Office Humor Dos

Although I would have done the exact same thing as my supervisor, I found it ok to laugh at him for it. Barlos (NOTE: all names are slightly changed to barely protect the people's identities) came over with a Census Be Counted box and asked us how big we thought it was. While Tauren tried to give a real answer, I helpfully implored Barlos to use old-timey units of measurement, like cubits, femurs or nautical knots. Bom, our manager, winked at Bauren and I before stating the rather obvious: "Or, Barlos, you could use a ruler, like this one in front of you. Or any of the three, all right in front of you." We laughed and laughed and laughed.

Office Humor

Being able to relate to coworkers and make jokes at others' expense is one way to survive a job with often menial, boring work involved. What we may find funny while inside may appear crazy (and not funny at all) to those outside. For some proof, here's a note I passed to my fellow clerk after an employee made the 5th call to the Children's Guild* (but before the 6th one, which sent me into a fit of giggles manly laughter:

"This Andrew guy KEEPS trying to get in touch with the Children's Guild. Like, repeatedly. I think he may be broken."

*Guilds and Grand Knights in charge of the Knights of Columbus are frequent humorous objects.