People say they use recordings of random company Zoom meetings they found on YouTube to pretend they're busy at work

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 01:41

A person taking a group video call with multi-ethnic colleagues and friends. — "I use this whenever I need people in the house to leave me alone lol. It gives me a good 2 hours of alone time when needed," one person said in a YouTube comment.
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Some people say they use recordings of random Zoom meetings they found on YouTube to look busy.
Some said they would play the videos with the sound on to dodge work and avoid small talk.
"This meeting has been of more use to me than any other meeting at work," read one YouTube comment.

People trying to dodge work and avoid small talk have been turning to an unlikely tool — pretending to be in a meeting by playing Zoom recordings they found on YouTube.