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TIFU By cursing out my computer on a work call

Obligatory did not happen today. This tale goes back to coronatimes. We were in full lockdown and my team at work was having a very important online meeting on new policies. Everyone was there, my collegues, my boss... I was having a particulary shitty morning. When first logging in on the call I realised the worst: my wifi was down. I quickly jumped into the car and raced to my parents house close by. Luckily, I could set up in my brothers old room on his shitty desk between his boxing ball and his closet. With a delay of 20 minutes, I finally connected to the zoomcall...only to realise that my battery was running low and my charger was still at home. After an axiety-ridden return trip back home I was officially a half an hour late on this call. Luckily we had only just arrived at the point in the meeting where my opinion was needed. Sigh of relief, gather my thoughts, start concentrating and jutting down notes. But then, the moment that I was discussing something very important...my computer screen goes black. WTF. Try to turn on and of. No reaction. Check charger. No reaction. Put down the screen of my laptop and just stare in front of me. Maybe the battery died so hard it needs a minute to charge enough? Anxiety through the roof. What can I do for a couple of minutes while I wait? My eye catches the boxing ball. In a daze I get up and start punching...it feels amazing! Automtically while I was punching, I start cursing out this stupid computer, this stupid day, all the deities I can think of. 5 min later I calmly sit down again, try my screen and miraculously it lights up again. I join the call and everyone is dead silent for a minute. Then my boss asks me to join her on a seperate call and promptly asks me if I'm okay. My computer had betrayed me yet again: the screen had gone black, but apparantly I was still on the call, still very much with my mic on (I mean..how???). From their point of view, I had just suddenly put my screen down and started screaming and hitting stuff. That was the tale of how everyone on my team heard me randomly have a complete meltdown. In the end I tried to awkwardly explain, but I got some concerned looks the next couple of days. I did find out that many of my colleagues genuinly cared for me as multiple people approached my asking if I was alright and if they could help me in some way. So in the end, while I cannot trust on my laptop at all, I can very much trust and lean on my team :)

TL;DR: My computerscreen goes black while on an important work call. I try to relieve stress while boxing and cursing for a few minutes. Turns out my mic was still very much on and audible to the whole team.

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