[Food] Teams meetings in cafes and coffee shops

[amexer]

I often meet 3/4 business contacts in a cafe enviroment. In a cafe because it is first thing and nobody wants to drink alchohol. Owners seem to be happy with the £30/£40 we spend

 

[Jackthelad]

I’ve seen it at the beach and parks and even national trust places. That’s worse. I want to hear the wind, the birds, I don’t want to hear about Graham in head office or Mandy’s yoga wellbeing class.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Love this from CYE

 

[The Clamp]

People don't like confrontation and are worried about things spiralling out of their control.
So they take the easy option and swerve the situation.
The older I get the more I tend to swerve confrontation, thinking to myself "is it worth it?"
I suppose it could be called cowardly or just a lack of confidence.

I think challenging people for the no headphones thing has to be done with care.

You do have to consider what the outcome could be.

Cowardly? Maybe. But outside of work, my philosophy is if you’re not in direct danger and nobody is threatening you or other people, leave it.

A nasty confrontation can change the course of your day.

I know that’s how people get away with things but is it worth the possible nasty situation?

 

[Milano]

It's weird, it would cause me physical anxiety to take a work call on a train, even personal calls I keep to absolute minimum, because a) I don't WANT the world knowing my business, and b) I don't like having to listen to other people bang on about meaningless nonsense.

Corporate life is now utterly f***ed up and it didn't use to be like this. The mad fuckers of the 90s with their pointless sociology degrees are now CxOs and setting these mad themes as if it were an NUS manifesto, either that or MBA bellends who are paid a fortune to waft air around and make life difficult. The world didn't end in the 90s when we were allowed a pint at lunchtime in the city and if someone was behaving like a prick you were alllowed to call them a prick, in fact it was a far better place for it.

 

[The Clamp]

I often meet 3/4 business contacts in a cafe enviroment. In a cafe because it is first thing and nobody wants to drink alchohol. Owners seem to be happy with the £30/£40 we spend

I think it’s different if people are actually there in person.

For some reason it’s far more annoying when it’s a Teams on the laptop.

 

[The Clamp]

There Could Soon Be A Crackdown On Playing Music On Public Transport Without Headphones

No headphones? Mo’ problems as ‘Sodcasting’ is under threat, banning music and videos played out loud from a phone on buses and trains.

secretldn.com

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

The decision is already made and the gears have started turning.

I'm moving into the world of music. Yes I am aware it's risky. Yes I know it's a hugely oversaturated market. This wasn't an impulsive decision, it's about 15 years in the making.

To clarify, it would be a combination of teaching (Bass Guitar primarily, although I may also look at teaching Guitar, Drums, Piano at a basic level) and working in Sync/Song production - mostly writing for film and TV.

I have a couple of friends/old band mates who are currently working in that world (and making a decent living in it) so I would like that to be my eventual full destination, but it's a slow burn to get into and build up income. The teaching is a more solid starting point to bringing in regular income.

Oh, and also doing function work (weddings, birthdays etc) as extra income top up, maybe 1-2 times a month.

As main breadwinner of my household I have to do this very carefully - fortunately my current work are being really supportive in terms of allowing me to leave in a staged manner - it actually suits the company, the clients and me for me to leave as slowly/gradually as possible.

Sorry, you didn't ask for my life story. But it's a huge deal to me.

What is it with bassists always having ideas above their station?


(Best of luck )

 

[The Clamp]

This is it. I'm still the right side of 40. I don't want to click my fingers and suddenly I'm 60 and still "not got round to it".

It might not work out, and I might come back to my current job cap in hand in a few years. But I owe it to myself to try.

It might not work out, as you say, but I find with things like this, once you start putting energy into it..things happen.

And it could take you in directions you never even thought of. Opportunities start to open up when you put the effort in.

 

[The Optimist]

I often meet 3/4 business contacts in a cafe enviroment. In a cafe because it is first thing and nobody wants to drink alchohol. Owners seem to be happy with the £30/£40 we spend

I don’t anyone’s got a problem with that. It online MS Teams meetings that are the issue and topic of this thread.

 

[amexer]

I don’t anyone’s got a problem with that. It online MS Teams meetings that are the issue and topic of this thread.

People annoy me having a conversation on phone in public Full stop. If I recieve a call I must take will always go outside away from everyone

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

I don’t anyone’s got a problem with that. It online MS Teams meetings that are the issue and topic of this thread.

I have done this in the past but usually because I am not near home or the office. For example, I may have met with a customers and then used a local cafe to join a meeting before heading to my next appointment. Where I do, I try to find a corner and use a headset to keep the disruption to others to a minimum.

