Touchy women

[carrust]

I've recently been doing-up an office block. While I was there a get well soon card came round & I was asked to sign it. The card was for a woman who'd just had a hysterectomy, & I put "I never knew you could wear one out ".Apparently the woman has gone apesh1t, & has reported me to her boss! Do all office- wallers have a sense of humour by-pass?

[4getmenot]

Oh right typical thing to come from a bloke then

[China Doll]

Stirring the tea with the coffee spoon is no joking matter Pip.

Stirring the coffee witht the teaspoon is though.

[Pippa68]

Exactly, CD.

Stirring the tea with the coffee spoon is far worse than nicking someone elses cup. It should have the same custodial sentence as murder, I reckon.

[4gottenabout]

woops, been thrown in dungeon again. Anyway I didnt realise you were male, I should have done really

[carrust]

Legend.Don't poke the bears too much :-)

[jno]

goodness me, I thought the neanderthals had died out. Such a historic rediscovery should go in the News section.

[Pippa68]

legend..can you imagine a woman sending a card to a bloke who has had a testicle removed, signing it with something like:

''You have one less to play with now''

I don't think so..unless they were good mates and had that kind of humour.

[carrust]

Anyway, I've got to go shortly to check-out Womans Hour on listen again.

[China Doll]

Alanis had no understanding of the word ironic. She was singing about sods law.

[eyeshade]

1. Why would they ask the builder to sign her card, what relevance would that have.

2. After a hysterectomy you are quite upset and tearful for some considerable time, it affects your hormones etc. and in some cases can be very traumatic if the cause is Cancer or results in inability to have children.

3. A sensitive approach would have been better Mr C in these cirumstances unless of course you knew her very well, somehow I doubt it.

[carrust]

Eyeshade.
1. I've been working there off & on for the last few weeks. So I got to know most of the people in the office.BTW I'm not a builder.
2.Agreed.
3.I thought she'd got a similar sense of humour to mine.

[eyeshade]

I think because of the nature of the op, she would have been very sensitive, that's life, so hope you understand why she was like that Mr C.

[carrust]

Ok. Just looking at hand marks on slapped legs:-)

[Champagne]

I worked in HR last year and it was the WORST department for being PC all the time. I couldn't stand it.

But the rule of thumb is that you don't make jokes with work colleagues unless you already have a gauge on what sort of humour they have. Office banter/ridiculing/pi$$-taking is fine so long as the people involved know where they stand with you.

I'm female and have a great sense of humour in the office, but at the same time I have to make it clear to my colleagues that they can't expect me to divulge information about work. I'm an executive P.A. so I know a lot about what goes on behind the scenes, but it doesn't mean that I can't find a balance of professionalism/office banter.

(in fact, i'm the worst culprit when it comes to humour in the office!!) :o}

[johnlambert]

Didn't you read the comments that other workmates had made or were you the first person they asked to sign the card?