[subterfuge]

I worked from home for awhile. 90% of the time when someone was asked a question on a zoom meeting the person being questioned would reply with “I’m sorry, could you repeat the question? I was distracted.” No, they hadn’t been paying attention AT ALL. Probably watching TV most of the time.

[lepton]

90% of the time when someone was asked a question on a zoom meeting the person being questioned would reply with “I’m sorry, could you repeat the question? I was distracted.”

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I do that sometimes. It is because the meeting is on topics which don’t affect me and I’m reading through and responding to e-mails - when the topic suddenly shifts. In my case the boss knows that is what I am doing because they can see the e-mails going out and getting responses.