It all started as any other net meeting with colleagues from US and Germany joining in, but what unfolded during the course of the meeting, still makes me blush with embarrassment, but at the same time brings about a naughty smile at the corner of my lips.
A net meeting was organized involving myself and colleagues from US and Germany, in order to review the design document I had created. The participants included 2 ladies among the group of six. The meeting was progressing on a very serious note with me sharing my desktop and showing the design document. As I was explaining and proposing the new design, the other participants at times questioned my approach and offered better options. So in this way the meeting was progressing with lot of healthy discussions and brain storming. Then suddenly disaster strikes and without any notices a pop up message flashes on the screen, signaling the arrival of a new mail in my inbox. But to my embarrassment it was not a regular mail, instead it was a JUNK mail with the subject line screaming out boldly “Maintain er******* for longer periods…buy Viagra”. I guess each one of you reading this article can imagine what a state of embarrassment I might have been, with 6 colleagues(2 of them being women) watching my shared desktop. I was in such a state of shock that instead of quickly clicking on the close button, I ended up clicking on the maximize button. And there opened the colorful mail, with the contents displayed in so many bright colors explicitly glorifying the positive effects of Viagra.
I for a couple of minutes, sat there staring at the screen not knowing what to do next. There was complete silence over the telecom, apart from the smirking which was pretty audible. At that moment I felt like just closing down the whole system and restarting all over again. But then thought that would make the things worse. So instead I just closed the mail, and sounding as if nothing had happened, continued with the presentation. Though I tried my level best to force in confidence and calmness in my voice, I guess the first couple of minutes, I just managed to squeak out something. Thankfully apart from the smirking and silence, the mail didn’t kick up any other storm, and the meeting ended with not much ado.
But a couple of valuable lessons learnt at the end:
Lesson #1: Always implement the instructions given by the IT department, especially the ones which help to block junk mails.
Lesson #2: Try not to keep your outlook open when sharing your desktop over net meetings.
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3 comments:
sooper macha... nice way to put an impression. :)
btw, the IT rules are totally useless... Even with all that some mails do squeeze in to my inbox. However I have set the preferences that I dont get popups on the arrival of new mails. I just get the icon on the system tray. Similarly the pop-ups on new messages on the windows messenger and gtalk are all disabled. It appears minimized and just sits and flashes on the taskbar. Helps a lot if I forget to sign out during meetings. :)
btw, at least that mail you got could be identified as spam. A friend of mine got a message from another (she)friend with the message 'Hi s3xy boy'. Luckily for him I was just at his desk and it was not a meeting. Needless to say, I was embarassed like crazy and I walked away. :D
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