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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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WELCOME TO THE TELECONFERENCE SERVICE. PLEASE ENTER YOUR ACCESS CODE. FOLLOWED BY THE POUND SIGN.

THERE ARE...FOUR...PARTICIPANTS ON YOUR CALL, INCLUDING YOU. YOU ARE JOINING YOUR CONFERENCE AS A PARTICIPANT. FOR A MENU OF AVAILABLE COMMANDS, PRESS STAR POUND *BOOP BEEP*

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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why yes, all these stretched, poorly alpha-channeled stock images are going to be in this presentation going out to customers, why do you ask?

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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qntm posted:

"Your meeting will start momentarily! Please continue to hold"

says automated voice which has no idea at all whether a meeting is about to begin

think we use that same teleconf provider cause that message is too dumb to actually be common

...right?

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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qntm posted:

AT&T I think

yep

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Thanks Ants posted:

*dials into conferencing provider with a cheap analogue desk telephone that happens to have a speakerphone feature*

"wow the quality of this service sure is bad!!!"

my desk phone is older than i am.

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Agile Vector posted:

the poo poo hardware is my desktop phone :smithicide:

same, my desk phone is literally older than i am

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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oh boy, a product manager joined the end of iteration demos, guess it's time for this to be his personal conference to discuss whatever

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Clockwerk posted:

I'm the person that repeatedly interrupts everyone mid discussion to loudly ask, "who just joined?"

the Cisco join and drop beeps are both my muse and my master

carry on then posted:

WELCOME TO THE TELECONFERENCE SERVICE. PLEASE ENTER YOUR ACCESS CODE. FOLLOWED BY THE POUND SIGN.

THERE ARE...FOUR...PARTICIPANTS ON YOUR CALL, INCLUDING YOU. YOU ARE JOINING YOUR CONFERENCE AS A PARTICIPANT. FOR A MENU OF AVAILABLE COMMANDS, PRESS STAR POUND *BOOP BEEP*

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Mad Wack posted:

Our 25 person conf call once got to listen to a VP order a shamrock shake from a mcdonalds drive thru, taste it, and send it back

thats a real power play

amazing

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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dragon enthusiast posted:

Back in college one day a professor forgot to take off the wireless clip-on mic during the break and we all got to hear him take a piss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRHVIcesOH4

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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several conferences in my buildinghave a poster that says "Start a meeting, share a story"

it's the dumbest poo poo

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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at least our teleconf service has a command that mutes everyone but the host. it's pro.

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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BONGHITZ posted:

i love tom shitfucker

im partial to jerry pissfuck myself

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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fart simpson posted:

i host a weekly call with attendees in china, denmark, and california. :shepface:

lol which one has to be up at midnight

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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also lately i've been noticing that people who are working from home all seem to have the mcmansion reverb of hardwood and vaulted ceilings when they talk

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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*noise*

leader: "who's making that noise, could whoever is making that noise please go on mute"

*noise*

leader: "please go on mute"

*noise*

"hey [leader] can you mute yourself for a second"

*silence*

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Arcsech posted:

In win7 & 8 win+up maximized the current window. In win10 it does that... Except if you previously used win+left/right, then win+up reduces the window to a quarter of your screen, which is loving useless and awful.

it's fine.

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Agile Vector posted:

sounds like we have an echo. can everyone mute their phones for BONGHITZ posts?

he is insecure-He Is Insecure-HE IS INSECURE-HE IS INSECUREFWIPFWIPFWIPFIWPWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Dislike button posted:

im still getting some background noise, can everyone please check to make sure youre on mute?

uh, you can use * 6 7 to mute everyone

*beep* *boop* *beep*

ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE NOW IN LISTEN ONLY MODE

*noise continues*

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Mad Wack posted:

in one of our conference rooms the facilities techs couldnt be bothered to install a projector screen so they marked where the projector hits the wall with a blue painters tape rectangle

several of our team rooms are like this except with the border drawn in marker on the white board

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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mishaq posted:

what kind of trashy places do you people work at jesus christ

a fortune 50 global enterprise

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Maximum Leader posted:

sametime is the only good business chat app. unfortunately it comes with notes

surprisingly, the enterprise im system built on eclipse isn't the worst one available

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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my desk phone is older than i am

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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management all hands meeting today had most of the presenters very quiet except for the main one who introduced each of the others, who was intent on making us all deaf

"thanks very much and looking forward to working with you all"
"OKAY THANKS BILL NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM ZANE"
"hello everyone my name is zane"

on and on for an hour and a half

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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the water fountain is free what more do you need?

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Sun Wu Kampf posted:

45 minutes into the meeting: nnnnnnNNNNRRRRGH *splashpfffrtttttfrtttt*

immediate meeting collapse as everyone either cracks up or exclaims in disgust

       /

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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today we had a screaming kid in the background of someone on the conference call

classic

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Bloody posted:

I am in a conference call I anticipate it being bad

add an offer to suck them off to the new business section of the agenda

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Mad Wack posted:

the meetings will continue until productivity improves

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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sleepwalkers posted:

i work for a company that was acquired and has no choice. we're currently in hell as we migrate:
- old email addresses still work with outlook but we can't reserve rooms anymore
- s4b works for text chat as poorly as it always has
- new addresses work
- if we don't like notes we can use a suck-rear end web client, or opt into keeping a 30-day rolling window of current emails in outlook, i think having to go back to notes or web client to dig up old material.

so now half of the company has jumped in feet first to our new poo poo, and half of the company refuses to switch, so its a horrible mess of contacting people using four different applications.

i have a feeling you were acquired by my employer. which web client have they told you about, because there are two of them

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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sleepwalkers posted:

verse. god i hope there's a mail client somewhere that doesn't suck poo poo.

there's also a notes web interface (fartcloud notes lmao)

honestly i've just settled into using outlook + notes fat client for archives and hoping they relent on the 30 day limit for outlook

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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mishaq posted:

lol

who the gently caress still uses lotus notes

guess

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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also it's not lotus notes anymore, it's

IBM Notes: Social Edition

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:

political action conference calling with a bunch of fellow socialists

from each according to their inability to mute their phone, to each until it becomes a screech of feedback

please put this in the queue for the thread name thanks and gd bless

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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FrozenVent posted:

once had an Iraq customer call me in the middle of my morning dump, happy to report I fixed his issue and got him to sign more business with us

it was a hard push but we got a very firm commitment, made quite a splash

now try it with an Iranian

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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A Pinball Wizard posted:

ohhh thats what that sound is? i figured it was some kind of out of band signalling that was leaking into the call

our desk phones are rolms that are literally older than i am and they make this sound every time my phone gets too close

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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i really wish my team lead would stop saying "i'll talk to the rest of the team" when the rest of the team is me

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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unfortunately!

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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Cold on a Cob posted:

maybe you're doing the jobs of three people, demand a raise lol

not quite but i have a feeling i'm about to

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Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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to celebrate recent successes the department coordinated a little hour-long party at all the sites where we would each join a group call on a skype cart and the managers would say a few words

what actually happened was 10 minutes of the director starting to talk and then being interrupted by his own voice turning into screeching feedback, so he just muted everyone and we ate cake

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