I had the most funny teleconference just now with my team of 7 people..
During the call, there was this constant sound of someone's heavy breathing on the phone.. at least it sounded like heavy breathing, or maybe the fan blowing.. Obviously someone didn't mute their phone.. But nobody said anything about it.
When it was my turn to present, i made the request.. I began with : "I seem to hear some heavy breathing on the background and i can't concentrate on talking.. " Then one of my colleagues cut in jokingly and said: "I'm sorry Adeline, I'll stop!!" It was hilarious.. of course, the breathing didn't stop and I was irritated..
When my boss took over and started talking, the breathing continued.. It got so loud that at one point, she had to raise her voice so we could hear her (and possibly so she could hear HERSELF!)
While my boss went on talking, I went online and started to send my colleagues who were online instant messages, asking them if their phones were on mute. At the same time, i was communicating online with one colleague and guessing who was the heavy breather in the call.. We never had this problem in our previous calls, so i guessed it must be one of the 2 new members who have just joined the team and having their first call tonight. I was giggling non stop (on mute of course) throughout the 1 hour call.. = )
And I was right.. It WAS one of the new guys.. So i asked him to mute his phone..And all was quiet.. Until my boss asked him a question, and there was awkward silence. The guy didn't know how to unmute back!! I laughed, this time not on mute, and laughed together with my team... haha.. after a while, he came back and replied to my boss' question. Then the heavy breathing came back again.. I almost died laughing... = )
After the call ended, i chatted with this new guy online, and suggested to him some tips on muting his phone during conference calls.. he was new to all this and getting used to making group conference calls not on his office phone. Luckily it was just my team, i can imagine how embarrassing it will be for him if it's a call with some important managers! Haha.. i think i've laughed enough for the day ! Never knew a boring business conference call can be so entertaining.. = )
During the call, there was this constant sound of someone's heavy breathing on the phone.. at least it sounded like heavy breathing, or maybe the fan blowing.. Obviously someone didn't mute their phone.. But nobody said anything about it.
When it was my turn to present, i made the request.. I began with : "I seem to hear some heavy breathing on the background and i can't concentrate on talking.. " Then one of my colleagues cut in jokingly and said: "I'm sorry Adeline, I'll stop!!" It was hilarious.. of course, the breathing didn't stop and I was irritated..
When my boss took over and started talking, the breathing continued.. It got so loud that at one point, she had to raise her voice so we could hear her (and possibly so she could hear HERSELF!)
While my boss went on talking, I went online and started to send my colleagues who were online instant messages, asking them if their phones were on mute. At the same time, i was communicating online with one colleague and guessing who was the heavy breather in the call.. We never had this problem in our previous calls, so i guessed it must be one of the 2 new members who have just joined the team and having their first call tonight. I was giggling non stop (on mute of course) throughout the 1 hour call.. = )
And I was right.. It WAS one of the new guys.. So i asked him to mute his phone..And all was quiet.. Until my boss asked him a question, and there was awkward silence. The guy didn't know how to unmute back!! I laughed, this time not on mute, and laughed together with my team... haha.. after a while, he came back and replied to my boss' question. Then the heavy breathing came back again.. I almost died laughing... = )
After the call ended, i chatted with this new guy online, and suggested to him some tips on muting his phone during conference calls.. he was new to all this and getting used to making group conference calls not on his office phone. Luckily it was just my team, i can imagine how embarrassing it will be for him if it's a call with some important managers! Haha.. i think i've laughed enough for the day ! Never knew a boring business conference call can be so entertaining.. = )
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