We got the word last week that webcams are being mailed to us for meetings etc. Now it may sound like my employer is behind the technology times but actually this was the only ware lacking. Those of us who work primarily from home use technology called a Thin Client through which accesses our VDI which is my virtual desktop. Ok, tmi.
We're talking 7000 plus ees now working from home so pretty damn successful eh? Meetings are constant but been doing it for 10 years without having to see a face. Now suddenly I have to wear pants and try not to look like an extra from the Walking Dead. Ugh.
I've decided to show up my first day wearing a tee shirt my son passed on to me. It's got Jimmy Garoppolo in his undies. My son bought it to wear on Super Bowl Sunday in place of his constant Patriots shirt. I "admired" it and it was gifted to me on my birthday.
To top off my outfit, I'm going to wear a beach hat I bought at a lavender farm we visit every year. It's canvas and has their logo embroidered on it. Lovely! Tried it on when I got home from the Cape and realized it's an extra large. Hangs down over my nose. Perfect.
Still won't wear pants!
"Alright Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up" That'll teach 'em, eh?
I've decided to show up my first day wearing a tee shirt my son passed on to me. It's got Jimmy Garoppolo in his undies. My son bought it to wear on Super Bowl Sunday in place of his constant Patriots shirt. I "admired" it and it was gifted to me on my birthday.
To top off my outfit, I'm going to wear a beach hat I bought at a lavender farm we visit every year. It's canvas and has their logo embroidered on it. Lovely! Tried it on when I got home from the Cape and realized it's an extra large. Hangs down over my nose. Perfect.
Still won't wear pants!
"Alright Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up" That'll teach 'em, eh?
Edw, that is funny. LOL. However, you forgot one important thing for your close up. MAKE UP! Make up has not touched my face since the lock down. Poor hubby.
P.S. If you don't wear pants, at least consider wearing underwear or as the British would say, knickers.
I've decided to show up my first day wearing a tee shirt my son passed on to me. It's got Jimmy Garoppolo in his undies. My son bought it to wear on Super Bowl Sunday in place of his constant Patriots shirt. I "admired" it and it was gifted to me on my birthday.
To top off my outfit, I'm going to wear a beach hat I bought at a lavender farm we visit every year. It's canvas and has their logo embroidered on it. Lovely! Tried it on when I got home from the Cape and realized it's an extra large. Hangs down over my nose. Perfect.
Still won't wear pants!
"Alright Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up" That'll teach 'em, eh?
Edw, that is funny. LOL. However, you forgot one important thing for your close up. MAKE UP! Make up has not touched my face since the lock down. Poor hubby.
P.S. If you don't wear pants, at least consider wearing underwear or as the British would say, knickers.
No makeup here either joan. Me knickers be on me butt for sure. God, don't want to give them heart attacks.
On a tangent, Google has been making "Google Meet" mandatory on gmail email accounts, which cannot be removed from the screen except by using adblock. Another tool which is probably used for surveillance.
We do webcam and / or Zoom meetings daily across all county Social Service offices. I usually use a picture of a chimp instead of turning on the video.
But some days when the cats are nosy, I'll sit our huge cat condo behind me, so the cats play on that or walk all over my desk in front of the camera. It usually breaks up the meetings because people want more cats. Then, oh darn, we run out of time and they wrap the meeting.
We do webcam and / or Zoom meetings daily across all county Social Service offices. I usually use a picture of a chimp instead of turning on the video.
But some days when the cats are nosy, I'll sit our huge cat condo behind me, so the cats play on that or walk all over my desk in front of the camera. It usually breaks up the meetings because people want more cats. Then, oh darn, we run out of time and they wrap the meeting.
Love that Mike story. My kitty will sleep next to me atop a table and she would definitely participate in the meeting some way.
Well, the dreaded webcam arrived today. I was expectIng an Amazon package and was checking the deck when I spotted this half mangled box on the stairs. As I picked it up, I saw some type of electronic gadget sticking out of the box. It took me a minute to realize who it was from and what the hell it was.
I had to acknowledge receipt and report any damage to IT. Unfortunately the damn thing works perfectly. It’s HD and you can see every wrinkle and stray hair. Ugh.
I checked the specs on this thing and it wholesales for $100.00. Seriously? Multiply that by the size of our department alone and you are talking a lot of money spent to see our lovely mugs. Most annoying thing is that it has no mic built in. Double ugh.
Oh E...sorry to hear it! I defected to the agency side and rid myself of those carrier woes. Not trying to brag!!
I did rock genre tees when we had worthless webcam meets to hash new business numbers every Monday.
Hang in there hon, they cant fault you to be creative! Have you seen the guy here posting custom Goldsmith & Williams tees? I wish I could've rocked the First Blood tee in a meeting!!!
When we first started working from home and began these Microsoft Team meetings, everybody was onscreen, either in a nice part of their house or in the garden or patio (the weather was really nice in the UK late March and April, when lock-down began). Fast forward a few weeks, and NO ONE'S MUG is visible anymore. The screen is just a collection of people's initials (one girl has uploaded a cute little pic of herself, but that's it). It didn't take long for the novelty to wear off
Sean - you're a traitor, a deserter? No, actually you're smart. Sometimes one has to leave the Mother Ship in order to be happy. I received a promotion a few weeks back and am too old to make a change. So I guess I have to share my mug with the rest of the company.
Bill, no surprise there.
Kev, I hear you on the meetings. The few who had them when the whole full time work from home schedule started, used them everyday. Now they only turn them on when they are facilitating a meeting or speaking. I set up a meeting yesterday to check mine out and will definitely be blurring my background or using a stock or personal photo for the background. Not crazy at all about mixing personal life with work. I do love that feature in Teams. Not sure you can do it in Zoom as I have never tried it.
I hate webcams. So when I do Zoom theatre or have a Zoom meeting I use a standalone video camera with a lapel mike. I look bad enough as it is without a fisheye lens!!!
just think of all the books about office romance that just went down the tube.
they will now read "he turned on the webcam for the office meeting, only to find a blank cube in the lower left corner." "Oh he missed the days of clandestine getaway's to the local dinner." "He remembered the day when his coworker said to him. So does your wife know about Molly?" Oh! who going to write those novels about forbidding office romance. It's the end of modern romance.
by the way "mystery" women, my wife keeps asking "what really happen to my dog bowl".
I'm thinking of moving my office to the man cave so I can have the bar and all my son's booze and sports bar decor showing in the background. That will get them thinking.
It’s HD and you can see every wrinkle and stray hair. Ugh.
What wrinkle and gray hair? Hair dye, plastic surgery or pancake make up will make everyone believe you and I are barely over 21.
Oh joan, there are plenty of both. The grays are actually a bit whitish and I call the wrinkles my smile lines - hell even my neck must smile lol. We can fool 'em.
