'I had been broadcasting my baby talk to my entire team': Employee does baby talk with cat while unmuted on work call

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
May 7, 2023 8:00 AM EDT

Rarely do we come across stories that are embarrassing and wholesome at the same time. But thankfully, this story is proof that both kinds of content can coexist. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/tifu subreddit by u/SaltyDalty21, an employee who works from home and is accustomed to taking professional video calls remotely. 

 

However, one day, her cat decided to be a trickster and crawled all over her work setup. In the process, her cat literally unmuted her on the call without her knowledge. So, when she decided to speak to her cat in a cute baby talk voice that she only uses in private, she was surprised to realize that everyone on her team heard her. Thankfully, her manager did no more than some innocent teasing, although the Redditor is now known as the "cat whisperer" in the office now. Considering all the variations of embarrassing things that could happen on a Zoom call, it's refreshing that this one had a wholesome angle to it.

 

For more stories like this, here's one about a demanding restaurant manager. 

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    Font - TIFU by forgetting to mute myself during a work video call S This actually happened earlier this week, and I'm still trying to shake off the embarrassment. Like many people these days, I've been working from home and attending countless video calls for meetings. You'd think after all this time, I'd have a good handle on muting and unmuting myself, but apparently not.
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    Font - So, here's the FU. I was on a video call with my entire team, including my manager, discussing our current project. I thought I had muted myself since I didn't have much to contribute at that point in the meeting, and my cat decided it was the perfect time to jump onto my desk and demand attention.
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  • 03
    Font - I'm a sucker for my cat, so I started talking to her in that high-pitched, cutesy voice we all use when speaking to our pets. You know, the kind of voice that would make you cringe if someone caught you using it. Well, as you can probably guess my cat woke up and chose chaos that day and hit the unmute button without my knowledge.
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    Font - Suddenly, I noticed the awkward silence on the call and saw my colleagues trying to suppress their laughter. My manager, with a smirk on her face, said, "OP, I think your cat has some interesting insights, but we should probably get back to the project." That's when it hit me that I had been broadcasting my baby talk to my entire team.
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    Font - Needless to say, I quickly apologized and muted myself for real this time. The meeting continued, but I couldn't shake the feeling of embarrassment. Now my colleagues won't let me live it down, and I've become the go-to person for cat-related jokes.
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    Font - TL;DR: Thought I was muted during a work video call, ended up sharing my embarrassing baby talk with my cat to the entire team. Now I'm the office's designated 'cat whisperer.'
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    Font - Unho1yIntent +1. 2 days ago This is cute haha. Especially since your manager made light of the situation. 487 Reply Share
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    Font - dunkerpup 2 days ago Definitely not a FU! Shows you care about your pets (a massive positive) and you now have something shared with your colleagues, which could hopefully improve morale and how the team work together over time. It'll definitely become less embarrassing too - own it! Introduce yourself as the cat whisperer before other people do :) 163 Reply Share
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    Font - vickrockafeller. 2 days ago At least you weren't telling your cat how incompetent and annoying all your co- workers are. I heard some pretty cringy comments, like " so and so sure is getting fat" from un-muted folks. 100 Reply Share
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    Font - coronarybee 2 days ago Nbd! Just think! You could be the guy who thought his cam was off and changed his shirt (it was in the news)
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    Font - mainlybrowsing24. 2 days ago Lean into it. Nothing more boss than showing you don't give a Make your cat your profile pic or background. Show your cat on screen more frequently, people love it.
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    Font - BoringTruth7749 +2. 2 days ago I am 100% certain your coworkers and your manager were delighted for those moments of distraction and humor in the middle of another boring meeting. Besides, everyone who has pets talks like that to their pet at least sometimes.
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    Font - Mbembez +2 - 2 days ago I did this with my dog and I have a colleague who loves going "what was that?" whenever someone has something slightly unusual come through. I endured a couple of weeks of it being brought up before someone else did something embarrassing. I just went with it "sorry, my dog was being super adorable".
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    Font - Dank 2 days ago MemeMasterHotdog. This is far better than my most recent open mic incident... During a roll20 D&D game my GF decides that was the moment for a serious talk and... yup. "Hey buddy I dont think you want us hearing this"
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    Rectangle - Iginak 2 days ago I once yelled "shut the up" at my cat while on a call. My director was not amused.
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    Font - natemadsen 2 days ago There are way worse things that could've happened. ;) You are fine!!! BTW once I was going through saxophone recordings I had made while on a call. I thought I was muted but I wasn't. Even better, everyone knew I was the only sax player on that call. So there was NO way I could've deflected blame. ;)
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    Font - SmugglingPineapples +2 2 days ago Much better than that lawyer who zoomed as a cat. Most memorable quote: "I'm not a cat."
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