Has anyone else hit the airplane mode button on their laptop when they get asked a hard question by the client they simply cannot answer. Hoping someone else will answer while I get "reconnected".

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You should probably occasionally disconnect when nothing's going on so it doesn't look sus

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No but I am about to

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Or you just say I don’t know…

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I think that's prob more embarrassing than saying "let me get back to you on that" cause awk silence till someone answers.. Or they wait for you to reconnect & refer back to the question.

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No, pls don’t. Ask someone else directly if you don’t know.

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I stay on mute a little while longer, pretend that I was talking on mute, and take my sweet time to answer 😆

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I feel like my SM did this today when the PPMD asked something. I had to answer on their behalf. SM likely had no clue.

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Surprise, it's me!

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This!

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Lmaoo, this really cracked .e up

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I never, I just be like it’s not my area of expertise but maybe John can answer that for you

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I ping it over even if it is my area of expertise
But I’m freaking out so pls take over for me until I recover

No, I just tell them that we'll circle back on that point

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