Back to the Office: When Meetings are No Longer Online

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  • Опубликовано: 7 янв 2025

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  • @foilarmsandhog
    @foilarmsandhog  6 месяцев назад +26

    We are touring the USA and Canada this 2024/25! - We're coming to Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego, San luis Obispo, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, DC, Philly, New York, Boston - Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal - Tickets - www.foilarmsandhog.ie/tour

    • @davidthedeaf
      @davidthedeaf 2 месяца назад +1

      When is Portland? And have you started wearing clothing yet?

  • @CrisSelene
    @CrisSelene 3 года назад +5559

    I felt that "we're stuck here until five" in my bones

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +15

      *insert FAH hug gif*

    • @laurenconrad1799
      @laurenconrad1799 3 года назад +64

      Same. SO glad I work from home permanently now. Lol

    • @LL-ow1qt
      @LL-ow1qt 3 года назад

      Amen :D

    • @AliceDiableaux
      @AliceDiableaux 3 года назад +174

      It actually feels barbaric to be physically stuck at your place of work again lol. Like we've transcended this shit let's not go back to the stone ages now

    • @F510C
      @F510C 3 года назад +19

      5pm, wish it stopped at 5pm in US

  • @paigeturner4425
    @paigeturner4425 3 года назад +3853

    I had a meeting where someone forgot to mute their microphone and we all could hear them say "no I can't go to lunch I have to attend this boring shit for another 2 hours"

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +132

      Haha oh no! 😱😂
      I like your name btw, your name is great 😃

    • @August66
      @August66 3 года назад +661

      I meowed on a meeting recently. I forgot I was unmuted and I was talking back to my cat 😅

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +84

      @@August66 That's great 😂

    • @LL-ow1qt
      @LL-ow1qt 3 года назад +14

      Damn ahahahhaha

    • @Tess78uk
      @Tess78uk 3 года назад +174

      @@August66 I meow back to my cat all the time. The neighbours think I’m crazy. My cat likes a good chat. 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @leahakathewordynerdy3025
    @leahakathewordynerdy3025 3 года назад +5413

    Mum was hosting a zoom for a bunch of older women, when she asked them all to please mute themselves, they misheard it as ‘please introduce yourselves’ - fair to say that was a chaotic one😆

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +159

      That's so funny 😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +377

      Incredible haha

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 3 года назад +27

      Thursday the highlight of my week!

    • @wrongtown
      @wrongtown 3 года назад +11

      That's AMAZING 😆

    • @frankieb43
      @frankieb43 3 года назад +12

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sounds like an absolute classic

  • @DarkShadows713
    @DarkShadows713 3 года назад +2031

    "What's he doing out there?!"
    "You have to let him into the meeting."
    "Yeah. You're the host."

  • @Melhappens
    @Melhappens 3 года назад +1750

    “Cats do not belong in the workplace!”
    “But he’s got used to dropping in every week, this is his favourite meeting!”

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +60

      I bet he'd be more productive than these guys too 😂

    • @LayllasLocker
      @LayllasLocker 3 года назад +85

      My cats LOVE when I'm in the meeting. One starts meowing. Others start to play and smash stuff around, so they can be heard. XD

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +55

      @@LayllasLocker That's adorable 😂 Cats are such lovely jerks haha

    • @LayllasLocker
      @LayllasLocker 3 года назад +6

      @@SamFAHntha hahahah, indeed 🖤

    • @snert2777
      @snert2777 3 года назад +50

      My cat has a bed on the corner of my desk and loves Zoom meetings. My co-workers will actually ask after her if she misses our standing Friday morning meeting.

  • @YouTube
    @YouTube 3 года назад +8247

    this is WAY too accurate 💀

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +2029

      Oh hey RUclips

    • @trashAndNoStar
      @trashAndNoStar 3 года назад +753

      Hey YT are you watching FAH when you're supposed to be working?? (Same!)

    • @gwyneddboom2579
      @gwyneddboom2579 3 года назад +874

      Wait… RUclips is watching itself? Wow

    • @nwdg064
      @nwdg064 3 года назад +144

      Bruh wot

    • @JohnFlower-NZ
      @JohnFlower-NZ 3 года назад +539

      RUclips, did the algorithm bring you here?

  • @cimorene6913
    @cimorene6913 3 года назад +3039

    Arms, you nailed that dead inside, pitiful manager look when you responded “Yes.” to “You can see me?” That…that is a look! And thanks again, I can always count on you to make me burst out in obnoxiously loud laughter, killing the silence of my house at midnight.

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +61

      Naaaw what a lovely comment 🥺
      He's incredibly funny that lad ❤️

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +225

      Thanks very much, that's a lovely thing to say! laughter at night is the best!

    • @gianpaj
      @gianpaj 3 года назад +5

      what a sad ending lol ( i think )

    • @loushark6722
      @loushark6722 3 года назад +1

      Literally me every time I see one of their videos, I still have and half an apple pie stuck in my head from a video months ago

    • @laurenconrad1799
      @laurenconrad1799 3 года назад

      Are you in California? 🙂

  • @SoaringDragon562
    @SoaringDragon562 3 года назад +361

    “Oh God no, we’re stuck here till 5!”
    I feel this in my soul.

