The only appointment available with my cardiologist was last Thursday, a day that I'm normally scheduled to work for "Big Fish". Turns out that there was a 2 hour conference call that started an hour prior to my appointment, so I decided that I could easily call in and continue listening while on the road to the cardiologist and listen in the waiting room since my cardiologist usually runs about 45 minutes late. Kill two birds with one stone. (that's a horrible term.. I'll have to find something different.)

I had my cell phone on speaker phone on the road, with the mute on. Once I got to the parking lot, I took the phone off speaker and plugged in the headphones. What I didn't realize is that when you do that, you're automatically taken off mute.

How did I know this? I was at the reception desk announcing MY NAME, WHY I WAS THERE, and answering questions. It was then that I heard the speaker in the conference ask me to put my phone on mute. I think the only thing that could have made it even more embarrassing is if I was on the scale, with the nurse announcing how much I weigh before I muted the phone.

I'd say that this was a huge 'my bad', considering that there were dozens of people in the conference room and on the phone.