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Office Humour
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I find myself hesitating in sharing my humour with my work colleagues.
Just yesterday my boss was having problems with her e-mail, so sent me a 'test' em-mail asking, "Did you receive this?". I wanted to e-mail back saying, "No", but thought better of it.
And just now I went to send a global e-mail and realised there was a typo. I had written 'c*ck' instead of 'coke'. A genuine mistake. Again, I considered leaving it in as it might raise a few giggles.
So what's your opinion? Should I leave the typo as is? Or should I be more professional in the workplace by trying to act my age? (I'm 22. Honest mister!)
Just yesterday my boss was having problems with her e-mail, so sent me a 'test' em-mail asking, "Did you receive this?". I wanted to e-mail back saying, "No", but thought better of it.
And just now I went to send a global e-mail and realised there was a typo. I had written 'c*ck' instead of 'coke'. A genuine mistake. Again, I considered leaving it in as it might raise a few giggles.
So what's your opinion? Should I leave the typo as is? Or should I be more professional in the workplace by trying to act my age? (I'm 22. Honest mister!)
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I think its best if you wait until people get used to your humour. A joke needs to be found funny by all parties involved. As for the typo, definitely change it. People can funny about the tiniest little things. In a job I had once, there was a client called Mr Cuck, and I missed read my colleagues hand writing and entered him on the system as Mr c*ck, everyone thought I'd done it on purpose to be funny, but I was really embarrassed.
The older I've got the more professional I've got but i admit in one of my first jobs i had to send an email on behalf of my boss who couldn't log onto her email to her boss who was quite senior in the company. I type the message and in the subject line i put "I have a massage to give you on behalf of Sue" (obviously meaning message)... I noticed it just before i sent it but thought everyone could do with a cheering up. Fortunately they found it funny.
Sometimes in this place I feel like a caged animal in a zoo!! Aside from the Directors, I find that most people in this office lack a sense of humour, so a part of me feels like rebelling just to see how much I can shock everyone! hahahaha!
On the phone earlier one of the Managers ended the call with me by saying, "Are you coming now?"
I seriously had to bite my tongue.
On the phone earlier one of the Managers ended the call with me by saying, "Are you coming now?"
I seriously had to bite my tongue.
I email my b/f during the day and sometimes they get a bit steamy if you know what I mean.One day I was trying to do 3 things at once whilst writing him an email about what I would like to do to him in bed that night,but instead of sending it to him,I sent it to a sales rep that I had met the day before at a work thing!!!!
Oh you got to let them know as soon as possible what you're really like Ham- it's only fair.
I mean lets face it, the poor ******* work with you, it's only right they know exactly what you're like so they can prepare themselves.
And i've still got the giggles over the 22 bit- which is very unfair of you as I've got a cold and I sound scaringly like Vera Duckworth with it- still, you always were a selfish cow ;-)
I mean lets face it, the poor ******* work with you, it's only right they know exactly what you're like so they can prepare themselves.
And i've still got the giggles over the 22 bit- which is very unfair of you as I've got a cold and I sound scaringly like Vera Duckworth with it- still, you always were a selfish cow ;-)
I thin kI'd take out the typo and would have definitely sent the first. My old boss was just as childish as I can be sometimes, and used to take great delight in ringing me, only to say "Sorry I'm too busy to chat", and then hang up again.
I once sent a horrific e-mail to the wrong place. We had been asked to come up with a few sentences about ourselves for a staff intranet sort of thing, so everyone's writing down how they have 2 dogs and like skiing etc. One of my mates said that she didn't want to do it, so I offered to write hers instead, and naturally made it just about the crudest thing I could think. Under hobbies I announced that she like to go out in short skirts and no knickers to flash people on public transport, and a variety of other things. Sufficiently proud of my work, I intended to send it to her, but instead forwarded it to the director of another part if the company. I was SO lucky that he sent one back saying "I think you should be careful what you do with your e-mail in future", rather than discipline me.
I once sent a horrific e-mail to the wrong place. We had been asked to come up with a few sentences about ourselves for a staff intranet sort of thing, so everyone's writing down how they have 2 dogs and like skiing etc. One of my mates said that she didn't want to do it, so I offered to write hers instead, and naturally made it just about the crudest thing I could think. Under hobbies I announced that she like to go out in short skirts and no knickers to flash people on public transport, and a variety of other things. Sufficiently proud of my work, I intended to send it to her, but instead forwarded it to the director of another part if the company. I was SO lucky that he sent one back saying "I think you should be careful what you do with your e-mail in future", rather than discipline me.
