Workplace Chaos Would You Rather questions
Work-safe choices about meetings, cameras, emails, presentations and colleagues who always reply all.
What makes these choices difficult?
professional competence versus public awkwardness. This set is designed for adults, with a balanced difficulty level. No option is presented as the correct answer.
- Would you rather open every document on its oldest version with everyone noticing immediately, whenever a colleague shares their screen or unmute during the quietest moment of every call and be unable to blame the software, whenever a colleague shares their screen?
- Would you rather begin every meeting with your camera already on but notice the problem before anyone else, twice a week without warning or begin every lunch break when someone needs a favour and be unable to blame the software, twice a week without warning?
- Would you rather receive every calendar invitation at the least convenient time with your real name highlighted, whenever your manager is nearby or let every meeting overrun by exactly seventeen minutes with your real name highlighted, whenever your manager is nearby?
- Would you rather see every deadline reminder while someone watches after only a ten-second warning, once a day without warning or rename every shared document after your worst nickname with your real name highlighted, once a day without warning?
- Would you rather end every presentation with your worst typo highlighted while everyone stays completely silent, for your next working week or stop every printer only when your turn arrives with your real name highlighted, for your next working week?
- Would you rather freeze on your worst expression in every video call and be unable to explain why, whenever a deadline is close or play every work voice note through the office speakers while your closest colleague watches, whenever a deadline is close?
- Would you rather hear every message from your boss through the loudest notification while your closest colleague watches, with no way to blame the software or personally end every reply-all thread while your closest colleague watches, with no way to blame the software?
- Would you rather send every email with your first draft attached with no undo button, whenever a colleague shares their screen or unmute during the quietest moment of every call while your closest colleague watches, whenever a colleague shares their screen?
- Would you rather open every document on its oldest version but notice the problem before anyone else, twice a week without warning or begin every lunch break when someone needs a favour while your closest colleague watches, twice a week without warning?
- Would you rather begin every meeting with your camera already on while your closest colleague watches, whenever your manager is nearby or let every meeting overrun by exactly seventeen minutes after only a ten-second warning, whenever your manager is nearby?
- Would you rather receive every calendar invitation at the least convenient time with everyone noticing immediately, once a day without warning or rename every shared document after your worst nickname after only a ten-second warning, once a day without warning?
- Would you rather see every deadline reminder while someone watches while everyone stays completely silent, for your next working week or stop every printer only when your turn arrives after only a ten-second warning, for your next working week?
- Would you rather end every presentation with your worst typo highlighted with your real name highlighted, whenever a deadline is close or play every work voice note through the office speakers with everyone noticing immediately, whenever a deadline is close?
- Would you rather freeze on your worst expression in every video call after only a ten-second warning, with no way to blame the software or personally end every reply-all thread with everyone noticing immediately, with no way to blame the software?
- Would you rather hear every message from your boss through the loudest notification with no undo button, whenever a colleague shares their screen or unmute during the quietest moment of every call with everyone noticing immediately, whenever a colleague shares their screen?
- Would you rather send every email with your first draft attached and be unable to explain why, until your next holiday or include your real holiday plans in every out-of-office reply with everyone noticing immediately, until your next holiday?
- Would you rather open every document on its oldest version while your closest colleague watches, whenever your manager is nearby or let every meeting overrun by exactly seventeen minutes with no undo button, whenever your manager is nearby?
- Would you rather begin every meeting with your camera already on with no undo button, once a day without warning or rename every shared document after your worst nickname with no undo button, once a day without warning?
- Would you rather receive every calendar invitation at the least convenient time but notice the problem before anyone else, for your next working week or stop every printer only when your turn arrives with no undo button, for your next working week?
- Would you rather see every deadline reminder while someone watches with your real name highlighted, whenever a deadline is close or play every work voice note through the office speakers while everyone stays completely silent, whenever a deadline is close?
- Would you rather end every presentation with your worst typo highlighted with everyone noticing immediately, with no way to blame the software or personally end every reply-all thread while everyone stays completely silent, with no way to blame the software?
- Would you rather freeze on your worst expression in every video call while everyone stays completely silent, whenever a colleague shares their screen or unmute during the quietest moment of every call while everyone stays completely silent, whenever a colleague shares their screen?
- Would you rather hear every message from your boss through the loudest notification and be unable to explain why, until your next holiday or include your real holiday plans in every out-of-office reply while everyone stays completely silent, until your next holiday?
- Would you rather send every email with your first draft attached after only a ten-second warning, during every Monday meeting or let every meeting overrun by exactly seventeen minutes but notice the problem before anyone else, during every Monday meeting?
How to use this list
Choose an option before reading anybody else's answer. After the reveal, compare the reasoning behind each side rather than treating the majority as correct. Live totals on eligible question pages are first-party WYR HQ votes.