Ohio State Senator thought he was slick, using a Zoom background of his home office while driving...

[Nevilledog]

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This Ohio State Senator thought he was slick, using a Zoom background of his home office while driving... debating a bill for harsher penalties for distracted driving https://gizmodo.com/politicians-zoom-background-cant-hide-fact-that-hes-act-1846835103?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=dlvrit&utm_content=gizmodo…

https://gizmodo.com/politicians-zoom-background-cant-hide-fact-that-hes-act-1846835103

Andrew Brenner, a state senator in Ohio, is getting some heat for driving while participating in a Zoom call earlier this week. The Ohio Senate is currently taking up a bill that would create additional penalties for distracted driving and a local newspaper, the Columbus Dispatch, pointed out the irony of the situation.

But local media aren’t discussing perhaps the funniest aspect of this whole minor scandal: Brenner turned on a virtual background to make it appear like he was at home in his office. And he failed miserably.

Monday’s meeting of the Ohio Controlling Board was just 13 minutes long, but those were apparently precious minutes that Brenner couldn’t waste. Brenner turned his camera on and off repeatedly in an apparent effort to disguise where he was actually calling from.

Brenner, a Republican, can be seen at the start of the meeting sitting in his car while it’s stationary, according to video available on the government website the Ohio Channel. And while some workplaces might think it’s weird to take video calls from your car, there’s nothing inherently dangerous about calling from a vehicle, as long as you’re not actually driving and fiddling with your phone the entire time. But that’s precisely what Brenner did.

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[redwitch]

1. I always wear my seat belt while zooming.

In case my meeting collides with another meeting.

[Lulu KC]

2. Haha

😂

[Bev54]

3. What a moron, everyday I am once again

astounded by the stupidity out there.

[NJCher]

4. of course

from the article:


"Brenner, a Republican,"

Hypocrite? Check.

[Pinback]

5. I remember hearing years ago an episode of "Car Talk"

where some idiot politician call in to say he objected to distracted driving legislation, and — yes — had an accident while on the phone with them. Tom Magliozzi played the clip over and over, cackling the whole time.

[riversedge]

9. KARma was on duty

[tanyev]

6. Wow, I saw a different picture of that earlier today and I thought he was at home

and wearing a mock seat belt to be a smart ass. Nope, 'smart' was nowhere in the equation.

[RegularJam]

11. I originally thought he was at home with a seat belt on.

Saw a picture with a short headline.

I assumed he was making a point to show the scale of distractions available today without actually doing it. But no....

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. I didn't know you could do that. Neat!

Which tells you how much I know about Zoom. But if I ever have occasion, BOY are there some possibilities! (And no, I wasn't thinking about something tasteful from Debbie Does Dallas, so stop saying that.)

[Pinback]

10. I want to use footage from "Bullitt"

as my Zoom background while driving.

[RegularJam]

12. I have a friend who has Four Seasons Total Landscaping as his background.

That’s killing it.

[Demovictory9]

8. Lol