1 Second Guide to Not Being a Jerk on GoToMeeting

If you aren’t presenting, MUTE THYSELF.  This isn’t rocket surgery, folks.  Your office background noise doesn’t make you more important.  The fact that you are taking this call from an airport doesn’t impress me.  The fact that you must take a call while you are on the meeting isn’t a positive thing.  The fact that you are multitasking doesn’t make me like you more.  The fact you work from home and have a dog is not cute.  Okay, it is, but we don’t need to know.

If you are a fan of Wil Wheaton, you can also share this in his meme, Don’t be a Dick

Please share this with all your frenemies.

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  SQLRockstar (@SQLRockstar) 15 December 2011 at 7:13 PM

  I’m confused, do I *need* GTM in order to be a dick?
  SQLRockstar (@SQLRockstar) recently posted..The DBA Plate

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    Karen Lopez 15 December 2011 at 8:06 PM

    No, but it does seem to magnify that effect.

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  Mike 20 January 2012 at 9:30 PM

  Karen, I agree with your point, but the language?

  @metadata1

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    Anonymous 20 January 2012 at 10:15 PM

    In the second graphic?  I wouldn’t normally use that language here, but I’m quoting Wil Wheaton’s tagline.  It’s optional language…for those who follow his mantra in life.

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