at IBM, half the people in cubicle land were so uptight that any off-color remark would land you in your manager's office to sign some HR mandated form about being more sensitive. (i was a frequent flier with that).
at my current office, the new courier just walked in complaining about the potholes in the street. "That hole just keeps getting bigger." he announced.
my mind raced at all the possibilities but I decided with yelling "then just punch her in the back of the head, i hear that tightens it back up!!"
everyone laughed. my boss high-5'd me. but courier man seemed shocked at what i was saying.
he's new but he'll learn.
i guess every office is different. what's it like where you work?
humor level in your office?
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, Oct 26 2012 03:56 PM
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 04:09 PM
There are one or two people here that appreciate my sick sense of humor or can handle the occasional f-bomb, but I tend to keep it clean as the majority of people I work with are very PC/corporate/uptight and are looking for reasons to be offended. I just don't need the hassles.
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 04:16 PM
I don't think off-color remarks, sexual jokes and inuendos, ethnic jokes, etc. belong in the work place.
I used to work with a guy who was constantly making ethnic jokes and stereo-typing them. I found it rude and offensive.
If someone in my office said what BHB said, I wouldn't like it.
I used to work with a guy who was constantly making ethnic jokes and stereo-typing them. I found it rude and offensive.
If someone in my office said what BHB said, I wouldn't like it.
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 04:18 PM
offices are tough.
a coworker and i had a running joke. any time one of us would ask for a colored copy of something, the other would snap back, "African American, please!" and we'd both crack up.
nobody else ever found that as funny as we did though.
a coworker and i had a running joke. any time one of us would ask for a colored copy of something, the other would snap back, "African American, please!" and we'd both crack up.
nobody else ever found that as funny as we did though.
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 04:32 PM
I don't think off-color remarks, sexual jokes and inuendos, ethnic jokes, etc. belong in the work place.
I used to work with a guy who was constantly making ethnic jokes and stereo-typing them. I found it rude and offensive.
If someone in my office said what BHB said, I wouldn't like it.
What offends you personally about these kinds of stereotype jokes specifically? The reason they work as jokes is because of the general truth about the stereotype...
If it's just because of the workplace environment, no need to explain, I get that
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 04:35 PM
The reason they work as jokes is because of the general truth about the stereotype...
i couldn't agree more.... case in point with my joke to the courier, what i said to him is something i have generally found to be true.
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 04:48 PM
What offends you personally about these kinds of stereotype jokes specifically? The reason they work as jokes is because of the general truth about the stereotype...
If it's just because of the workplace environment, no need to explain, I get that
yeah, I *get* it... but, I find that most of the people who stereotype others are close-minded and insecure
and, with this particular guy, it was constant - I could forgive him if it was every once in awhile, but with him it was daily
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 04:51 PM
yeah, I *get* it... but, I find that most of the people who stereotype others are close-minded and insecure
and, with this particular guy, it was constant - I could forgive him if it was every once in awhile, but with him it was daily
i try not to judge people based on the jokes they make. SOmetimes people just learn to make people laugh in certain ways. Doesn;t make anyone racist or hateful when they like to make stereotype jokes.
Then again, if it's constant and the person has other traits that might lead to that judgement, I again understand your position.
Never a good idea to tick co-workers off when just trying to be funny. I do love the joke about Superman f-in with the n****rs again...NSFW!
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 04:59 PM
i try not to judge people based on the jokes they make. SOmetimes people just learn to make people laugh in certain ways. Doesn;t make anyone racist or hateful when they like to make stereotype jokes.
Then again, if it's constant and the person has other traits that might lead to that judgement, I again understand your position.
Never a good idea to tick co-workers off when just trying to be funny. I do love the joke about Superman f-in with the n****rs again...NSFW!
Well, I don't agree with trying to make people laugh at the expense of others' feelings.
Not sure I'd find the Superman joke at all funny if it references the "N" word...I've seen first-hand how hurtful that word can be
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 05:21 PM
Well, I don't agree with trying to make people laugh at the expense of others' feelings.
Not sure I'd find the Superman joke at all funny if it references the "N" word...I've seen first-hand how hurtful that word can be
The Three Stooges was all about laughing at baffoonery. I think lots of humor is derived from laughing at someones unfortunate situation, whether it has a racial, sexual, or violent connotation. Laughing at someone rather than with someone. I dont really mind either, as it is a joke.
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 05:28 PM
Cuting humor wears on me after awhile. Im no fan of when you cant tell where the sarcasm ends and true feelings begin. Lots o cutting humor tends to walk that line, and after awhile, i start taking things personally...
Mmm interesting.
Mmm interesting.
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 05:38 PM
Cuting humor wears on me after awhile. Im no fan of when you cant tell where the sarcasm ends and true feelings begin. Lots o cutting humor tends to walk that line, and after awhile, i start taking things personally...
Mmm interesting.
We're not cutting toward each other.
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 06:21 PM
my "office" is a liquor store, and the customers are even more accepting the the employees. At my restaurant job, we walk on eggshells and keep our mouths shut.
It is what it is...I just go there to make money, not friends.
It is what it is...I just go there to make money, not friends.
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 06:32 PM
it depends on how the prententious fuckwads are at any given time...if they aren't cunt bags I can get away with some kidding but if they are cunt bags and the bags are full I'm not even allowed to speak let alone make a joke.
and I no longer work in the office areas...go figure
and I no longer work in the office areas...go figure
