Zoom-call etiquette: No eating!

Diane Burroughs
2 min readAug 24, 2020

What is going on? Zoomcalls have become a bit too casual.

Why are people eating their breakfast on a Zoomcall? I am horrified. I eat my breakfast or lunch before the call. Yet many people are slurping down yogurt, or making toast while on a call. What the heck is happening?

I am a person who is grossed out having to see people eat on camera. Why are you doing this? People are half-dressed to begin with and then have the nerve to floss their teeth! On camera. In front of others. What are you doing? What is going on here? All Zoom calls need more professional behavior!

The personal hygiene activities people feel comfortable doing when they are on a call with a dozen other people have gotten ridiculous. It’s really distracting to see someone wiping the mustard off their mouth while they chomp into a Polish. And then shove in some chips. All in the same bite. Noooo!

I don’t want to see any of this. Why can’t you rearrange your meals around the time of the call? That’s what I do. I eat breakfast an hour earlier. I eat lunch later. I have a mid-morning snack. But what I don’t do is peel a banana and munch on it on a Zoom call. Because that’s not what Zoom calls are for.

Please fellow Zoomers, don’t comb your hair, don’t be buttoning your shirt, or clipping your nails! Be a normal human being with some sort of social mores like you are at the office. Because these Zoom calls are going to hell in a hand basket. What’s next, Zooming from the bathroom? Come on people. We’re already in the midst of this pandemic quarantine! I can only adjust to so many changes at once. Now if you will excuse me, I’m going to go off camera and brush my teeth. I suggest you do the same.

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Diane Burroughs
Diane Burroughs

Written by Diane Burroughs

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