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Oopsy Daisy! School Board Member in Virtual Meeting Forgets to Turn Camera Off Before Showering

August 24, 2020

WPXI in Pittsburgh published a post on August 21 which made it quite clear how very wrong things can go during virtual meetings.

Pittsburgh Public Schools board member Veronica Edwards was accidentally seen disrobing and stepping into the shower during the school district's agenda review meeting, which was streamed live.

"Hopefully someone can learn from my experience and turn the camera off when you need to!" she said in a written statement. "During the pandemic, I have experienced an increase of virtual meeting hours … more than ever before. The demand on my time has caused me to attempt to multi-task when some meetings are proceeding."

The incident happened about an hour-and-a-half into the meeting. Within 13 minutes after entering the shower, Edwards was back asking a question about a possible language learning software the district is interested in.

As you might imagine, the board got calls from the public who saw the showering incident live during the meeting. Oopsy Daisy indeed. Be very mindful of your camera being on during meetings!

Hat tip to Dave Ries (who lives in Pittsburgh).

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