  • @Zometh
    @Zometh 3 года назад +882

    I've been doing online university since the beginning of the pandemic. One of my professors wanted to have a face to face meeting with me and I was shocked when, just before leaving for the meeting, I realized that I shouldn't wear sweatpants with a blouse when I'm meeting the professor in real life.

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +74

      Haha 😂

    • @zaraloves8420
      @zaraloves8420 3 года назад +202

      For me, what shocked me the most was knowing people’s real height. After so many hours of staring at each other’s faces, you start to think they’re around the same height as you, only realise that they’re actually way shorter/taller than what you thought

    • @faithhopelove9567
      @faithhopelove9567 3 года назад +10

      @@zaraloves8420 This is so true ^^'

    • @Uzzibi
      @Uzzibi 3 года назад +8

      @@zaraloves8420 very accurate.

    • @Mary_QQQ
      @Mary_QQQ 3 года назад +10

      Yep. We've really let ourselves go...

  • @rowanaboat4523
    @rowanaboat4523 3 года назад +3410

    I think foil should have stood up to reveal that he’s not wearing any trousers, other than that I loved it

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +23

      Oooo deja vu!

    • @shellyballard8316
      @shellyballard8316 3 года назад +66

      Yeah. I was waiting for that!

    • @jemma-joon
      @jemma-joon 3 года назад +3

      😆😆😆😆👍

    • @kieranquebec9466
      @kieranquebec9466 3 года назад +12

      @@SamFAHntha Hog did even worst that that a long time ago...

    • @pk3
      @pk3 3 года назад +6

      Lol.. yea that would have been perfect.

  • @margovanhilvoorde3870
    @margovanhilvoorde3870 3 года назад +808

    Poor Tom. Legend says he's still standing there. Alone. In the hallway

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +143

      We wanted to have him banging on the window pane but ran out of time

    • @brendansheehan7714
      @brendansheehan7714 3 года назад +23

      @@foilarmsandhog I think in this case less is more. Everyone can imagine their own idea of what Tom is doing. Great sketch by the way.

    • @yazhini7985
      @yazhini7985 3 года назад +2

      Lobby

    • @iiiivvvv9986
      @iiiivvvv9986 3 года назад +7

      I had a uni class on zoom where I went in, waited ten minutes, class still hadn't started, so I asked my friend and he said that the professor emailed us to tell us that the class would be happening two hours earlier.
      I checked my email ten minutes before the professor told us this and never got the memo

  • @sarahreynolds308
    @sarahreynolds308 3 года назад +864

    Brilliant. Havng wi-fi issues is the new "the traffic was mental" You should do one about micro managers who ping you 45 times a day.

    • @louiselo8380
      @louiselo8380 3 года назад +5

      They do what now?

    • @hybridce99
      @hybridce99 3 года назад +18

      omg seriously. Apparently I need a hall pass to wipe my arse in my own house now. It's all kinds of ridiculous.

    • @nameredacted1242
      @nameredacted1242 2 года назад +2

      Yes! Micromanagers.

    • @hybridce99
      @hybridce99 2 года назад

      @bart simpson We already are. Try talking about a product you're interested in purchasing without ever googling it, and soon you'll be bombarded with ads for it. It happened to be regularly until I took some measure.

    • @immortalsofar5314
      @immortalsofar5314 Год назад +1

      How about the fact that in the office, I can walk, figure out the solution and then implement it without interrupting my thoughts every few minutes to jiggle the mouse?

  • @tiedtheknotable
    @tiedtheknotable 3 года назад +2571

    Every single company should have this playing on a loop as an instructional video for “How not to do meetings now that we’re all back face-to-face” and it should be playing on those huge TVs that are in corporate reception areas! 😆😆😆😆

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +67

      That'd be amazing 🤣
      Employees would hate having 'How to be late for work' play because then they'd have to be more creative with their excuses!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +316

      We wrote this and we're like, damn, some company could have paid us for this.. oh well haha

    • @XHackManiacX
      @XHackManiacX 3 года назад +20

      @@foilarmsandhog Hopefully Google will pay you for it at least, lol :)

    • @michellebyrom6551
      @michellebyrom6551 3 года назад +10

      @@foilarmsandhog you could put it out on licence...

    • @hadenwesley6548
      @hadenwesley6548 3 года назад +11

      @@foilarmsandhog you're not wrong! Sitting here wondering if I want to send this to the big bosses as I watch it for the third time hahaha

  • @claire.thefirst
    @claire.thefirst 3 года назад +2394

    “This is a friendly reminder that deodorant should be worn EVERY day. Please be considerate for your colleagues”

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +60

      Haha yes, everyday... PLEASE 😆

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +235

      Except for casual friday right?

    • @claire.thefirst
      @claire.thefirst 3 года назад +38

      @@foilarmsandhog Especially not on casual Friday!

    • @ankavoskuilen1725
      @ankavoskuilen1725 3 года назад +11

      What about weekends?

    • @olusakinmissiondiaries
      @olusakinmissiondiaries 3 года назад +21

      I often put on deodorant and sometimes even perfume before Zoom meetings 🙈 that habit never died

  • @andreamceneaney4024
    @andreamceneaney4024 3 года назад +427

    My manager and I were having chats about how we'll have to practice our in-person meeting face if we return to the office, so I made sure to share this with the team today.

    • @H0kram
      @H0kram 3 года назад +1

      What concerns you both had about meeting in person, if I may ask?

