Mundane thread

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McGoohan Sep 2020 10:42am, 28 Sep 2020 46,923 posts	0 McGoohan Me too, but I'm on a conference call
Diogenes Sep 2020 10:44am, 28 Sep 2020 53,363 posts	0 Diogenes Do you have a desk in front of you and a suitable receptacle? You could even go on mute if your are bashful.
McGoohan Sep 2020 10:51am, 28 Sep 2020 46,924 posts	0 McGoohan I have my coffee mug and can mute but will also have to turn off my camera
McGoohan Sep 2020 10:55am, 28 Sep 2020 46,925 posts	0 McGoohan Phew, last meeting finished early so had a gap before the 11 o'clock one
Mazlin Sep 2020 11:22am, 28 Sep 2020 9,072 posts	0 Mazlin Managed to get into conference webinar. Interesting. Coffee break.
Columba Sep 2020 11:26am, 28 Sep 2020 20,321 posts	0 Columba Not the sort of situation wherte you can put your hand up and say "Please Sir, can I be excused?"
Columba Sep 2020 11:27am, 28 Sep 2020 20,322 posts	0 Columba where, not wherte. Of course.
McGoohan Sep 2020 11:29am, 28 Sep 2020 46,927 posts	0 McGoohan Third meeting on the trot coming up
swittle Sep 2020 11:30am, 28 Sep 2020 68,195 posts	0 swittle First salvo fired at council cleansing dept in battle of new wheelybins
um Sep 2020 11:32am, 28 Sep 2020 3,403 posts	0 um [Why not? We used to have (Skype) a 'stepped away' status, or often we used to just text 'off-line, back in 2 mins' to cover answering doors, phone, shouting at family (errm, I mean, requesting them to turn or tone the noise down), or 'bio-breaks' as my US colleagues liked to call them. Or an off-line note to a colleague/pal to say 'cover me ...' ]