‘I was NOT on mute’: Guy gets caught in 4k cursing his coworkers when he forgets to mute his mic during a meeting

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    Posted by u/ospreyguy TIFU by yelling into my Teams meeting "s Gile, check my facing calendar!" - I was not on mute. S
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    Title covers it, thought I was on mute and was not. Someone was messaging me on the side asking if I could meet at certain times (my very limited free time is on my calendar). I yell in pure frustration "Jesus Christ, check my calendar!" The meeting got
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    really quiet and I realized what happened. Just gave a little sheepish "my bad, thought I was muted" and went silent. The person I was yelling about messaged me on the side and apologized, which made me feel even worse.
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    I apologized, and said it was very unprofessional. I tried to explain how I am really stressed with deadlines (I am) and was venting but I still feel like a total, which is accurate. This was a smaller group of decent people so I don't think anyone will complain to my boss or anything like that, I just get to live with my embarrassing FU. TL;DR: Yelled at/about people in an online meeting thinking I was muted.
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    joeyo1423 23 hr. ago I treat zoom meetings like firearms, always loaded - as long as the meeting is on, I'm not muted, even if I am. Camera can see me, even if it's off.
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    ospreyguy OP. 23 hr. ago I've been doing the same for years... But just like firearm safety that one FU is enough to either do real damage or scare you to death.
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    Maxamillion-X72. 15 hr. ago During one of our team meetings, one of my coworkers thought her mic was live but she was actually muted. She turned her mic ON and let a big rip.
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    TheCatsMeowNYC 13 hr. ago I've been on so many meetings with people who have forgotten their mic is hot and have let some wild outburst fly. If they are indeed a group of decent people, I guarantee you will be reminded of this at some point in the not too distant future accompanied by laughs. In my teams, these have become fondly remembered fodder for jokes
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    obvioustroway - 23 hr. ago Learned that in theatre/music in college. Every mic is hot. Always.
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    DieDae 21 hr. ago Even the one in your pocket. puts on tinfoil 130 Reply Share LostAndWingingIt - 20 hr. ago Especially the one in your pocket.
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    silent_cat 1 day ago On the plus side, maybe that person got the hint and will check your calander first next time. 7.3k Reply Share 251Cane 1 day ago I was this optimistic once.
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    I_Am_Penguini · 1 day ago Realization of all our dreams and wishes... Thank you for the sacrifice
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    catsumoto 1 day ago Oh. Similar story. Was in a training call on teams. Look at my mobile. See that I have a missed call from the doctor I was desperately waiting for "Oh me!" The trainer on the call 'what, catsumoto? Any question?'
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    Me, dying inside because I wasn't on mute. They continue and I am absolutely in a cold drenched sweat, because... drum roll please...the meeting was being recorded. For the stragglers and for the training platform.
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    'Oh god, oh god, me' -me, for the next hour of the training, but this time only internally. Then got the message that 'the recording is now available'. I run to check what can be heard. It even has a live CC transcript.
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    for my 'oh 'Oh what' is what can be made out 'exclamation. Well, thank for the companies ultra headset that didn't pick up my audio well enough. But man, did I sweat it for that hour.
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    Leading Line2741 · 1 day ago I feel like anyone who uses Teams frequently makes this mistake at some point. My supervisor frequently uses Teams calls for video while simultaneously calling on the phone for audio. He can hear me in Teams, but he likes talking on the phone for some reason. He's also a reputed micromanager.
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    One day he Teams called/phone called me, and it was literally for the 6th time that day. At the end of the call I hung up my phone, but didn't hang up in Teams. I hung up my phone and loudly said, "Jesus tap dancing Christ, leave me the alone for once". Of course, in the call chat in Teams, he typed "you're still in the call". Oops. He still calls a fuckton, and the incident was never mentioned after thankfully.
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    changee_of_ways 23 hr. ago I really wish that Teams included a push to talk key. 119 Reply Share ... tinacat933 23 hr. ago I believe it's the space bar? 42 Reply Share ... NotNoobMaster69 22 hr. ago Ctrl + space bar
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    graciecakes89 - 20 hr. ago I was once on a zoom meeting with several other people in the room with me. I was not manning the zoom mute button. After hours of inane training the host of the zoom meeting finally asked if anyone had any last questions. I, thinking we were still on mute, scream: I no! Not at this time!" Everyone got deadly silent, and the zoom host says: "Well that's a no from graciecakes89."
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    dastardly 740.22 hr. ago Some times you need to scream into the void to maintain your sanity. You just have to make sure the void is actually empty.

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