Please Locate Your Mute Button
Ahh…. sigh…. if I had a dollar for every embarrassing moment I’ve heard that involves a bathroom or a cell phone, I would have enough money to pay Bravo to cancel “Real Housewives of Orange County” and save what’s left of my brain cells. The more I watch, the more they deplete, however, I continue to sit in front of the TV, watching in a trance….. salivating… I think the drool has to do with my dwindling brain cells.
Rambling…… MY POINT….. this particular story I received is a double dose of evil! A cellphone… in a bathroom. Oh Mary Tyler Moore, help us! Take a gander at Aimee’s email below. Cheer up, Missy! You’ve lived through it and you’re not alone!
I had a company conference call and I decided to take it from my home office. The call went longer than I had anticipated. There I sat watching the clock while my bladder got fuller and fuller. I was about to explode. I decided that our Vice President wasn’t actually in the room so if it’s muted, what harm would using the bathroom during a call do? Keep in mind, the call involved our entire division which is 30 people. I put in the code for mute, heard the beep that indicated mute and took the phone (which was on speaker) with me to the toilet. I was afraid I would miss important information if I stepped away from the call.
While I was in mid-stream, with my phone on speaker, I heard the VP who was leading the call say, “Is someone washing their hands? Please put your phones on mute.” As I continued, I heard my direct Manager say, ” Everyone, please do not bring your phones in public places. Everyone on mute!” I didn’t realize they were talking about me until I flushed the toilet and the VP then dismissed the call because of the “inappropriate interruption.” I started to panic so I looked at the last numbers dialed on my phone, I didn’t mute because it was already muted, I unmuted the phone!! They heard everything I did in the bathroom. I was the reason it was dismissed!! I was horrified!!! We received various emails from our VP and Human Resources. My boss called everyone individually furious asking if we knew who it was. I lied because I thought I would get fired. I immediately started a job search. Thankfully, I found a job quickly and resigned from my position. A former coworker told me there was a rumor going around that I was the one who used the bathroom during the conference call and left because I was embarrassed. Little does she know the rumor is true!
