Justice is served.

[stomachmonkey]

I spend a significant portion of my time on conference calls.

During the summers when the wife and kids are home more often I actually go to my studio on a more regular basis just to get some privacy.

But when you have calls happening in virtually every time zone you will not have much choice but to do them from home.

Generally the protocol is when I have a call coming up I leave my office and announce to the house "Dad is getting on a call in XX minutes and ask for confirmation that they heard me and understand what that means"

That works pretty well until about 30 seconds into the call when my wife will stand 5 feet from my office door and yell to the kids about some random thing that really is not important at the moment causing a conversation to ensue that is just her and the kids yelling back and forth.

Or one of them will wander in while I'm responding to the voices that are coming from my computer and ask "Are you on a call? Cause I need the Amazon login"

I will mime that yes I am on a call and they just stand there staring at me. When I ask "what?" they repeat, "I need XXXXX"

But now that we are all stuck home and they have to also telecommute for work and classes they are all feeling my pain while I just sit here with a **** eating feeling vindicated.

[stealthn]

It’s funny, this is the new norm, I’m sure people are working on funny working from home videos about this sort of real life stuff.

I tell my kids but I still hear them yelling at their video games on the computer

[red-beard]

I can hear us getting fatter

[Zeke]

ooooh that wouldn't work for me. I growl louder than family can yell.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by stealthn

It’s funny, this is the new norm, I’m sure people are working on funny working from home videos about this sort of real life stuff.

2nd row, 1st person.

[wilnj]

Beat me by 9 seconds.

[Noah930]

Ha on the above video. There's also one of some young woman doing a zoom/skype at home, and her pants-less husband comes wandering into the back of the picture.

[john70t]

Familiarity may breed contempt, but equal pain breeds empathy.

Buy a lock, a room divider, or a "do not disturb" light.
My critters always seem to wait until I'm lying down comfy before they need to go outside. On call 24/7.

[LWJ]

Awesome.

[cabmandone]

My daughter went back up to her apartment because she "can't get into school mode" at home. I smiled and told her, kinda makes you wonder how I ever got into work mode with kids asking me for stuff all the time doesn't it?
Wouldn't trade it for anything though.

[daepp]

My mind immediately went to this - I could watch it a hundred times in a row!