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Description: Panel 1: A man sits inside a house at a table or desk, looking at his laptop screen while participating in a video conference call with 9 or more participants. There is a window in the background with the sun in the sky. The man holds up his hand and tells the other participants on the call, "Excuse me everyone, sorry to interrupt . . ." Panel 2: The man looks away from the laptop screen towards the open window and the sky outside. He tells the video conference participants "I have the sunshine on the other line." Panel 3: The man leaves his seat, apparently abruptly, as the chair is knocked over, while the screen is still on and shows the video call participants. The man walks towards an open door, where a backpack sits at the doorway. He looks outside as he says over his shoulder "I have to take this call." Panel 4: The man is wordlessly walking over a hill, with grasses and bushes in the foreground and trees in the background, wearing the backpack, following the sun and not looking back.

Comic by Jeremyville.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've done about exactly this. Probably bail later this afternoon.

"Sorry team, gotta split early. Something personal came up I have to deal with."

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ive wanted to do this so badly often.

[–] nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

If you work remote, just don't. That's what I don't. Works great.

[–] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm incredibly grateful that I can honestly tell my team "hey, it's beautiful out. I'm going to walk the dog and make up time later." I still get sad that I have to spend most of a beautiful day stuck at a desk, but I feel relatively lucky to have the time I do.

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh it's a done deal

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

When I was a kid I thought video phones of the future were gonna be awesome. Now, I think video calls are the shittiest part of telecom.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago

I mean, it's nice. When it works and isn't an obligation.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Because as always, companies turn that into shit.

It is a wonderful tool for remote work.

But now people hate it because they are forced in more pointless meetings. And RTO makes it worse because you have to go to an half empty building to videocall all day.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any form of communication that can't take place while taking a dump is a terrible form of communication in my book.

[–] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

... . -. -.. --


.-. . - .--.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's not that it can't. We just have social norms that tell us that is gross. You wouldn't speak punchmonkey on the toilet, either.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] moog@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

His hair was in uNACCEPTABLE CONDITION

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

A lemon gives by taking...and cares by yelling!

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

this call is UNACCEPTABLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

and thus the origin story

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The call of the wild

[–] nulluser@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

The knocked over chair punches hard. 👍

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The plot to Fritz The Cat

Ever since I got let go, I've been taking my bike out for long trips every sunny day. It has been amazing.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago