Had a 3am client call go sideways when my power flickered mid-pitch
I was at my kitchen table in Portland last Tuesday, 3am my time, on a Zoom call with a potential client in London. Halfway through explaining my pricing, the lights dimmed, my modem rebooted, and I dropped off the call for a solid 4 minutes. When I got back, they thought I hung up on purpose. I had to talk fast and offer a free half-hour consultation just to salvage it. So do you push through and pretend it didn't happen, or do you admit the tech fail and turn it into a joke? It worked for me this time, but I'm still not sure which move is smarter.