Oh No, Not Again! (Relatable Mistakes)
This terrifying pop-up window forces you to choose between "Close" and "Send Report" after a sudden crash.
What is the Fatal Error dialog box?
This message location is where an unsent email may remain unnoticed for several days.
What is the drafts folder?
This is the polite but desperate phrase used at the start of every virtual meeting when someone forgets to unmute themselves.
What is "You’re on mute"?
This is the polite Revit phrase for "Hey, please give me permission to edit this wall you locked."
What is a Editing Request?
A meeting invitation without this leaves everyone wondering why they are attending.
What is an agenda?
This accidental double-click takes you out of your project view and traps you inside a single component workspace.
What is Edit Family mode?
This button becomes essential when an email is sent to the wrong person, contains a typo, or reveals instant regret.
What is Undo Send?
This classic audio mistake happens when two people join the same Zoom call from laptops sitting right next to each other in the office. (Kurt and Lauri do this all the time!)
What is an audio feedback loop (or screeching/echo)?
This critical action should always be done in Revit before you get up to grab a coffee or go to lunch.
What is Synchronize with Central (or Relinquish Mine)?
A meeting that could have been handled in three sentences is commonly called this.
What is a meeting that should have been an email?
Seeing an email outside of office hours and forgetting to respond could be easily remembered with this Gmail trick so the email returns back to your inbox at a later date and time.
What is snooze.
This folder may contain an important message from a new client alongside coupons and suspicious prize notifications. (or even your own coworkers!)
What is Spam?
This Zoom filter or feature is used to hide a messy bedroom, a pile of laundry, or an unmade bed behind you.
What is a Virtual Background (or Blur Background)?
You send a message to the entire company when it was intended for only one person.
What is accidentally using “Reply All”?
A meeting organizer commits this crime when they schedule over another meeting and expect the attendee to choose which one matters more.
What is double-booking?
This is the bad habit of importing an entire exterior DWG file directly into a live project instead of linking it, causing file sizes to get huge.
What is exploding a cad file?
This feature allows an email written at midnight to appear as though it was sent at a professionally reasonable hour.
What is Schedule Send?
What is a Zoom Tuxedo refer to?
What is business casual on top and pajama bottom?
This five-minute activity at the beginning of a meeting can reveal who has a new puppy, who needs coffee, and who forgot what day it is.
What is a team check-in?
Scheduling over an employee’s approved vacation because “they probably won’t mind” violates this boundary.
What is time off?
This Zoom mistake allows coworkers to watch you search for snacks during a meeting.
What is forgetting the camera is on?
This action removes an email from the inbox while keeping it available for future searches.
What is archiving?
This is the term for a surprise appearance by a coworker's toddler, cat, or partner walking across the background of a serious presentation.
What is Zoom bombing (by family/pets)?
Sending a meme in the team chat is acceptable, provided it does not require this afterward.
What is a meeting to explain it?
Before assuming a teammate is ignoring you, remember they may be working, in a meeting, or located in one of these.
What is another time zone?