My big presentation in Dallas crashed when I accidentally shared my screen with a cat meme tab open

I was halfway through showing our Q2 numbers to the whole team last Tuesday when my browser decided to refresh and put a picture of a grumpy cat wearing a tiny hat front and center for a solid five seconds before I could switch back.

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the_morgan5d ago

That "grumpy cat wearing a tiny hat" is the exact kind of thing I used to think would ruin a talk. But honestly, after a similar slip up, I found it just makes you seem more human. It broke the ice way better than my perfect slides ever did.

piperr585d ago

My first big presentation in college had a slide where I accidentally left a browser tab open in the screenshot. It was a recipe for banana bread. The whole room laughed, but then three people asked me for the link after class. That mistake got more interest than my actual topic.