The conversation goes something like this:
Us: “Hello”
Them: “Hello”
Us: “Hello”
Them: “Hello”
Us: “Hello”
(Blank Screen and silence.)
Them: “Oh, now we can see you!”
Us: “Well, we can’t see you”.
Them: “Why not?”
Us: “No idea”.
(Blank screen and silence)
Them: “It’s OK we can see you now”.
Us: “Good”.
Them: “Switch your mic on. We can’t hear you”.
Us: ” It is on.Why can’t you hear us?”
Them: “No idea. Try switching it off then on again”.
Both: “It’s OK now!!!”
Us: “Can you tilt your screen down a bit, we can only see the top of your head”.
Them: “That better?”
Us: “A bit”.
Us: “How come you’re in Brooklyn?”
Them: We’re not, it’s San Francisco”.
Us: “How do you do that?”
Them: “You just choose a background photo from the library or you can make your own”.
(Long silence)
Them: “You’ve done it! Nice Palm trees. How is it on that beach?”
Us: “Lovely, no lock down”.
Them: “Sorry, can’t hear you. Sound’s gone again”.
Us: “Sorry ,can’t hear you. Sound’s gone again”.
Them: “It’s OK now”.
Us: “Good.”.
Them: “How are you getting on in London?”
Us: “Your picture’s frozen now and there’s no sound. Can you say that again?”
Them: “How are you doing?”
Us: “OK.” “Your screen’s fallen forward”.
Them: “What?”
Us: “Your screen’s fallen forward”.
Them: “We were wondering how you’re getting on”
Us: “OK ,considering”
Them: “You can’t answer while we’re still speaking. Can you answer again now”
Us: “OK, considering. But we can’t see you now.”
Them: “That’s because you can only see the person who’s talking”
Us: “Are you sure”
Them: “Pretty sure”
(A notice appears on screen)
‘Your meeting is over‘
Us: “Bye. Great to chat. Let’s do it again next week”.
Them: “What?’
Locked down in London 