'For 5-8 minutes [I was] singing sea shanties... with about 350 people listening': 20 Video calls where people accidentally unmuted themselves in front of everyone

It happens to the best of us… we slip up and say something we shouldn't while on a video call. For a lot of people, it's the temptation of the "mute" button. You can mute yourself on the call and rant and rave at the boss who ruined your presentation, or the coworker who paraded your work as their own. However, you've got to be incredibly careful to make sure that you're still silenced. Otherwise, everyone is going to know exactly how you feel, in vivid detail, and they won't forget any time soon.

It's a good idea to just never say anything on a video call that you wouldn't say if you were in the room with that person, whether it's your mom on the call or your boss. Do you even really trust the mute button? Even if it is signifying that you won't be heard, the lingering "what if" always stops me from saying something silly. Just don't risk it, folks! And you can take a lesson from the people below who did, in fact, ruin their own days by yapping on the video call at inopportune times.

Up next, read about some employees who were thrilled to cause a "'domino effect" by quitting all at the same time.

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Guilty as charged

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Try a pillow instead

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Idea: We should start every video call with 5-8 minutes of sea shanties

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Sea shanties did have a comeback in the early 2020s. They're unmistakable! They have a soothing nature that makes them nice to listen to, I think. If someone wanted to start exams with them, that'd be hilariously appropriate.
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This must've had the other video callers in stitches, while this person was totally oblivious to the noise

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Let's hope there were more people on the call than just the teacher!

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