LPT: TIFU by having five large African American gentlemen set as my background image for a conference call. ,
Over lockdown it became an ongoing joke amongst my circle to use funny and often inappropriate background images over our weekly social calls.
Now there is an iconic image of petite actor Piper Perri surrounded by 5 large African American gentlemen, I appropriately chose this as my zoom background and unfortunately forgot about it until friday morning when I was due in for a conference call, upon opening my video, and to my horror the board was greeted by myself and five large, very friendly gentlemen smiling back at them, I promptly disconnected my video and apologised however I am now due for a talk with HR on Monday.
TL;DR – Set my background image on zoom as a scene from a porno, forgot to take it off before a work call, promptly got called in by HR.
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Over lockdown it became an ongoing joke amongst my circle to use funny and often inappropriate background images over our weekly social calls.
Now there is an iconic image of petite actor Piper Perri surrounded by 5 large African American gentlemen, I appropriately chose this as my zoom background and unfortunately forgot about it until friday morning when I was due in for a conference call, upon opening my video, and to my horror the board was greeted by myself and five large, very friendly gentlemen smiling back at them, I promptly disconnected my video and apologised however I am now due for a talk with HR on Monday.
TL;DR – Set my background image on zoom as a scene from a porno, forgot to take it off before a work call, promptly got called in by HR.
Just say a friend of yours outside of the workplace was playing an April Fool’s joke on you
“HR lady, why are you against mixed relationships?”
Fuuuck the sheer number of ‘inappropriate background’ and ‘hot mic’ stories stemming from our socially distanced hell, somebody ought to gather it up into a book. A true record of our times.
Consider using [this image](https://am23.mediaite.com/tms/cnt/uploads/2020/04/meme-jealous-girlfriend-background.jpeg) as your background next time.
HR: Look, the board understands it was a joke/mistake, but they’ve requested more information about that picture… for reasons.
Fack! We need what happens on Monday!! Please update the story!
Hmm, our designer also had this background during one of the conference calls somewhere around the beginning of this pandemic. Nothing happened to her. Working in a bank.
At least you’re not a cat
LPT: set your settings to ‘camera always off’ when entering a call. Once in, click on the arrow next to “Start Camera” then “Video settings” to make sure everything looks good. I do it every single time out of paranoia
Get an identical photo of 5 of your actual big nice black friends and claim pure innocence
If they knew what it was, then they knew what it was…
You haven’t done anything wrong its a normal photo
Black person here. Just say Black men. It’s very cringe when people say African-American gentleman.
I guess HR wants to take the time to thank you for your swift efforts at correcting the error immediately? I could imagine there’d actually be a problem if you didn’t take any corrective action.
I pulled this on purpose in my morning meeting with the same background and got away with it. Glad my office is chill.
Dude’s first day at our company joined an all company zoom call with the user name 666_devilcock. He quickly disconnected and rejoined with his real name.
Luckily for him we’re a small company and we all just found it funny.
I play D&D with my friends over Zoom. One of my friends seems to share his Zoom with his family, because whenever he logs on the name is set to his teenage son’s name.
For whatever reason, this player always sets his background as a screenshot of his character miniature from HeroForge. His character is a massive armored Minotaur.
I have often imagined his son, logging in for class or to talk to his friends or whatever he uses the Zoom for- only to have a big Minotaur peering over his shoulder.
Please post an update after the talk with HR.
I posted that background on Facebook last summer and was banned from Facebook for sharing pornography. Everyone was clothed, and Piper was edited out.
I’m better off without Facebook, but it still makes me really angry.
Which movie?
Assuming you’re using a personal account for zoom calls at work (why would you use a work account for social calls to your friends?) then just tell them the truth.
Everyone, HR included, will find the loneliness and need for a joking pick me up with friends in this “unprecedented” times relatable. You’ll likely get a warning but it’s better than trying to lie or shift responsibility onto another person where it may backfire.
Why would that be a HR matter? The image wasn’t offensive was it?
I love how you wrote this like an e-mail XD
Please accept my poorman’s gold ⚜️🏅🥇🏆🌟
No Sir, the background was intentional.
We are going to SHAFT the competition. We will SQUEEZE our meaty selves into their marketplace, and bang away hard until they collapse with exhaustion.
Why is it inappropriate? Were the dudes naked?
Time to update that resume
That’s why I have my camera and mic off by default when I join calls. Always givesmme a chance to review a background before start.
“Actor”
Tell HR: “Our company accommodates the values, feelings, and beliefs of minorities, and so do I.”
By large, he did not mean fat.
Tell them what you just told us….. Being honest and owning your mistake is the absolute best route when your job/integrity are on the line…. Own it
and most circumstances I would say you would get away from this by claiming it was an April fool’s joke however because it happened in front of the board I think you’re kind of fucked.
There’s a story like this in the media every week. How many people need to see these to stop being so stupid?
Yikes
Ask them why they think it’s inappropriate and force them to admit they watch porn or something
Say that it’s something you and your friends do for a laugh since covid has been such a depressing time. Guilt trip them