Resting Zoom Face

Techniques for those of us who hate video calls the most.

It seems like 2020 made everyone and their mama Zoom aficionados. Cute videos popped up all around, showcasing the love fest taking place worldwide as family, friends, and co-workers embraced video calls as their primary way of communication.

As with most fads, the love bug didn’t bite me. If I’d seen it, I would’ve swatted it away for attempted assault.

I’ve never been a fan of video calls, and I sure as heck wasn’t going to jump on board because everyone else was doing it. However, as with most things I refuse to do, I was met with resistance, mostly from family members I didn’t communicate with regularly.

It seems they’d watched the heartwarming think pieces on the news about families reconnecting during a time of COVID-19 and wanted in on that action.

Begrudgingly, I folded and participated in two rather painful Zoom calls with distant family members. I struggled through every minute of it and discovered I suffered from resting zoom face.

What is resting zoom face, you ask? It’s the inability to hide your disinterest while engaged in a video call. Try as you might, your face won’t lie.

As the year progressed and more people hopped on the trend, I found myself involved in Zoom calls for work, FaceTime calls with friends, and more video calls with family.

Along the way, I developed some techniques to hide my annoyance with video calls and would like to share them in hopes of easing someone else’s distress.

Here are my top 4 tips for surviving video calls:

It could be a generational thing, but I hate being on the phone for long periods as a millennial. After ten minutes of talking, I feel like the conversation has gone as far as possible regarding productivity.

Of course, there are exceptions to this rule. For instance, when I talk to a friend or a close relative after a long separation. Those conversations warrant a wholesome…

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