Sorry, the connection was choppy. Can you say that again?
This is my go-to as well. “I’m sorry, my audio dropped out, I didn’t quite catch that”.
“Ich habe Sie akustisch nicht verstanden.”
Just in case you are on with the German clients and you need the correct expression.
Semantisch auch nicht, aber das geht mir jeden Tag so.
So glad that my team is largely composed of busy tech folk because going “Sorry I was multitasking” is a valid response haha.
Disassociate from a group, dissociate in your brains
For some of us, it’s both.
Can everyone see my screen?
Yes, but you accidentally shared the one with the porn.
This one is my pet peeve. Please just trust the technology, people will let you know if your screen is not visible.
I frequently join meetings where someone is going on a whole explanation and 10 minutes later someone asks if he is sharing anything. So he starts over.
It’s beneficial to declare that you’re going to share your screen, but without waiting for someone to confirm that your screen is visible, as it’s more or less frictionless to declare it but high friction to wait for confirmation.
Maybe our friction tolerance is different. It also confirms engagement to ask.
I read it as a wild and free traveling cowboy, tricked by a sneaky man dressed as a rabbit. The rabbit-man invites him to a zoom call which in this world is inescable, bringing him to his fate as the boring businessman man in the last panel.
Fuck zoom
Fuck. I hate this. Stop it.
Guys, I’m embarrassed but I got to ask: can someone explain how it should be understood?
No, I’m not making fun of it. I legitimately don’t understand it and I would like to.
From the other comments I get it’s something about video calls at home and maybe people yelling while on them? I’m confused because the guy walking on the horse is also relevant (perhaps in minding his business and being disturbed by others yelling)?
man was dissociating during a work zoom call while thinking about dissociating and whether it was “dissociating” or “dissasociating”. he was pulled from his daydream by the person in the call asking him if Thursday was good. then they’re all waiting for his answer and he doesn’t even know what was asked.
Ooooh, now it makes sense! Thanks!!! I’ve been that guy several times, getting lost in my thoughts, so I see why everyone could relate to this strip!
Disassociate from somebody, or something you are associated with. Mentally dissociate. Is that right?
This feels like the ending to Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (the real ending, not the Americanized bullshit version).
You’re on mute!
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Sorry, can you run that by me again?
I can’t read this without hearing Papa Roach, “Disassociate so I don’t try to lose my head…”
This is how wfh can be for people who aren’t able to wfh productively.
The people who zone out will do so in person as well. I am that person.
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Why?
Gee I wonder why, really…
Me too. I wonder. Using direct quotes and not interpretations, can you say why?
I will be quoting myself then. You come off as arrogant and non empathetic and just generally an asshole.
I hope you understand you are a horridly toxic human being and nobody in life respects you :D
Also…I can smell the middle management on you. Its palpable.
Elaborate.
Also, I’m not middle management 🤷♂️
Or what…gonna write me up? Cry to the real boss?
Come on, let it out.
Sorry you were saying? I was having a shit
mega
This is why I always refuse to be on video calls.
Or sometimes it’s wise to filter out when some of your colleagues are filling out meeting time with nonsense. You only get brain fatigue and get nothing for it.
Is it nonsense to everyone or just you?
Oh, everyone but themselves. Some people have next to no self-awareness, you see. And if you have no clue what I’m talking about, chances are you’re one of them.
I know what you’re talking about. But if you’re the only one in the room not paying attention, maybe you’re the problem?
Who said I’m the only one? I’m not.
It was more of a rhetorical question, as I have no idea what your situation is. Also, you have no idea what my situation is.
Of course, which is kind of my point here. But your rhetorical question only works if the situation is very specific, which is weird given that - as you point out - you have no insight into my situation at work. To summarize, you have no case.
Sorry people are piling on you! Tbh, I think your comment is more or less innocuous. I think it never helps to dig into it when people downvote lol
I really don’t think you deserved a lot of the harsher type comments, just my two cents
I appreciate your comment. I wasn’t trying to be all “you should work, kids these days!” Or anything like that. Obviously I could have just ignored them, but sometimes we gotta die on the hill.
I think a lot of people don’t have a good working environment, and this hit home for them.
I get that people space out. Everyone does it at some point. My takeaway from all this is that I’m really glad I work with a group of people who respect each other and really want to help their fellow coworkers do the job they’ve been paid to do, so we all can pay rent.
