This journo’s ‘scolding’ from boss went viral after using meme background in zoom call

As you’re no doubt aware, most of the free world is relying on video calls in a pretty f**ken big way right now. Generally speaking, that s**t’s not too difficult, and if you work somewhere sensible, you’ll know that it’s an opportunity to be someplace fun. Depending on your workplace, responses to this kinda s**t can vary. But when Flora E Gill, a journo for GQ, Evening Standard, The Sunday Times Magazine, and plenty more used a meme backdrop for a work call, she wasn’t expecting her boss to email her about it….

Because Flora’s obviously a bloody good lass, she was kind enough to share the email on her Twitter account, where it was met with a pretty strong reaction.

We’re not a hundred per cent sure of the context of the original video-chat, but like most work meetings, we’re sure it could have been a bloody email.

The below email ended up receiving over 500,000 likes on Twitter. Not bloody bad if you ask us!

Credit: Twitter/@FloraEGill

Basically, though, Flora busted out the distracted boyfriend meme and positioned herself in the place of the other girl. It’s clearly a bit of harmless fun, but it was only shortly after she’d used the image that she received an email from her boss. The subject heading: professionalism.

Credit: Twitter/@FloraEGill

Here’s how it read:

“While I thought your Zoom background was funny (I have seen the ‘Memes’ and think they’re very good), I am concerned it doesn’t project the air of professionalism you should be striving for.

Perhaps just your apartment next time?

Stay well.”

Credit: Twitter/@FloraEGill

Obviously, there’s a few things to unpack here, but we’re not the arbiters of workplace professionalism, so we’ll let you make your own minds up about the appropriateness of the certain backdrop.

Credit: Twitter/@FloraEGill

Anyway, it’s an interesting twitter thread to follow, and it’s loaded with gold. Check it out.

Credit: Twitter/@FloraEGill

Final thought: We can’t let this one slide away without mentioning that people have the right of privacy and shouldn’t be expected to show their apartments/houses/work-spaces if they don’t want to. At least in our opinion. We want to know what you think, though. Let us know in the comments section.

Ah crap… pic.twitter.com/P4NNc95cgf

— Flora E Gill (@FloraEGill) April 22, 2020

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