Extreme Office Humor?
Most workplaces need a dose of fun. “Humorless” comes to mind when describing a lot of workplaces. Which is worse? No humor? Or over-the-top humor? That sounds like a wide chasm, but maybe it’s just a little step over a reasonable line. But then what is reasonable? You decide. Is the following office humor extreme or just about right?
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Let’s get a committee together and outline the do’s and don’t of office “fun” and “humor.” Make the list as comprehensive as possible to (while not intending to) take all the fun out of things.
It reminds me of that (to this day) wonderful video called “Fish.”
It stood on it’s own. It said all it needed to say. It showed “play” and fun at work.
But then came the book. Then came the training programs. Then came all the corporate totally non-creatives that wanted to make a “program” out of it.
Shoot me. E.
P.S. All that fun on your video is a Workers’ Comp Nightmare.
E,
You write wisdom. Thanks.
John