I fail to see the issue here, other than it maybe looked bad. But I also like to do things while sitting in meetings. Like, I can’t watch a movie and properly be there for a meeting, but I can doodle or play with a fidget cube. Not like my hands have much to do while listening in a meeting anyways.
Another one of the BBC’s Twitter sourced stories by the looks of it
Garbage
I think that she should have made that clear to them as well because I would have perceived it as disinterest as well (might not have said something about it but still.
Now, just because I would have perceived that, it doesn’t makee a horrible human being, some form of eye contact communicates focus better than knitting.
I can and will acomodate her but I need her to be considerate to others as well, that conaideration could have been said like:
” Knitting helps me focus and reduces the severe discomfort I have from specific medical issues.
My apologies for not making eye contact and paying attention in the same way everyone does but rest assured that I am listening, I care about what we discuss, and overall this helpa rather than hinders.
If any of you believes that what I am doing is distracting you from the purpose of the meeting, please let me know and I will turn of my camera in order to acomodate you as well”
It’s unprofessional.
The professional thing to do would be to frame your camera so that no one can see you’re knitting.
I know someone who used to knit in IRL meetings. It got to the point where we started defining meeting length by what she produced.
“We’ve got a team meeting tomorrow, have you looked at the agenda… looks like it’s going to be a scarf…”
My mother-in-law can hold an involved conversation, walk around…..anything…..whilst still knitting.
If she’s good at her job, let her get on with it.
It would, possibly, be a problem if the Zoom included non council staff.
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I fail to see the issue here, other than it maybe looked bad. But I also like to do things while sitting in meetings. Like, I can’t watch a movie and properly be there for a meeting, but I can doodle or play with a fidget cube. Not like my hands have much to do while listening in a meeting anyways.
Another one of the BBC’s Twitter sourced stories by the looks of it
Garbage
I think that she should have made that clear to them as well because I would have perceived it as disinterest as well (might not have said something about it but still.
Now, just because I would have perceived that, it doesn’t makee a horrible human being, some form of eye contact communicates focus better than knitting.
I can and will acomodate her but I need her to be considerate to others as well, that conaideration could have been said like:
” Knitting helps me focus and reduces the severe discomfort I have from specific medical issues.
My apologies for not making eye contact and paying attention in the same way everyone does but rest assured that I am listening, I care about what we discuss, and overall this helpa rather than hinders.
If any of you believes that what I am doing is distracting you from the purpose of the meeting, please let me know and I will turn of my camera in order to acomodate you as well”
It’s unprofessional.
The professional thing to do would be to frame your camera so that no one can see you’re knitting.
I know someone who used to knit in IRL meetings. It got to the point where we started defining meeting length by what she produced.
“We’ve got a team meeting tomorrow, have you looked at the agenda… looks like it’s going to be a scarf…”
My mother-in-law can hold an involved conversation, walk around…..anything…..whilst still knitting.
If she’s good at her job, let her get on with it.
It would, possibly, be a problem if the Zoom included non council staff.