We share an office here, so the rule is that someone who has a
teleconference has to wander off to some other part of the house to
have it.  It’s not all bad — the views are pleasant, and watching
the waves (“~~~~~”) is fun:

Sometimes, there are added distractions — the teleconferencee is not
necessarily the only one getting harried:

In particular, in this case, there’s a bald eagle being pursued by
crows (ravens?):

(Photo by CMS)
I perhaps didn’t catch all the
detail on that particular teleconf…