Dear_one wrote:
blazingstar wrote:
Unless the meeting is very small, I see leaving a zoom meeting like slipping out the door IRL. If there are a lot of people at the meeting, no one really notices anyway.
There are many reasons someone might have to leave a meeting. You don’t need to give one. Should someone ask, you can just say something came up.
This one was just six present when I left. I know I could dissemble, but I'm usually forthright, and I have spent about a day honing a one-sentence answer that covers it. "Trying to discuss technology with someone who does not use numbers feels to me like trying to discuss music with someone who does not think their tone deafness matters."
Oh brother, I feel you!! ! I think dropping off a zoom call can be rude, but it doesn't have to be. In your case that you are describing, I would not feel bad about dropping off with no notice, especially if these people are pretty much strangers. I probably would have said something though, like, "Sorry guys, I need to leave." And then just have said goodbye. That would have probably been the best thing instead of a cold drop. You never have to explain why you need to leave, just saying you need to leave is sufficient.
Now if this was like a zoom family reunion with people who love me, or a work meeting, or something, I would definitely say something before leaving because it would definitely be rude to cold drop. But a bunch of strangers who are talking about stuff they don't even understand, I would just make it a quick, "Nice to have met you but I have to go now," and be done with it.
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