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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/sophialike on 2025-05-14 10:53:15+00:00.

So this happened today while working from home. We had our usual Monday Zoom call nothing too serious, just team check-ins. I had my noise-canceling headphones on and figured I was muted. I wasn’t presenting or talking, so I turned off my camera and decided to quickly run to the bathroom while still listening in.

All was fine until I flushed. And in that surreal moment, I heard my manager pause mid-sentence and say “Uh did someone just flush a toilet?”

That’s when I realized my mic icon was glowing green. My soul left my body.

Another teammate chimed in with “Yeah we all heard that.”

Panic kicked in and the only thing I could blurt out was “Well, at least you know I wash my hands.”

Everyone laughed, which saved me from immediate death, but I will now triple-check that mute button for the rest of my career.

TL;DR: Went to the bathroom thinking I was muted on Zoom. I wasn’t. Entire team heard me flush. Said something dumb to save face. Died a little inside.