I left the mic on in a Zoom meeting...

[Nothing Loud]

It's a meeting I tune into but don't contribute because I'm just a grad student and everyone else is a mid-career PhD scientist.

I hit the mute mic button and went to sit down at the other end of the room to listen for my name and hear what's going on while doing other things. The meeting topic is so complex I don't really understand it or anything people are talking about.

my husband comes out of the room and talks to me about his job, our finances, we talk about sex, and later I mention a colleague on the call is very smart but he talks so slowly I can't stay focused.

the meeting went on without a hitch and even went over the time slot. It was a riveting discussion though I didn't contribute and I tuned out most of the time.

I go to log out of the meeting and notice the mic button shows "on"

my heart jumped into my throat and I just have no idea what to do

I have no idea if they heard me or I need to send an apology email. I'm just stewing in embarrassment right now

I'm fucking done with WFH

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Most suitable username for a topic in the history of forums

 

[Okabe]

Damn...

 

[Rackham]

Rip OP

 

[SgtCobra]

I'm fucking done with WFH

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I can't help you because....Damn...but I can at least agree with you.

 

[Quinton]

Did future you ensure your user name fit current you or

 

[M. Wallace]

Wouldn't they have said something if they heard you?

 

[zero_suit]

That's rough.

 

[Chaos Legion]

Damn. Never forget to mute.

 

[BLEEN]

I hit the mute mic button

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I think you hit the unmute mic button LOL

 

[TeenageFBI]

Wouldn't they have said something if they heard you?

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Yeah, you're probably fine.

 

[Joe]

If you were talking the whole time, how would no one have spoken up? I couldn't handle a meeting with someone talking through the whole thing.

 

[BossAttack]

Wouldn't they have said something if they heard you?

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Why when they were being provided free entertainment?

 

[fracas]

How far were you guys from your mic? Any background noise in the room? I'd say there's a greater than zero chance no one heard you.

 

[discotheque]

Don't apologize unless someone mentions something. They probably would have tried to get your attention if your audio was picking up and distracting them.

If there was someone in the call you're friendly with, try casually asking if your mic was on.

 

[The Riot Inside]

I generally find that if I'm some distance away from my laptop then my mic doesn't pick me up in zoom meetings. If they didn't say anything during the meeting then I'm pretty sure they didn't hear you.

 

[Sylvestre]

Wouldn't they have said something if they heard you?

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for sure
you're ok OP

 

[Cenauru]

From my experience with voice calls, if no one pointed it out at all, they probably didn't hear it. You'd have been interrupting the call big time, especially if you were talking about sex and company stuff. Personally I would act as if no one heard it until someone points it out.

 

[joedick]

I don't know, but I've heard the software is pretty good at picking up what's in front of the computer and not as much of the room noise. Is there a recording of the call?

 

[iWannaHat]

Either they didn't hear you and you pretend nothing happenned. Or they did hear you and they pretend nothing happenned. Either way to plan is to lie and repress.

 

[Deleted member 43084]

green is noises

 

[PickledCucumber]

You're not alone, OP.

I sent a NSFW pic of a hot guy to my office group text 😬

 

[shaneo632]

Sounds like you're fine

 

[brochiller]

At least you aren't the woman who took her laptop to the toilet and sat it in front of her with the camera on for her colleagues to watch while she peed.

 

[bastardly]

im sure the host wouldve muted you if they could hear you talking over everyone

 

[Goddo Hando]

nobody was paying attention anyway, so you're probably good.

 

[Neece]

Did you talk about sex or have sex?

 

[Mg.]

If people weren't pausing while you were chit chatting then you're in the clear.

 

[Pandora012]

You're not alone, OP.

I sent a NSFW pic of a hot guy to my office group text 😬

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uh huh. now how did they take that?

 

[Joshua]

1) Did you mute in Zoom or did you hit the mute button on your headset? Because it's possible your audio hardware had its own mute if that's what you did. My Plantronics headset mute is rarely in sync with my laptop but would still work.

2) Is there a recording of the meeting you can review?

 

[dyne]

If it's zoom, you gotta enable push-to-talk. And usually people will mute you if it's distracting enough.

Push-to-talk

Overview The push-to-talk feature allows you to remain muted throughout your Zoom meeting and hold down the spacebar when you want to be unmuted and talk. Learn about all host controls in a meeting...

support.zoom.us

 

[Deleted member 20892]

i took my final exam for one of my classes the other day and had to be on video through zoom. i finished up and took a shower came back in the room naked and realized my cam was still on and people were still testing :)

 

[thepenguin55]

I'm going to say, if no one ever mentions it then you're probably better off never mentioning it yourself.

 

[JetSetSoul]

You're not alone, OP.

I sent a NSFW pic of a hot guy to my office group text 😬

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How'd that go though

 

[milkyway]

You could always casually say that you noticed you left your mic on while talking with your spouse and that you hope you didn't interrupt anyone. If they say they heard you, then I guess you have a follow-up apology...that you can still keep semi-vague in case they didn't hear the content lol.

 

[Deleted member 25799]

Yikes, mate. Something similar happened to me some years ago and people were pretty fast to react to it, though. I think you may have gotten lucky this time lol

 

[Mathieran]

We are gonna need a diagram to figure out if you were heard or not

 

[The Masked Mufti]

OP they probably hate you for being an inconsiderate shit who keeps talking over them.

More seriously though they probably muted you and figured out that you forgot to hit mute. Don't worry about it too much.

 

[Holy Diver]

You could try recreating the call and check whether your conversation could be heard or not

 

[boontobias]

Unless video cams were on, there's no proof anyone was actually on the meeting listening

 

[____]

I take all meetings nude to walk on the wild side. If I get caught, admire the tripod.

All jokes aside, though, I do sometimes wonder if people on the call notice me sparking my lighter to light up during meetings I'm hosting.

 

[julia crawford]

I also think people would say something if they had listened to anything. I think you're safe op. Just a scare.

 

[VISION]

They probably heard everything

 

[Cipherr]

I still just.... dont understand how this happens. Its burned into the back of my mind. But anyway, hopefully they muted you early I guess.

 

[DarkSora]

Maybe the mic wasn't strong enough to hear your conversation.

I once had music blasting in my room and was about to start a bluejeans meeting when I noticed the mic was on but nobody said anything.

 

[Barnak]

I mean, if you were at the other end of the room like you said, chances are they didn't hear anything. Mics can't reach this far(unless you live near a busy street with the windows opened), as far as I know.

 

[oreomunsta]

"Dear colleagues,

Lots of laughs, you fell for my totally fake and not real at all conversation I staged with my husband!

Jokes on you,

Nothing Loud"

 

[III-V]

1st rule is always mute

 

[Nida]

I would think someone would say something at a certain point, especially when you start talking about topics like sex. You might be good.

 

[ConHaki66]

my husband comes out of the room and talks to me about his job, our finances, we talk about sex, and later I mention a colleague on the call is very smart but he talks so slowly I can't stay focused.

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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
RIP

EDIT: If they could hear you they would have muted you as you would be distracting?