That Poor Bird
I was one of a group of managers who were leading a boring team briefing to about 60 colleagues on Teams. It was summer and warm out, so I had my patio doors open to my garden while I sat on my sofa with my computer on my lap. When it came to my part of the briefing, I turned my camera on. I was droning away, trying to finish my bit as quickly as possible.
I wanted to turn my camera off, mute my mic, and get back to watching the cricket game on TV. Before I could finish, I suddenly heard a commotion. There was a loud squawking sound, and in burst my border terrier, who had somehow ambushed a seagull and leapt onto my lap to show me his feathery prize. The call descended into a chaos of laughter and random comments like, “Is that a seagull?!” And, “Oh, that poor bird.”
My favorite was, “I bet he couldn’t do that to a swan!” Unsurprisingly, I had to dip out of the call to clean the mess.
Story credit: Reddit / fearsomemumbler