However, I am sure there are plenty of 'look at me' types who seem to follow the Dom Jolly school of telephone etiquette.

 

[WATFORD zero]

It's just a few of the blokes I play football with having a quiet coffee and the occasional game of chess. We're all retired and one or two are now widowed so it's a pleasant little social thing during the week.

Sorry, we'll try and keep it down

What is it with bassists always having ideas above their station?


(Best of luck )

What does the bass player say just before leaving the band ? Guys, I've written this song

Best of luck @Mellotron, I have a few mates who make a living from writing and recording library music, but they all had to teach, gig and tour as instrument techs while they got established and built up their income and contacts

 

[chip]

The decision is already made and the gears have started turning.

I'm moving into the world of music. Yes I am aware it's risky. Yes I know it's a hugely oversaturated market. This wasn't an impulsive decision, it's about 15 years in the making.

To clarify, it would be a combination of teaching (Bass Guitar primarily, although I may also look at teaching Guitar, Drums, Piano at a basic level) and working in Sync/Song production - mostly writing for film and TV.

I have a couple of friends/old band mates who are currently working in that world (and making a decent living in it) so I would like that to be my eventual full destination, but it's a slow burn to get into and build up income. The teaching is a more solid starting point to bringing in regular income.

Oh, and also doing function work (weddings, birthdays etc) as extra income top up, maybe 1-2 times a month.

As main breadwinner of my household I have to do this very carefully - fortunately my current work are being really supportive in terms of allowing me to leave in a staged manner - it actually suits the company, the clients and me for me to leave as slowly/gradually as possible.

Sorry, you didn't ask for my life story. But it's a huge deal to me.

Good luck with this. My father was a musician for many years and enjoyed that far more than being a property developer. You can actually make people happy, even if only for a short time. I grew up in a house full of music, instruments and strange people, it was wonderfull. I don't think my father thought much of my taste in music and I don't like property developers. I wish I had been brave enough and known what my real passions were years ago.

 

[chip]

One of the things I look forward to in retirement is permanently deleteing Teams from my PC. It's like an employer gaslamping app.

I've come across colleagues on Teams meetings driving cars, on trains, cycling (?) and in cafes, tw*ts. Some people seem incapable of doing one thing at a time, like enjoying a hot beverage.

 

[BLOCK F]

I think in London it's mainly a bus thing, but I was having a hipster delivered craft beer last week at a hipster craft beer shop.

Should have seen the warning signs.

Complete bell-end with a Mac decides to have a meeting in the next seat. Nothing kills a pint of lager more than multiple reach outs, shares and an opportunity for a catch up later.

I reckon going into a hipster craft beer shop would have been enough warning about the possibility of bell-ends being in the vicinity.

 

[clapham_gull]

I reckon going into a hipster craft beer shop would have been enough warning about the possibility of bell-ends being in the vicinity.

It's called Bell-Ends and you get 25% off if you arrive on an ironic Chopper Bike with a sense of entitlement.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

In my work there have been times where I have needed to take a video meeting whilst at a cafe/hotel etc (because I needed internet or some work space, would do it in my car otherwise if necessary etc), but I always do my best to put myself in a quiet corner and try to be as inoffensive to other patrons as possible.

In my line of work my employer bans me from doing meetings or phone calls in public spaces - my customers do include MOD, MOJ, HMRC and DWP though. I can see no reason for anyone to need to do Teams/Zoom or voice calls in public but then again, when I was young my parents always checked I had 10p for a phone box when I went out just in case.

 

[Whoislloydy]

Feet on train seats - and bags taking up a seat - challenge it

No headphones on trains / busses - challenge it

Teams meetings in pubs and cafes - tell em WFH means WFH or get back in the office.

Too any entitled people nowadays, of all ages.

Vaping on a train - challenege it

If my 80 year old grandad who has smoked since he was 14 can go a train ride without smoking, a 20 year old kid vaping can.

 

[clapham_gull]

Vaping on a train - challenege it

If my 80 year old grandad who has smoked since he was 14 can go a train ride without smoking, a 20 year old kid vaping can.

I challenged a couple of (at most) 14 year old kids for that.

Ended up two footed kicked in the chest after one launched himself on me and when I was on the ground spat on in the face.

They got off the train but ran back on through another door whilst my back was turned.

When known couple of out of control vermin in the Shepherds Bush area.

Known to the British Transport Police because they also had a game on the tube of punching people in the face before running off.

But they were yet to catch them.