Z : Zoom Calls and Other Stupid Stuff #AtoZChallenge2020

I came across this meme on internet. I found it hilarious, because I connect with it. With 'Work From Home' being one of the most used terms during lockdown, and Zoom calls / other video calls becoming the norm, people are misusing it. What should have been an email, becomes a meeting. 

Today, I wanted to share some good and bad aspects of Zoom calls / other video calls with you. 

Good Aspects of Video Calls: 

1. You see someone digging his/her nose during the video meeting. You are relieved, as you wouldn't be shaking hands with him/her at the end of the meeting. 

2. If you get ready on time, switch on the video. If you wake up late and don't get ready on time, switch on only audio. That's an amazing choice. 

3. Unlike real meetings, you can mute others at your will.

4. Not having a good internet connection is an excellent excuse to not attend the meetings. I mean who is going to verify! And no one is going to ask you to come by cab, if your car is broken.

Bad Aspects of Video Calls: 

1. As there is no infrastructure (meeting rooms) constraint, the number of random meetings shoot-up. As mentioned above, what should have been an email, becomes a meeting. 

2. Whether someone digs his / her nose or not, there will always be one person in the video call, whose nostrils you can look into with microscopic details. 

3. I thought all of us look ugliest in our Aadhaar Card pictures. I was so wrong. Some look uglier than that on Zoom calls.

4. Unlike real meetings, others can mute you at their will.

5. If internet is bad (car broken), you are expected to use mobile phones to connect (cab). Doing video calls on mobile phones is even more tiresome. So use 'bad internet' excuse sparingly.

I am sure you have experienced a lot of stupid things with video calls. Do share your experiences in the comments section. 

Like guffaws filled video calls, there is other stupid stuff that has become normal in this lockdown. As this is last post of the April challenge, I wanted to list few of those stupid things too. 

• Baking cakes at home to post pictures on Instagram. However good it looks, there is no good cake without the creamy icing. Stop kidding me and wait for good bakeries to open. 
• Workout videos. Stop playing with my mind. You were doing workouts before too. Why showing off now? Be kind and humble in this lockdown.
• The guys who said, Netflix khatam ho gaya (Everything has been seen on Netflix) after 15 days of lockdown. You are idiots. That is Doordarshan, not Netflix. Netflix is like Akshaya Patra (inexhaustible)
• The parents who claim on WhatsApp groups with an air of superiority that they are engaging their kids in a proper manner. Friends, I am saying this from my personal experience, that these parents are lying. It is our kid who is engaging us, entangling us, making us run around the whole day. And he is the one who makes all those Zoom calls, tad more tolerable, by pressing random buttons on my laptop, when these calls are on. 

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My theme for this year's #AtoZchallenge is Lock-down Blues. I intend to write and talk about how I deal with it, what it inspires me to read or watch or any aspect of it which fascinates me. You can read the theme reveal post here. 

Previous Challenges : Letter Z

2017: Zebra / Jebra

2018: Zoom in

2019: Zeros & Stars in Hindi Films / Bollywood