My roommate and I both work from home. We sit in separate rooms, mind our own business, and generally co-exist well. Today, I had an hour-long lunch break and decided to, uh… take care of myself in my bedroom. Headphones in, volume up, brain off.
At one point, I noticed the sound quality was a little echo-y. Weird.
And then, I hear a knock at my door followed by, “Dude. Your laptop speakers are on.”
I froze.
I had been playing very NSFW content at full volume through my MacBook speakers. Not my AirPods.
The walls are thin. The kitchen is right next to my room. And apparently, my roommate had a client on Zoom when it started blasting.
He just said, “I muted real fast. But I swear to God, never again.”
I may never eat in that kitchen again. I may never live anywhere again.
TL;DR: Thought my AirPods were connected, watched porn, it blasted through my laptop speakers during my roommate’s work call. We are no longer making eye contact.
Comments
That’s freaking hilarious… in retrospect. You were so caught up in your private session you didn’t even notice the speakers cranking out your, ahem, “private playlist”. I’m just surprised it wasn’t your roommate who started playing the video in a loop to get back at ya later.
“Nobody needs a 3.5mm jack anymore” – not this guy.
Doh! So get a yellow sticky and write “Speakers Off” & stick it somewhere visible.
Best thing I’ve read so far today. Thank you.
Confused – how were you seeing what was on screen? How was it playing out of your laptop if it wasn’t on the screen?
Wwwoooooow.
We have a Bluetooth speaker in our bathroom. My husband connects to listen to an audio book while showering/bathing. Once our son was using the shower and turned on the switch that turns on the speakers. It connected to my husband’s phone who was in the bedroom. I hear a noise and my son says “where is that coming from?” I flip the switch off immediately and go tell my husband to disconnect. Thankfully he was just playing a mobile fighting game. Now he has to make sure he disconnects every time.
I shit you not, i did that with my mother in law in the kitchen. Knocking one out is always a sure fire way to nap, and I had only had a few hours sleep that night. She played it off, and never brought it up. I think it was on the Bluetooth speaker in the kitchen for at least a minute until I figured it out.