I'm in a Meeting

In a meeting that lasts about twelve minutes, the virtual attendees leave one by one, saying goodbye before the call ends. The meeting resumes with another participant, all the while the background noise of the meeting provides a sense of being occupied. This audio background noise is available for free on a website called Fleeting, where users can pick a meeting to play as a background noise to appear busy and unavailable.

The site features synthetic voices and AI-generated faces, but the only real person involved is its creator, John Carroll, who sometimes appears on screen with his camera off. On a computer, the meeting window expands to full screen when joining, while on a phone, users can set the site as an app on their home screen for a seamless experience.