www.MSNBC.com reports:

Yuck! 7 hospitalized after office fridge cleanup

Hazmat team called in after mix of rotten food, chemicals sparks vomiting

SAN JOSE, Calif. - An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill.  Firefighters had to evacuate the AT&T building in downtown San Jose on Tuesday after the fumes led someone to call 911. A hazmat team was called in.

What crews found was an unplugged refrigerator crammed with moldy food.

Authorities say an enterprising office worker had decided to clean it out, placing the food in a conference room while using two cleaning chemicals to scrub down the mess.  The mixture of old lunches and disinfectant caused 28 people to need treatment for vomiting and nausea. Authorities say the worker who cleaned the fridge didn’t need treatment — she can’t smell because of allergies.

When participating in a video or web conference, you must always make sure to mind your background - it’s a small piece of real-estate, but can be oh so important, as illustrated in this FedEx commercial, shot  in the “office”  but actually on a golf course.  (Someone has a sprint card!)

This program illustrates why you should always respect the web camera around video and web conferencing!  Sure we work in a waist-up world in Video Conferencing, but you always have to be on guard…