This is the ruling I expected, not desired.
But as said above, said party cannot use this as excuse for the incoming dismal performance.
Edit: this ruling also alleviates the IEC from being seen to be "siding" with crud.
Receiving 'private number' calls is unnecessary distraction (no, I don't like truecaller).
Mostly, I give them the "red swipe". Sometimes I answer out of silly curiosity to see who's wasting my time.
Today I took the call but doing so in silence. Silence is all I got. Seems the AI bot wants...
I feel like a grouch today :(
The blokes on my floor (several) who enter, walk up to and use the urinal while actively engaging in conversation holding the mobile handset. Good friggin' grief, dude! It is for folk like you that thankfully there is a hand steriliser right outside the door. But...
Yes, I use the same set for meetings too. The voice isolation is not good enough, as I often see Teams detecting voices around me when I am muted. It is unfortunately a negative feature. If I know I need to be part of the chat, I move to an empty office.
Things that please me at the mo? My Sony headphones I bought a few months back.
Yes, I spent a few bob on them at the time. The noise cancellation feature is now (regretfully) paying off in premium. In an open office (especially Tuesdays and everyone is in), it is incessantly noisy...
Today, it's just a Bar One and strong Jacob's coffee.
The chicken mayo sandwich I got from the office coffee shop was a disaster. Bread was dry. Filling was a thin layer of something tasteless. Tossed in the bin! :(