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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/mystichead on 2026-02-11 23:10:34+00:00.
So for context, I help take care of my grandfather. He is basically in a palliative care situation now because of his heart and lungs, so anything involving movement takes effort and time. When he needs to use the bathroom, I have to help him from his sofa chair onto a wheelchair, take him to the bathroom, help him onto the toilet, hold him up so he can wipe, help him get dressed again, clean his hands, get him back onto the wheelchair, then back to the sofa chair and wait with him until he can catch his breath and settle down again.
We have an analog bell system around the house so he can call me if it is urgent.
Today I was in a client Teams working session with about 25 to 30 engineers. Thankfully it was one of those discussion meetings where I mostly just needed to listen and occasionally speak.
I had not eaten all day, so I was on mute finishing a massive wrap while listening in. The moment I finished the last bite, the bell starts ringing repeatedly.
That means urgent.
So I step away to help him while still listening to the meeting. My headset has a physical mic that mutes when flipped up and unmutes when it drops down. This becomes important.
Usually the wiping stage is slightly stressful but uneventful.
Not this time.
Out of nowhere he lets out an absolutely thunderous fart that continued for a few seconds. It startled both of us enough the second it startedthat I moved suddenly and the mic dropped down for maybe half a second.
Just long enough for it to go live to the entire call.
There was a pause. Complete silence. About thirty engineers collectively trying to process what they just heard.
Then one of the female client engineers giggled, a few people laughed, and the meeting just carried on like nothing happened.
A couple teammates messaged me afterward asking if that was my mic. I did not elaborate.
Caregiving is hard, but sometimes the timing is objectively funny.
TL;DR: Helped my grandfather to the bathroom during a Teams meeting, accidentally unmuted my mic for half a second at the exact moment he let out a very loud fart, and about thirty engineers heard it before we all pretended nothing happened.