    • @wirawansaputraimade4419
      @wirawansaputraimade4419 3 года назад +9

      @@H0kram cannot do other tasks? Shitty daily commute? What else? you give me ideas

    • @loganshaw9198
      @loganshaw9198 3 года назад +2

      How many people would build a office on to thier house or change a room into their work place to no have to drive and go to the workplace?

    • @crazy4beatles
      @crazy4beatles 3 года назад +7

      I’ve had those conversations too. Eye contact is one I have to work on. It’s like I forgot how to have eye contact in real life. It’s either too much or too little. Then I feel self conscious and start thinking about it as I’m trying to hold a conversation.

    • @andreamceneaney4024
      @andreamceneaney4024 3 года назад +10

      @@H0kram Neither of us are good at hiding our facial responses. We were okay in the before times, but 18 months of being able to turn off cameras... we're doomed.

  • @schattentaenzerin
    @schattentaenzerin 3 года назад +122

    I love the detail of leaning forward to speak into the microphone like that and Emma "getting into frame"!

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +3

      Ah yes! I noticed that too! The way she bent over Foil made it so realistic. Man I love these guys!

  • @jayrob5270
    @jayrob5270 Год назад +37

    This is how management think we work from home, some of it's true as in the clothing and eating but the reality is I'm more deskbound and busier at home than I ever was at work where I am continually getting interrupted by work mates wanting to have a random conversation.

    • @IzzersKeeper
      @IzzersKeeper Месяц назад +2

      Absolutely agree with this. I might be in comfortable clothes, but I’m WAY busier and WAY more productive at home. Much longer hours, too, since there’s no “commute” and I’m not trying to beat traffic on the way home.

  • @caitrionaobrien4707
    @caitrionaobrien4707 3 года назад +572

    Should have let Tom in, he had many interesting things to say about the new marketing strategy.

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +8

      What do you think they were? 🤔

    • @caitrionaobrien4707
      @caitrionaobrien4707 3 года назад +31

      @@SamFAHntha I wasn't paying attention. He was on mute

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +3

      @@caitrionaobrien4707 😝😂

    • @switzf1826
      @switzf1826 3 года назад +8

      I believe the marketing strategy was actually TOO aggressive and that corporate need to bring forward an entire restructuring of the marketing and PR department. The guys from HR also agree with me on this as the company moves into the third fiscal quarter of this financial year.

  • @SybilSchmuecker
    @SybilSchmuecker 2 года назад +67

    Loved the wife coming in and the dog barking so accurate 😂

  • @ScottStevenErickson
    @ScottStevenErickson 3 года назад +89

    The only scenario you forgot is having someone glued to social media on their phone the whole meeting because they thought nobody could see.

    • @jonh6585
      @jonh6585 4 месяца назад +2

      Also forgot the answering another 3 teams chats and typing up the word document all while in the meeting. Face to face mettings are such a time sink compared to multitasking

    • @ST-rj8iu
      @ST-rj8iu 2 месяца назад

      @@jonh6585 Yep. And that is why you don't need a full 8 hours. You don't need to placate to egos that what they are saying is probably not that important.

  • @harlekingnapmaster3986
    @harlekingnapmaster3986 3 года назад +61

    "God no we're still here until five"
    I hear that in my heart

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +4

      I loved the quiet little "nooo" from Hoggy after. So sweet in a sad way 😂

    • @리주민
      @리주민 3 года назад +3

      Get to work by 7am. Leave by 7pm...6 if I'm lucky. Just Mondays and Tuesdays for now. Rest of week is usually 7am-4³⁰pm.

  • @captainzeppos
    @captainzeppos 3 года назад +539

    And this is exactly why we're NEVER going back to the office again.

    • @realglutenfree
      @realglutenfree 3 года назад +98

      My jobs meetings are still online and I love it. I wake up like 30 minutes before them, turn my PC on and eat my cereals while listening to all the boring crap

    • @captainzeppos
      @captainzeppos 3 года назад +22

      @@realglutenfree That's the spirit!

    • @mollycule2792
      @mollycule2792 3 года назад +10

      How do I get one of those easy jobs like that

    • @albatross1688
      @albatross1688 3 года назад +33

      @@mollycule2792 That's probably the future of most office jobs. Having an office is too much overhead for a company in a day and age when most stuff can just be done remotely. Head offices may still be needed for the odd thing that can't be done from home, but that's about it. That's going to be a nightmare for the companies that rent out office space, but great for everyone else.

    • @Elmithian
      @Elmithian 3 года назад +18

      @@albatross1688 Will be great for people looking for places to renovate and turn into apartments instead.

  • @CuriousEchidna
    @CuriousEchidna 3 года назад +241

    So accurate, the toenail scissors 🙈 and Emma's acting was perfect

  • @jeremiahsmith916
    @jeremiahsmith916 3 года назад +138

    For real, I recently had a meeting where camera on was mandatory, and it took a tremendous effort to maintain a decent seating posture and neutral face for 30 minutes. I dread to imagine I’d have to do this for 8 hours. The re-adaptation will be a real struggle for all

    • @8catweazle
      @8catweazle 3 года назад

      yes having common sense has become a real struggle, just stay with your phone/ computer glued to your face all day so you dont have to actually go out and face REAL people oh my god imagine the horror!!

