Conference calls are just always awkward. There's no way around it. Now imagine how much more awkward they would be if everyone could also see each other while on the call. Now THAT would be awkward.
Comedy duo Tripp and Tyler have imagined just that situation in their newest spot-on video, "A Conference Call in Real Life." The sketch perfectly highlights the annoyances that come bundled with getting a group of coworkers together on a conference call, as well as the very real feeling of disconnection from your coworkers that conference calls offer.
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The video includes all the conference call tropes you know and love: the person whose call keeps dropping and has to constantly rejoin the call, the person who is asked a question and doesn't realize he's on mute. The video even includes everyone's favorite: the person who constantly sounds like they're in a wind tunnel.
From everyone awkwardly announcing themselves as they walk into the room to the ear-splitting interruptions of an invisible yappy mutt, everything that's annoying about a conference call has been condensed into this one room.
The video does include at least one benefit to being in a conference call: No one can call you out on faking call interference to go to a happy hour.
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AHHHHHHH!
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Image: Youtube, Tripp and Tyler