I’ve learned that there are certain social shortcuts on Zoom that work really well. If you make sure use them, then everything goes smoothly. If you don’t, you can run into trouble.
One of those shortcuts involves carefully dancing around the truth. I will illustrate with a helpful example:
Acceptable way to end a Zoom call: “Sorry, I’ve got to jump off now to go to another meeting.”
Unacceptable way to end a Zoom call: “Sorry, this meeting is getting really long and boring, and I have a life.”
Your mileage may vary.