    • @jeremiahsmith916
      @jeremiahsmith916 3 года назад +22

      @@8catweazle idk whom you're talking to man, surely not me here. I'm a working adult, not affected by internet escapism, who works your normal 9-5 for years now. My office switched to work from home a year ago. Over a year my seating posture kinda deteriorated because when you work at home no one is stopping you from sitting like a goddamn shrimp. So now my back literally hurts when I try to sit in my office chair normally for a long time. That's all my comment is about. The teenage phone addiction is a completely different thing which you should be addressing in another places, not under this comment of mine

    • @ian1352
      @ian1352 3 года назад +5

      @@jeremiahsmith916 No-one stops me from sitting poorly in the office either.

    • @jeremiahsmith916
      @jeremiahsmith916 3 года назад +10

      @@ian1352 I mean, probably people will not directly comment on it, but it still doesn't feel right to be sitting with my feet on the chair or leaning onto the desk under peculiar angles where people can see. I like to maintain a somewhat serious reputation hahah

    • @rashmibasu9393
      @rashmibasu9393 3 года назад +6

      Precisely why I changed jobs to one that allows remote working!

  • @Sumedha.7
    @Sumedha.7 3 года назад +203

    First he's brain, then cancer, then tennis committee head, now this... Arms never fares well when he's heading a meeting lol.

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +30

      No wonder why he keeps getting new jobs. I'm not religious, but I'm going to pray for him anyways.

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +95

      Its a role I do enjoy - frustrated boss

  • @mellaanne1
    @mellaanne1 22 дня назад +2

    It’s so perfect it’s just so true. When I think back to these meeting during covid I get embarrassed as some workers were just so like this

  • @Gemma.618
    @Gemma.618 3 года назад +79

    This is perfect. My friend just texted me she couldn't watch the sketch because she has a meeting in real life.

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +30

      OH NO poor thing

    • @imke17
      @imke17 3 года назад +24

      @@foilarmsandhog I am said sad friend. I could finally watch it, and what a lovely sketch!!

  • @FAHCORE
    @FAHCORE 3 года назад +189

    I was quite surprised on the first day back that my boss sent me home for wearing shorts. Then on the 2nd day, I managed to wear pants, but he said track pants don't cut it either. Today, I'm trying the trendy torn n holey jeans and tshirt with profanity on it. Decided to see if I could stretch out this 18 month holiday another week.

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +9

      Hahaha this is great, you're great 😂
      Let me know how that goes?

    • @moonhunter9993
      @moonhunter9993 3 года назад +2

      👏👏👏great effort

    • @sariahlace5944
      @sariahlace5944 3 года назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @BusArch42
      @BusArch42 2 месяца назад +1

      My husband went to a meeting last week in shorts - at the office. He’s retiring in a few months and since we’ve been remote for 4.5 years he just doesn’t care anymore

  • @icecranberry2148
    @icecranberry2148 3 года назад +78

    I can't get over the brilliance of this *virtual clapping from the toilet*

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +15

      haha

    • @michellebyrom6551
      @michellebyrom6551 3 года назад +3

      I don't recall any virtual clapping from the toilet in the sketch.
      Tee hee.

    • @icecranberry2148
      @icecranberry2148 3 года назад +3

      @@michellebyrom6551 I long for the day I won't have to hide on the company's toilet and almost yell "Number two!" if anybody asks xD

  • @BadDubII
    @BadDubII 3 года назад +159

    Im so glad my company saw the benefits of WFH and stopped the lease on our office. Now we get to WFH full time. Its great. The best thing is having time to put your washing into the machine and hang it out later 😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +36

      Instead of two days later !

    • @rafizahmazlan2857
      @rafizahmazlan2857 3 года назад +8

      I thought I was the only to have felt this. ..

    • @BadDubII
      @BadDubII 3 года назад

      @@rafizahmazlan2857 🙌

    • @cwairimu1346
      @cwairimu1346 3 года назад +5

      Companies should all go virtual... .I am not a fan of WFO

    • @chopper1lady
      @chopper1lady 2 года назад +1

      @@foilarmsandhog only 2?

  • @threetreasures7698
    @threetreasures7698 3 года назад +153

    Emma is a keeper. Love how she fit right in with the guys.

    • @loganshaw9198
      @loganshaw9198 3 года назад +1

      So did it feel like having two wife's at the same time for the work alcoholics that are married to thier Job having to stay home?

  • @tanjabe1514
    @tanjabe1514 3 года назад +177

    This is what I'm afraid of when going back to in person meetings in October. I feel like I have lost all my social skills. Great sketch as usual!

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +12

      You'll get there! ❤️
      I love the saying 'fake it till ya make it'

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +61

      How in gods name am I going to go on stage again, longest since we started comedy

    • @Rainbowgrrl
      @Rainbowgrrl 3 года назад +8

      @@foilarmsandhog it’ll be just like riding a bike, and it’ll all come flooding back-surely!

    • @dgsquare
      @dgsquare 3 года назад +4

      @@foilarmsandhog it will come back to you! Just get less physical with the audience!

  • @karinalee7314
    @karinalee7314 3 года назад +294

    This is like when the device you're using isn't touch screen and you catch yourself tapping 😂 Loving the collabs. Great sketch, thanks guys.

