TIFU trying to sneak a snack during a Zoom call and being the clown in chief

This literally happened three hours ago and I’m still embarrassed.

So I’ll tell you what happened, I work remotely and today we had a big team meeting on Zoom – about 40 people including my manager, his assistant and some VP who I’m 100% sure thinks I’m an unpaid intern.

The meeting is dragging on. I’m starving. I think I’ll just quietly grab a bag of chips from the kitchen. The camera is off. The microphone is off. I’m a master of my craft, I’m not going to sit hungry and listen to boring reports.

I go to the kitchen, grab some chips, come back, sit down at the computer and suddenly my manager asks me a question about the reports, I turn on the camera and microphone, answer all the questions and they leave me alone. But I forgot to turn off my camera and microphone, I took the chips, I open them and the sound of the chips opening was so loud that everyone went silent, and I opened the chips so hard (because I was hungry as a dog) that they flew all over the room. I started picking up the chips, realized that the microphone and camera were on and I felt really awkward. They also saw my underwear because I didn’t immediately realize that the camera and microphone were on.

The VP just stops and says: “Well, I’m glad someone is having fun.”

I’ve never felt so embarrassed in my life.

Anyway, I’m quitting my job and changing my name. Thanks for your time.

TL;DR: Tried to steal chips during a Zoom call, chips exploded, microphone and camera on, became the office clown in exactly 3 seconds.