TIFU With a Hot Mic

It finally happened to me after all these years. I forgot to re-mute myself during a meeting and was kind of talking shit about what was going on in the meeting (and about someone in the meeting). Nothing bad about them persay but more on how I don’t believe they should be having such a big influence over how my department is run (they have never worked in my role/department). Didn’t catch that I was unmuted until on of my coworkers let me know.

I’m usually so good about double (and triple) checking that I have muted myself again after speaking up. It’s so embarrassing and nerve-racking. I’m not even sure what I was all saying aside and let out quite a few normal volume f-bombs. Plus now everyone knows that I really hate my job. The worst part is that our meetings are all recorded so it’s out there forever. I tried playing it off as a voice message from my sister (we sound the same) but I know no one believes me 😣

TL;DR: always check your mic and never let your guard down.

Edit: I listened to that part of the recording. It was mostly inaudible muttering, which is a huge relief. I’ll make sure to quadruple check before talking to myself.