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +24

      Ohh yeah, took me way too long to stop touching the computer screen when I got it 😅

    • @karinalee7314
      @karinalee7314 3 года назад +7

      @@SamFAHntha 😂😂

    • @viktorp.d.5407
      @viktorp.d.5407 3 года назад +41

      I was reading a book, but I had gotten so used to my phone that after I finished the page I was on, I literally run my finger from the bottom to the top of the page in an effort to “scroll” to the next one

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +88

      I definitely swiped a newspaper the other week

    • @MsAdam09
      @MsAdam09 3 года назад +45

      I tried to zoom in on a physical map the other day.

  • @FayeLoki
    @FayeLoki 3 года назад +41

    I'm watching this as I sit in a Teams meeting. I'm sooooo thankful to be able to have my microphone and camera off!

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +10

      You double checked it though right?

  • @anniesoernym
    @anniesoernym 3 года назад +178

    Oh god, hog trying to cut his toenails with big kitchen scissors 😳😆
    Another great one, guys! Thanks for the laughs!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +50

      Such a monster

    • @littlewoot
      @littlewoot 3 года назад +16

      A great sight while eating breakfast 😐

    • @CuriousEchidna
      @CuriousEchidna 3 года назад +10

      It made me feel pain! Also really surprised that we have the exact same kitchen scissors in Australia

    • @therabbithat
      @therabbithat 3 года назад +3

      @@CuriousEchidna I got mine in eurogiant! I expect they come from the same region of China

    • @CuriousEchidna
      @CuriousEchidna 3 года назад +2

      @@therabbithat you're probably right about that there

  • @soniastoichita2405
    @soniastoichita2405 3 года назад +44

    Arms nailed the transition between giving them the benefit of the doubt and being uttely fed up by the end of it. And those disgruntled faces.🤣🤣 Unnervingly realistic job lads.

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +4

      He's too nice for his own good haha

  • @KamilkaOz
    @KamilkaOz 3 года назад +175

    I'm literally both Hog and Foil right now, eating cereal in my PJs while I'm "at work" 😆

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +39

      That's the spirit!

    • @aronspidle138
      @aronspidle138 3 года назад

      @@foilarmsandhog Hehe, when we were still in lock down, and doing church via Zoom there was a pint where I had a part to play, so to speak, on screen. Shirt, tie, suit coat on top half. Bottom half was shorts, lol.

    • @timebomb4562
      @timebomb4562 2 года назад +1

      @@aronspidle138 i didn't think they allowed drinking in church

  • @sleepycauliflower5928
    @sleepycauliflower5928 2 года назад +4

    When he says "we're in the same room", the expression, the tone... it's so on point

  • @Margot-ArieKanarie
    @Margot-ArieKanarie 3 года назад +44

    'Yeah just write something on the whiteboard that looks interesting, they won't read it anyway'
    Me: 'SDL, es le coffee' , what?? 😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +35

      Writing business jargon is HARD

    • @CuriousEchidna
      @CuriousEchidna 3 года назад +8

      ElementWave 10,000
      *said in Arms' dramatic voiceover voice

  • @elizabethw.6154
    @elizabethw.6154 3 года назад +15

    The best part was the wife barging in and the dogs barking. So funny 😀!

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +1

      I think that was my favourite bit 😂
      I'm not sure, there's so many good bits. I think I need to watch it a few more times to figure it out....
      .... Which is definitely, definitely not a cheap excuse for me to watch it again and again after seeing it like 8 times already.... definitely.... not....nope..... Nah uh! 👀😁😂

  • @LuluDumpling
    @LuluDumpling 3 года назад +130

    Totally expected Hog to walk in in shirt tie and boxers 😂 Thanks for never being predictable 👌🏻

  • @SpadeCaller
    @SpadeCaller Год назад +1

    Thanks you for what y'all do. Funny is so rare these days and y'all are some of the best.

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  Год назад

      Ah wow, thanks so much! Delighted you're enjoying the videos :)

  • @peachy6969
    @peachy6969 3 года назад +49

    Thanks for making my insomnia worthwhile for once. Greetings from Ontario, Canada!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +9

      Thanks Peachy! Sorry you can't sleep!

    • @Mojo_3.14
      @Mojo_3.14 3 года назад +1

      Re-watching this a 4 A.M. in the same time zone. It's the only great thing about sleepless nights it's getting to watch a new Foil Arms and Hog right when it uploads.

  • @hehemusicauthorfreak
    @hehemusicauthorfreak 3 года назад +80

    Honestly it's a well honed skill switching between paying attention in a virtual meeting, catching up on emails and social media 😅 should be celebrated really

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +5

      Kinda glad I don't have to do online meetings for my job. I'd rather run around than keep up with all that 😂

    • @HosCreates
      @HosCreates 2 года назад

      I literally sew, do my other homework etc while in a zoom class and the lecture for young 20's somethings on how to be a professional for practices and procures is being taught

    • @amylee8969
      @amylee8969 2 года назад +1

      @ Laura May
      Personally, I think all conference meetings should be virtual when nessecary. It’s a lot easier than having to commute.

  • @barbi3680
    @barbi3680 3 года назад +5

    It reminds me one of the first conference call. While I was talking to my coworkers, my German Shepherd started biting my hand for fun. Since I couldn't stop her, she kept squeezing my hand harder and harder. At one point, as I couldn't stand the pain anymore, remaining very professional and smiling I said: "excuse me but my dog is crushing my hand" and I shouted to her to stop it immediately. Luckily she never did it again 😄

  • @bernadinesavarin
    @bernadinesavarin 3 года назад +58

    I'm working from home - so I'm feeling this sooo much! Laughing throughout this whole sketch - great job! 🤣👍👍

  • @SG-st9dl
    @SG-st9dl 3 года назад +15

    Crying with laughter guys!! So damn funny. Exactly how all my zoom meetings start: " can you hear me"😅😅

    • @kieranquebec9466
      @kieranquebec9466 3 года назад +4

      most frequent phrase in the world during the pandemic: "You are on mute!"

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +1

      Judging by this video, at this rate, this will be how people are going to talk for a loooong time after covid dies down 😂

  • @Beacon80
    @Beacon80 3 года назад +6

    I love the detail of how they lean in to talk to the microphone or look into the camera. It really sells the skit.

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +3

      And how Emma gets into the 'frame' hahaha it's brilliant stuff!

  • @bakingnow6975
    @bakingnow6975 3 года назад +15

    Fantastic video. Probably my favorite one. I lost it when he started making faces, saying boring under his breath and eating. Emma is beyond funny. Great job.

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +3

      I like this comment a lot 😊
      FAH are the best!!!

  • @lesleywebb9615
    @lesleywebb9615 3 года назад +19

    Brilliant. The toe nail clippers (office scissors) were an inspired touch!

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +4

      A very funny, not welcome, kinda gross touch 😂

  • @Tooba.Dodds.
    @Tooba.Dodds. 3 года назад +3

    oh mann! I'm forever grateful for the algorithm that brought me to this, My first Foil Arms and Hog video. A month later and having watched all the videos on your channel I'm still re-watching all my favourite ones every day

  • @divingdane3623
    @divingdane3623 3 года назад +42

    🤣🤣🤣
    Foil Arms and Hog - Awards you for waking up on Thursday mornings! 🥰

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +13

      Gibberish from another company in the building... hope they don't see it actually

  • @Alec_Reaper
    @Alec_Reaper 3 года назад +10

    I can't wait to just stand up and walk around making vivid facial expressions and looking out the window. I'd probably get promoted for being a visionary

  • @cqrql
    @cqrql 3 года назад +21

    It would be funny if the guy in a suit stands up and it's revealed he's not wearing pants

  • @Julie-yh4yk
    @Julie-yh4yk 3 года назад +19

    I love Kevin leaning forward as he replies 😄 fab sketch

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +4

      Ah yes!! I was meaning to bring that up! I'm glad you did! Nice touch lads 👌😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +7

      Right into his face

  • @ninaa4192
    @ninaa4192 3 года назад +17

    That "we're stuck here till 5" just hit different

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +7

      The little "nooo" from Hog was quite sweet in a sad way 😂

  • @karenrussell5831
    @karenrussell5831 3 года назад +12

    Loved it! 😅 Loved Foil's reactions and shouting into the mic that wasn't there, and the realisation they couldn't goof off anymore. This was so much fun to watch, looked like you had a good time shooting it 👏👏👏

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +3

      More outtakes please lads! I know you got some from this!!! 😂

  • @grumpy_cat1337
    @grumpy_cat1337 2 года назад +3

    managers love their meetings. They are not productive for anyone, but gives managers a sense they're actually doing something. And that feeling of wanting to take the rest of the day off after the meeting is too real :(

  • @anita5252_
    @anita5252_ 2 года назад +1

    Thanks

  • @abbypage1
    @abbypage1 3 года назад +62

    I love working from home - particularly loved hearing from my boss’s children about their day at school!!!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +26

      Ah that''s sweet

    • @abbypage1
      @abbypage1 3 года назад +33

      @@foilarmsandhog well I was being sarcastic and now I feel horrible

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +10

      @@abbypage1 Haha! I'll be honest, I scrolled past your comment and wanted to say something nice. Then I read it again and thought "oh wait... That sounds like sarcasm..." So I kept going because I wasn't sure.
      I'm sorry I wasn't a brave Sam.

    • @sandraaslanoglu5596
      @sandraaslanoglu5596 3 года назад +3

      Day at school is one thing. The little one of my manager has Dinosaur PJ's and knows all their names. And he was so happy that I also knew some of them 😂😂😂 And I know all family pictures of his grandparents now and the picture he painted for his mom....and I know how his Covid test went... including all details when he got sick because the stick in his nose and they had to start over with the test.... 🤢 I will truly miss those parts of virtual meetings. Never thought I would say it, but I look forward going back to the office 🤣🤣

    • @genxx2724
      @genxx2724 3 года назад +1

      @@abbypage1 I like your sarcastic comment.

  • @tvdude29
    @tvdude29 3 года назад +21

    "what a load of shite" I felt that on a spiritual level

  • @ThaFuzzwood
    @ThaFuzzwood 5 месяцев назад +5

    Yeah back in face to face meetings where we have to pretend that everything a manager says is actually important...

  • @MicheldeRooij
    @MicheldeRooij 3 года назад +3

    I missed:
    - Can you see my screen?
    - Pets
    - Kids barging in
    - Talking when muted

  • @jand4012
    @jand4012 3 года назад +87

    As usual there is a disagreement as to what the characters’ names are. Kevin is both Kevin and Barry. I ❤️ how Emma’s character bent down to look into the very absent webcam. A good laugh as I sit in the office!

