Many BBC viewers experienced second-hand ’embarrassment’ when a broadcaster began ‘fake typing’ on air.
Anything can happen on live television, and when Pam Caulfield’s Points West news report concluded on Sunday afternoon, she didn’t know what to do with her hands.
Everything went swimmingly until the last few seconds, when Pam began typing on her laptop without pressing any of the keys while waiting for the cameras to cease filming.
‘But that’s it from me! I hope you have a lovely afternoon, whatever you’re up to. Goodbye,’ she cheerily said to viewers.
However, she appeared unsure about what to do next, so turned to her laptop and seemed to randomly start hitting at the keys.
Viewers were left howling by the unconvincing mime, with one person even branding it an ’embarrassment’.
Another kinder person gave Pam ’10/10 for the fake typing’, and ITV presenter Lewis Warner joked: ‘She’s let the secret out! My laptop isn’t even real, it’s playmobil!’
‘When the boss comes around the office 😂,’ laughed a third viewer, as someone else added: ‘Not even trying to make it look genuine, love it 🤣’
‘Wonder what she’s writing there,’ asked another person, while one user quipped: ‘Lhckyddyiekydoyditdkg’
Someone else thought it was the perfect demonstration of ‘everybody pretending to work at 4pm on a Friday’, and a different social media user wrote: ‘Love the way her fingers start moving before they get to the keyboard.’
The BBC News Bristol X/Twitter account joined in the fun, posting the popular video and joked, ‘Fake typing activated.’
Pam, on the other hand, has taken the mocking in stride and can see the humour in it all.
She had a great response on her own account as she replied to someone sharing the video with a photo of herself sat at a piano and quipped: ‘I can also do fake piano playing…’
