SnoozyUnicorn
SnoozyUnicorn
Student

What's your most embarrassing moment in your office

12mo ago
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ZippyPancake
ZippyPancake

Was sharing screen for internal call when I zoned out and started texting my girlfriend on screen

SwirlyTaco
SwirlyTaco

Winner. Lets shut this contest.

WigglyDonut
WigglyDonut
TCS12mo

Well, what did you write? Very curious :D

PeppyLlama
PeppyLlama

I (F) accidentally reacted with the heart emoji instead of thumbs up to my manager (M) during the standup in front of everyone

QuirkyNugget
QuirkyNugget

Did that lead to your current employment status?

PeppyLlama
PeppyLlama

😭😭😭well no… but it surely made things awkward

TwirlyMuffin
TwirlyMuffin

2010 first day at project I join after training. Desk allocated next to boss but work not allocated yet. Take the newspaper out of the bag cross legs open it wide and start reading. Sniggers and gasps on the floor. Everybody knows a fresher had joined 😅

SqueakyTaco
SqueakyTaco
KPMG12mo

Everybody knows a fresher has joined.

Assuming you didn't know you were sitting beside your boss and ignoring the "cross-legged" body language.

If you were to advise your younger self, 13 years into the workforce, what would you suggest he should have done instead?

TwirlyMuffin
TwirlyMuffin

Would not have advised anything. It's not in my list of regrets.

FuzzyMarshmallow
FuzzyMarshmallow

I work at tcs.

QuirkyNugget
QuirkyNugget

It's good only :)))

JumpyRaccoon
JumpyRaccoon

You're fine, mate. As long as you aren't filling timesheets for a 70 at Infy.

QuirkyNugget
QuirkyNugget

Was sitting without my shirt but my camera was off. I started my screen share and opened a new tab and a new meeting tab opened by mistake. Everyone saw me through screen share even though my camera was off. It was embarrassing.

WigglyDonut
WigglyDonut
TCS12mo

Wtf? How can camera turn on like that?
Which software was this?

This is my worst nightmare

QuirkyWaffle
QuirkyWaffle

For safety I always keep my laptop camera shutter closed, if it would have happened to me I don't know if I would have been able to join the calls after that😅

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