    • @gabrielaluznunez2498
      @gabrielaluznunez2498 3 года назад +1

      You're right! Has this happened before?

    • @jand4012
      @jand4012 3 года назад +3

      @@gabrielaluznunez2498 yes. The McCormack family has a bunch of names for the older son… he has been called Thomas, Derek, Ben,Jason and then not named.

    • @anonymous_selkie
      @anonymous_selkie 3 года назад +2

      Maybe he had been using a fake name at work, for some nefarious reason...? 🤔

    • @jand4012
      @jand4012 3 года назад +1

      @@anonymous_selkie 🤔 interesting suggestion!

    • @sapphire7424
      @sapphire7424 3 года назад +2

      Jan D I 💛 that you were in the actual office as you watched that 🤣

  • @TheProtocol48
    @TheProtocol48 2 года назад +3

    As a chairman of a board and having been doing web meetings since covid began, this made me roar with laughter. Keep up the good work. From an Irishman living in the USA 😎

  • @jennyormrod2288
    @jennyormrod2288 3 года назад +7

    I love this so much! I actually continued going to work during covid so thankfully this hasn't happened with my work colleagues! Although I've had to get used to actually being able to see and hug my friends in the last few months! But that's not something I'm complaining about!
    I love Emma! She seems really funny. I'm looking forward to watching more of her content!
    Thanks as always!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +4

      Thanks Jenny, hugging people is still at the 'stand-off' stage of a western

  • @annastell3105
    @annastell3105 3 года назад +9

    This sketch had me in stitches! Those eyerolls! 🤣 Saw that so many times when working from home with my father sitting at the other end of the table from me 😂

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +2

      That sounds like a wonderful time.....heh heh

  • @TheSiemek
    @TheSiemek 3 года назад +5

    When the dog started barking you’ve got me good. Usually I am the one apologizing for my doggie being noisy.

  • @grainnefoster
    @grainnefoster 3 года назад +4

    The dog barking is so accurate. Jumping up on one of your laps would be accurate also.

  • @lifewithveronicah
    @lifewithveronicah 3 года назад +3

    ‘ We’re stuck here till 5🙄’
    🤣🤣🤣

  • @lexica510
    @lexica510 3 года назад +2

    OMG, the "Byeeee!" just killed me. 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼

  • @hablin1
    @hablin1 3 года назад +13

    I love it when Arms gets all confused and he realises no one is listening to him 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Well done Emma 👍🥰

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад

      *Emmas (there's two there, I'm not sure who "Arms" is 😜)
      Same, he looks so desperate and that's so funny 😂

    • @hablin1
      @hablin1 3 года назад +1

      @@SamFAHntha I meant both 🤣🤣🤣🤣 and someone has attacked Arms he had a scratch on his cheekbone that Foil can be vicious sometimes 🤩🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ellencampbell3921
    @ellencampbell3921 3 года назад +1

    This should be a PSA !
    my smile muscles hurt again !!!
    Thanks so much from Vancouver, Canada. Love the show.

  • @pradyunsushena6579
    @pradyunsushena6579 3 года назад +4

    Finally!! you guys provide my weekly dose of laughter!!! This one is amazing!! Loved it!!

  • @stephaniemiller4105
    @stephaniemiller4105 2 года назад +2

    I live in fear of this very thing happening to me. Eyerolls and comments; yelling, literally yelling at the computer "SHUT UP!!!"🤣🤣🤣

  • @cheerfulcharlie9916
    @cheerfulcharlie9916 3 года назад +215

    Not entirely convinced this is a sketch, as opposed to you guys just leaving the cameras running
    #basedonreallifeevents

    • @cheerfulcharlie9916
      @cheerfulcharlie9916 3 года назад +10

      (Not that any of you would be that rude!)

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +8

      Hmm you could be right there.... They were just a little *too* good at these roles...

    • @pozzee2809
      @pozzee2809 3 года назад +2

      😂😂😂

    • @Rainbowgrrl
      @Rainbowgrrl 3 года назад

      I suspect that’s actually the case for a lot of these tbh!

  • @sailiealquadacil1284
    @sailiealquadacil1284 3 года назад +2

    My brother told us last week that he does other work stuff on the side during online meetings. He has no idea how he's supposed to do all of his work once meetings will be held in person again.

  • @forresterloner7719
    @forresterloner7719 3 года назад +3

    I found this channel a week ago, and this video is what made me subscribe. It's so correct!

  • @paweborkowski6959
    @paweborkowski6959 4 месяца назад +2

    A bit off topic but when I was teaching online during the pandemic, my wife went into my office, stuck her face into the screen and said 'oh, she looks nice '.
    I stared at my wife with a 'what is wrong with you' look until she realised my student could see her as well. She was so embarassed til the end of the day.

  • @semayarahmet20
    @semayarahmet20 3 года назад +21

    Emma is always shining, isn't she? Loved that video so much ❤

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +9

      She's super

    • @AllenSmith81
      @AllenSmith81 3 года назад +1

      Would love to see more of Emma, love an Irish woman.. does anyone have a link to her material

    • @gerardacronin334
      @gerardacronin334 3 года назад

      @@AllenSmith81 She has a RUclips channel called Emma Doran Comedian.

  • @TheC.O.-VISIT
    @TheC.O.-VISIT 3 года назад +2

    the way he says "byeeee" at the end killed me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that is dead on, every virtual class I've ever given

    • @anilz4297
      @anilz4297 3 года назад +2

      Lol! Same. It feels weird just to quietly click Leave Meeting.

  • @kedaver263
    @kedaver263 3 года назад +14

    You guys, this is my legit nightmare acted out🤣

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +5

      It does have a nightmarish quality alright

  • @Sumedha.7
    @Sumedha.7 3 года назад +12

    I love how your Thursday videos reset everything for me and clear my head for a happy, happy week ahead 😌
    Thursday is my new Sunday.

    • @miriam2526
      @miriam2526 3 года назад +4

      That's such a lovely comment and sooo true! ❤️

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +4

      That's a great way of putting it ❤️

  • @gypsybelle4757
    @gypsybelle4757 3 года назад +3

    So brilliant! 😂🤣🤣 “You’ve got to let him into the meeting.”

  • @furmo80
    @furmo80 6 месяцев назад +2

    These guys have nailed it. Gonna take the rest of the day off.😆

  • @basilsigerson
    @basilsigerson 3 года назад +22

    That was a lovely scetch. Felt the same way while going back to school in person.

  • @naowenn6794
    @naowenn6794 3 года назад +5

    Sharing laughs with friends is the best way to start my day, and at last on holiday this week! Thank you so much, it was so well done and hilarious! Good to see your guest Emma Doran again 😁

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +4

      She's great! She's gained a new fan in me for sure 😂

  • @Voicist
    @Voicist 3 года назад +4

    The fact that he brought his wife and dogs to the physical meeting 🤣

    • @anonymous_selkie
      @anonymous_selkie 3 года назад +2

      Or they just followed him…. 🤣

    • @Voicist
      @Voicist 3 года назад +2

      @@anonymous_selkie Even funnier!

  • @veronicaoliveiro6367
    @veronicaoliveiro6367 Год назад +3

    I was waiting for a cat to walk pass the table.

  • @kiarona.
    @kiarona. 3 года назад +5

    I lost it when Emma came in like "HIII!!!" 🤣🤣🤣

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад

      So funny! I think that was my favourite bit!

  • @josesoria2072
    @josesoria2072 4 месяца назад +2

    The way Arms says "Guyss" at the end always makes me laugh

  • @CSews
    @CSews 3 года назад +31

    Arms's character is everything I fear will become my reality in a few weeks when I go from briefing people remotely to having to stand in front of a room full of them.
    Thanks for another hilarious sketch! 😂

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +7

      All I know is, do NOT picture them all naked. It does NOT help.
      Let me know if you want anymore tips!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +8

      Best of luck!!

    • @CSews
      @CSews 3 года назад

      @@foilarmsandhog Thank you! 😊

    • @CSews
      @CSews 3 года назад +1

      Update: Did a brief today and everyone was appropriately dressed, no one clipped their toenails in the briefing room, and no one pulled faces thinking their camera was off. Result! 🤠

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +1

      @@CSews Wahey!

  • @michaelwescott7649
    @michaelwescott7649 3 года назад +8

    "Work" is giving me the time to work through Foil Arms and Hog's back catalogue. Never been so productive.

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад +4

      "one more, just one more" - is usually said at least 5 times haha

    • @kieranquebec9466
      @kieranquebec9466 3 года назад +1

      @@SamFAHnthaFor me, it is like I will just watch for 5 or 10 minutes and then I realized that it is midnight and haven't taken my shower yet...

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад

      @@kieranquebec9466 So many dinners have become breakfast for me. It's ridiculous 😂

  • @demris15
    @demris15 5 месяцев назад +3

    At some point, someone will make a mashup of all these types of clips and make us nostalgic for that time

  • @GreenJimll
    @GreenJimll 3 года назад +2

    Are you sure those were cornflakes and not a bowl of toe nail clippings? After all he was using what looked like kitchen scissors to prune his hooves. :-)

  • @linnea_likelinearwithoutther
    @linnea_likelinearwithoutther 3 года назад +10

    Oh this is spot on lads! Just what I had in mind going back to the office now 😅
    Well done 👏

  • @sk7w4tch3r
    @sk7w4tch3r 3 года назад +2

    It would be more precise of the first guy stood up wearing boxers LOL

  • @caitrionaobrien4707
    @caitrionaobrien4707 3 года назад +46

    So how many takes did saying "this is a place of work a certain amount of professionalism" without cracking up take..

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 года назад +26

      How did you know... literally that's where all the messing was

    • @caitrionaobrien4707
      @caitrionaobrien4707 3 года назад +16

      @@foilarmsandhog A) It was a line about professionalism. B) it was a cue for someone to come in (yes, I've noticed a trend in your outtakes) and C) Arms said it

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 года назад

      Bahahaha, you go guuurl 😂

    • @supernukey419
      @supernukey419 2 года назад

      @@caitrionaobrien4707 Poor Arms :c

  • @tsalsama
    @tsalsama 3 года назад +1

    And this attitude of my co-workers took care that I cannot work from home even when it's technically possible in our company. Thank you guys! You owe me two hours of my life for every working day!