If possible, have a whiteboard way at the back of the room where it's visible but incomprehensible.
And order food! Have some cookies, croissants, pizza delivered right as the meeting starts.
If possible, have a whiteboard way at the back of the room where it's visible but incomprehensible.
And order food! Have some cookies, croissants, pizza delivered right as the meeting starts.
I've been in the position of being the sole remote guy (technically in office but working from a satellite site) and this happened soooo many times. The meeting would start and a box of donuts would be on the table and I'd hear "sorry, we'll mail a leftover to you!" followed by uproarious laughter.
It almost made missing the 1-1 asides and whiteboard visuals worthwhile. Declining junk food in person is much more challenging than simply having it 1000 miles away and obviously out of reach.
Bonus points if it's at a steep angle from the camera, making only one side of it slightly comprehensible, as the other side diminishes into unreadable scribbles
as if the snacks one has in their own home are so undesirable that this is the compelling factor. such a good post left on such a weak point.
Lots of people could go to the grocery store and buy themselves a sheet cake. They don't.