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Article: STRIKING UP A CONVERSATION ON CONFERENCE CALL ETIQUETTE ON HEARING AND BEING HEARD WITHOUT BEING SEEN
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 4, 2003
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After a quick hello to Marsha, the consortium leader, I joined the
conference call and settled in to listen. As a newcomer to the
project, I wanted to hear the rhythm of their discussion before I
said anything.
But, what was that music in the background? Classical piano is
nice, but not during a six-person conversation. Someone's office CD
player? But whose? No one complained.
The dialogue touched on the role of X-rays and the schedule of
clinic visits to the lilting strains of Debussy's "Clair de Lune." As
the leader tried to explain a complex database network, her voice
rose over the chords of Rachmaninoff.
Exasperated, she pleaded, "Who has music playing?" Silence. I
wasn't the only ...