Employee caught on camera clipping his toenails during management meeting: 'I forgot I had my work camera on'

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  A work-from-home employee lies on his couch wearing a hoodie and headphones while half-paying attention to a work call.

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• Here's what you need to know about this guy's Zoom call.

  The employee was fully expecting to remain silent, as he usually does during management calls. So, he gave in to distractions during the call. First, he was just texting like anyone else (only he was doing so in full view, as he forgot his camera was on). 

  Then came other distractions and, eventually, out came the nail clippers. What's especially amusing is that until his coworkers pointed out that he was being watched, he likely thought he was getting away with multitasking. After all, he probably really needed to get those toenails clipped, and he thought this uneventful meeting was the perfect opportunity to do so. 

  Unfortunately, his attempt at multitasking would backfire. Here is the employee's full account of what happened.

• "My work has a lot of meetings. For most of the meetings, I don't have to turn on my camera. However, there is a meeting where a camera is required: the management meeting that includes everyone on my team + our team lead + senior VP and executive VP, who works right below the COO.

  I missed the last 2 meetings as I was out of the office so I wasn't used to having meetings with the camera on. I remembered to turn it on, but then forgot that it was on.

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  A coffee mug on a desk next to a Zoom call with dozens of attendees present.

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• This meeting is mainly for announcements and time for higher-ups to talk, so I get very bored. So as this call goes on, I start getting more and more random. Starts with just texting on my phone, playing with my dog, picking a scab on my elbow, using my phone as a mirror to check my teeth to see if my lunch is stuck. At one point, I was cutting my toenails.

  I didn't notice until after the call was over that 2 of my coworkers had been frantically messaging me to remind me the camera was on.

• The next morning, I got a quick talking to from my boss about paying more attention during meetings. Thankfully, while things I did were weird and admittedly gross, there wasn't anything they could write me up for.

  TL;DR I forgot I had my work camera on and proceeded to [mess] around the entire meeting that included our executive VP. Got a talking to but wasn't punished."

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