Talking To My Dog
“A guy in my company was giving a presentation/internal training to ~50 people and needed me to help with a technical question (I work in a different but related division, and am the guy who actually does the piece that someone was asking about), so I took myself off mute to answer him. My dog then started scratching my chair and whimpering instead of jumping onto my lap, so all my coworkers heard me saying without context, “Seriously, the hell? Up or down. Make up your damn mind!” The presenter called me out and asked if I had more comments, and I just had to admit I was talking to my dob before putting myself on mute.”
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