I discovered a benefit to remote work. I am currently smoking a lovely bowl of Kohlhase, Kopp 2015 Limited Edition generously gifted to my by @scloyd ... while in a zoom meeting with my camera off!!!! Anyone else doing this????
Smoking During Zoom Meetings...Camera Off
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If I'm in a Zoom meeting, I smoke with the camera on ~ but browsing for something more interesting I save until the camera is off. ?
Never has to deal with Zoom. Hopefully never will.
I have a Like - hate relationship with it. Like it for meetings with people over seas/remote and family but hate it as you can't see body language well and it is just better to be in a room with colleagues than staring at a stupid monitor
I don't mind Zoom. I had a great meeting with a few folks from here once, and one with my daughter who was travelling. I wouldn't mind more Zoom meet ups... I just don't usually have the opportunity or reason. In my line of work, you can't work that way.
I would have switched the camera on, you are in the comfort of your own home where it's no one's business what your doing. Today I had a Microsoft Teams meeting as most work from home, stuck the unlit pipe in my mouth (smoking in offices has the, figure of speech, death sentence) and no one commented. Maybe because it's a known prop on my desk, maybe because I'm known for doing strange stuff on camera or through microphones. In my field of work it's better, my employer isnt putting money in decent smartboards where we all can see what a developer does and watching a developer doing its magic on his or her screen isnt that easy, so a share screen function on Teams is quite invaluable.
Actually, I risk the possibility of harsh judgement and potential shunning or other consequences. It's the USA in 2022 and sadly there is a lot of fear these days much of it justified. One misinterpreted word or action, etc and it can go poorly. Smoking (unless it is weed it seems) is considered very bad form in many circles... I will leave the camera off
. As an aside I find it amazing weed is being legalized while at the same time tobacco is being shunned...they both cause health problems but the weed lobby is very strong and tobacco companies are demonized. America...the land of the double standard . I wish it weren't so
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zoom is awesome. The fact that people will bitch about living in a toned down version of the sci fi stories we grew up with just proves that we humans are a bunch of malcontents.
Most of us never wanted to live in the future. We were all fine just where we were.
So sad how the world becomes. I'm lucky I only get scrawny comments like "hey look it's popeye/captain haddock" or how much I look like a curmudgeon codger with a pipe in my mouth, even more than I'm without. I'll admit I won't do it when my manager joins the conversation, but with my coworkers I could hardly give a crap what they think of it.Actually, I risk the possibility of harsh judgement and potential shunning or other consequences. It's the USA in 2022 and sadly there is a lot of fear these days much of it justified. One misinterpreted word or action, etc and it can go poorly. Smoking (unless it is weed it seems) is considered very bad form in many circles... I will leave the camera off
I live in a tobacco friendly community. I work by myself and only answer to the company president who himself smokes a pipe.
Lucky - I work in health care/pharma...great profession but...well...you can imagine.
Yeah, that's unfortunate. I run my own studio, so I don't have to worry about the boss. And though I have lost a couple clients over zoom(more for not wearing a mask than smoking ~ as if I'd wear one in my own home on zoom ?)because of the pipe, I'm old enough now to simply not care.
If it’s a corporate all hands, yes. If it’s a smaller team meeting, no. If someone is putting time in my calendar, there’s likely a reason for it or I’ll take care of it offline. So if there is a reason for it, I give my full attention (and I expect theirs in return). Otherwise don’t waste my time with a meeting request.
You LOST a client because you wouldn’t wear a mask IN YOUR HOME while on a Zoom meeting?!?!?!? Wow. To me, it sounds like a client WORTH losing. ?
I tend to think….. being compared to Captain Haddock…. should be considered a COMPLEMENT! He is perhaps my favorite fictional cartoon character. ?
I smoke during Zoom meetings, and frequently while in my underwear.
But I don't have a job - they're my girlfriend's meetings.
But I don't have a job - they're my girlfriend's meetings.
Oh admit it you often dream about being a cyborg with a soft flame attachment for your robot hand.Most of us never wanted to live in the future. We were all fine just where we were.
The question from the way you put it, does she know she's your girlfriend?