As more and more businesses are affected by the spread of COVID-19, offices and workplaces across the globe have shifted employees from corporate desks to their domestic couches. And while having the ability to work from home is undeniably a privilege in these uncertain times, it does bring with it its own set of challenges โ namely in the form of small children, needy pets, partners or housemates.
Watch below: โNetflix Partyโ lets you have a movie night with your friends while self-isolating
Although these โwork-from-home failsโ have momentarily embarrassed victims across the globe in front of their co-workers, they have provided some much-needed comic relief for those of us adjusting to our new norm. Whether it involved questionable wall art, accidental nudity or major technological issues, the Twitterverse is here once again to remind us that no matter how challenging our WFH situation is right now, it could always be much, much worse.
Our favourite #WFHFails shared below.
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My husband's working from home and just shouted to me from the living room: "I'm going into a video meetingโฆ" so I jokingly shouted back "I guess I should put a shirt on?" and then he finished his sentence "โฆand they can hear you."๐ณ
โ Rita Meade (@ScrewyDecimal) March 17, 2020
If you do WFH and have a Skype meeting, always consider if the 'art' on the wall is:
โ Gareth Barlow (@GarethBarlow) March 18, 2020
A) In shot
B) Appropriate pic.twitter.com/CqRAvCV4AF
Whole house WFH day 1 report: I whispered โI LOVE YOUโ loudly into what turned out to be my spouseโs active meeting headset mic. ๐
โ Lindsay Crudele (@thelindsayist) March 12, 2020
How I imagine pretty much every video conference meeting is going for anyone working from home who has a cat. pic.twitter.com/NYS3bpLkyw
โ Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) March 19, 2020
#WFH Fail! https://t.co/OPpyYuFfwP
โ Dana Delamar (@DanaDelamar) March 22, 2020
Pro-tip: if you and your husband are both working from home, check to see if he's on a four-way video call BEFORE running past the office naked to get a towel from the linen closet. #RealStory #COVID19 #WFH https://t.co/axghUWjvs2
โ Christina Kerby (@ChristinaKerby) March 13, 2020
I'm in a WFH meeting and my Google Home just answered a question someone on the video call asked, unprompted.
โ Ashley Casperite (@missalwayswrite) October 16, 2019
I nearly jumped out of my skin. pic.twitter.com/Z5Bv4coG3u
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Strange new WFH universe pillow talk is your partner saying "I agree with what you were saying in that meeting this afternoon"
โ Emily Kager (@EmilyKager) March 18, 2020
just started talking to my cat in the middle of a 68-person zoom meetingโand i wasn't muted!!! send the meteor!!!!
โ daniel taroy (@danieltaroy) March 16, 2020
working from home has been great so far. every meeting is 50% productivity and 50% everyone showing off their pets
โ wes ellis (@elliswes) March 17, 2020
My kid just walked into my video conference, yelled "look at my penis," and hit the button on his fart machine. Working from home going really great!
โ Jenna Weiss-Berman (@WBJenna) March 17, 2020
As more and more businesses are affected by the spread of COVID-19, offices and workplaces across the globe have shifted employees from corporate desks to their domestic couches. And while having the ability to work from home is undeniably a privilege in these uncertain times, it does bring with it its own set of challenges โ namely in the form of small children, needy pets, partners or housemates.
Watch below: โNetflix Partyโ lets you have a movie night with your friends while self-isolating
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As more and more businesses are affected by the spread of COVID-19, offices and workplaces across the globe have shifted employees from corporate desks to their domestic couches. And while having the ability to work from home is undeniably a privilege in these uncertain times, it does bring with it its own set of challenges โ namely in the form of small children, needy pets, partners or housemates.
Watch below: โNetflix Partyโ lets you have a movie night with your friends while self-isolating
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