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Collected Item: “Olive and Mabel Have a Company Meeting. Olive and Mable are Labradors”

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Olive and Mabel Have a Company Meeting. Olive and Mable are Labradors

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Video

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

During the Coronavirus period, people worked from their homes. Meetings were held via video chat which had its own set of problems--things such as getting the software to work, positioning the camera, looking presentable, keeping the kids and the pets under control, etc. Remote school had the same problems with the additional challenge of keeping the kids involved and learning.
This is a funny look at those meetings.
Youtube user MrAndrewCotter holds a business meeting with his two dogs, Mable and Olive.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#humor, #animals, #children, #remotework, #homeschooling, #MrAndrewCotter, #youtube, #inattention, #labradors, #MabelandOlive

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFVHaus_pjI https://web.archive.org/web/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DnFVHaus_pjI&type=replay&date=20200630151144

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

mrandrewcotter

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2020-05-12
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