We’ve probably used the word “mute” more times over the past 7 months than we have in the rest of human history, combined. Telling somebody that they need to unmute themselves is a standard feature of just about every Zoom or Teams call that has occurred since the coronavirus work-from-home process started. The constant references to being on mute moved me to write some bad COVID-19 verse:
“You’re On Mute”
A point was made, I disagreed, and started to refute
Folks shook their heads and sadly said
“I’m sorry, you’re on mute.”
You have a point to make; a comment that is cute
But no one else will hear your thoughts
If you forgot you’re “on mute.”
It should be easy to recall, this Teams call attribute
The microphone icon is there to see and click
And yet: “You’re on mute.”
The icon is needed, to be sure; there is no substitute
To avoid echoing, and barking dogs
We Zoomers all must “mute.”
Some people don’t use it at all, but I won’t go that route
At times you don’t want people to hear
You’re grateful you can “mute.”
In these days of “work from home,” we’ve got no commute
But new skills are replacing driving
Like remembering to “unmute.”
What’s going on in our world someone knows something
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What are these creatures that are here there biting me and my dog why????????
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Well done!
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