Blunders take place in court, as proven by the virtual Zoom hearing that had to be halted for around 30 seconds after a lawyer inadvertently appeared on the screen as fluffy kitten.
Cat-astrophe In Court
Presidio County Attorney Rod Ponton entered the virtual court on Tuesday as a white kitten with brown spots, triggering wry smiles from other lawyers in the Zoom hearing.
As he struggled to turn off the computer-generated filter, Ponton said, "I'm prepared to go forward with it. I'm here live, I'm not a cat."
Seeing Ponton's difficulties with removing the filter, Judicial District Court Judge Roy Ferguson attempted to help Ponton by giving out instructions, but the struggle ensued for around 30 seconds.
In a tweet, Ferguson said the people who attended the virtual hearing "handled it with dignity," adding that the "filtered lawyer showed incredible grace" even as the Zoom court had to stop until the cat filter was turned off.
This isn't the first time an online meeting was interrupted by technical difficulties or people walking around the background of meeting attendees. Over the past few months, there have been hilarious tales that went viral due to virtual interruptions.
Zoom Meetings That Went Boom
Earlier this week, a local English council meeting held through Zoom took a turn for the worst and went viral on Twitter due to the many chaotic events that transpired in the meeting.
The Zoom meet-up was conducted for the Handforth Parish Council's Planning and Environment Committee. The official minutes of the meeting which was posted at Handforth's website was four pages long.
The minutes stated that Chairman of the Council, Brian Tolver was invited to take the Chair but he "refused to recognize the legitimacy of the meeting" and became "disruptive and aggressive."
Councilor Aled Brewerton later joined the chaos and questioned the meeting's legitimacy. Jackie Weaver, who was the Zoom meeting's organizer, then removed Tolver and Brewerton from the virtual meeting.
The viral Zoom meeting also featured some expletives and has since become a breeding ground for Twitter memes.
Aside from the viral parish meeting, there were also other attention-worthy Zoom conferences over the past few months that grabbed the attention of internet users.
There's the woman who offers goats to appear spontaneously in virtual meetings. The offer started out as a joke, farmer Dot McCarthy said, but the goats have been in demand even in serious business meetings.
There was also the story of a marketing head whose wife was heard scolding him during a client virtual call. It turns out the marketing head forgot to place an order for eggs.
Analysts said the recent events taking place in virtual meetings, albeit hilarious at times, further prove the difficulties that people need to overcome as they try to continue working through the pandemic.
