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I know we aren't supposed to use streaming feeds here at work (audio or video). But I am doggoned if I am going to sit in the break room and listen to my coworkers chatter during the inaugural address. Bad enough that they talked all through the invocation - I can't compel them to pay reverent silence to someone else's observance - but I will not miss this speech while they sit there and snipe at my President's middle name.
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[personal profile] mermaidlady 2009-01-20 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
My coworkers (the few that gathered to watch) chattered all through the musical piece. Barbarians.

[identity profile] lumineaux.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
One of the advantages of working from home today. I will also note that the 3 guys from my contractor (all manual laborers under the age of 30) were silent and reverent as they watched it with me.

[identity profile] digitalemur.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, if someone complains, I know people who would defend you, I think.

[identity profile] rosinavs.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
How many of them have an unpopular middle name because they were named after some relative?

De-Lurking...

[identity profile] shalmestere.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
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I watched with the other librarians in my division--I'll confess there was some snarking at the poetry reading, but we maintained a respectful silence otherwise :-)

[identity profile] calygrey.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Everyone here watched quietly; in fact, during Obama's speech the room was so quiet that one person's laptop keying noise was loud enough to bother several people. No talking at all during the music or the speech.

[identity profile] yakshaver.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I was in a bar in Davis Square, chock full of people. Everyone listened quietly to the music, and cheered enthusiastically through the speech. Nobody commented on his middle name.
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[personal profile] iff 2009-01-21 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Ditto. We have no TV on our end of the building so we started with listening over the radio and then one woman was brave enough to risk the Wrath of Infrastructure to stream it at her desk for us to all crowd around. Several times I wanted to gag everyone, but even that did not dampen the hope that came from watching. Just...wow. That's all I can say. Wow.
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