids like this I don’t want em🤣

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My cat jumped onto my desk multiple times during a zoom interview.

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A pregnant coworker forgot about the camera when she squat down in her dress, computer in hand, & flashed me. I let it go & then she realized & we had a good laugh. :)

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My husband walked up behind me and gave me a lingering boob grab while I was presenting during a Pre pro meeting on zoom. I just kept talking... I still don’t know if others could really see what happened there! Up until that point during WFH, I was rarely on zoom meetings. He thought I was just on a call (or so he said!).

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I walked into a room to drop some papers off to my husband. He had been having stomach issues so I asked him how he was doing. He responded that he was not doing great and had been pooping all over the house (he meant in the diff bathrooms). 2 seconds later he gets a text from his coworker saying his zoom wasn’t on mute.

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I was in a meeting and a coworkers girlfriend walked behind him completely naked after getting out of the shower. Not sure if my coworker even noticed but we sure as hell didn’t say anything...

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My boss just said in the meeting “I’ve been forcing myself into her” then realized how terrible that line was 🤣 I can hear the crickets miles away.

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