Cracking up at the office

[icarus]

What is it about the blunt truth that makes people crack up?

The Finance Manager just cracked up when I calmly described a week's worth of effort on my part (digging through folders and researching detailed cost analysis) as "Useless."

Last week I told the Accounting person that "I went through those files, did all of 2003. Then I needed to sit down." She burst out laughing.

I described in chat how someone complained to me, saying my Percy isn't all like theirs so they didn't know if I ever read their stories. I told them, yes, I had read their stories, and no, I didn't like them.

Another time someone was irritated with some copies I made: "why is there a line through this?" -- "Because it's a shitty copier." She stopped cold. Nodded. And said, "It is a shitty copier." Then told her manager, who laughed for several days.

I have no point. I'm just making observations. *blinks*

Comments

[ellensmithee.livejournal.com]

I described in chat how someone complained to me, saying my Percy isn't all like theirs so they didn't know if I ever read their stories.

So she was assuming you didn't write Percy the (obviously correct) way she did because you hadn't read her fics? That's totally insane. Narcissistic, much?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming that was not one of their better moments. LOL.

Icarus

[sapphyre-twins.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the giggles! :D

[ragnhildholm.livejournal.com]

It's funny because it's refreshing. People rarely tell the truth. And because the truth is rarely that simple ("it's a shitty copier" made me smile). And also, even if your effort really *was* useless, not many people would tell their boss that... *grins*

[angeluszion.livejournal.com]

I think a trigger may be some thought or memory associated with the words said to initiate 'cracking up'.

~NAA

[tonksnymphadora.livejournal.com]

Isn't business just totally fun :D Everyone should have a good time like you do :)

[whimseywisp.livejournal.com]

I love doing the blunt-truth thing. That's how you know when people are cool, if they have a sense of humour or not. Because if they get pissed, that always makes me like them a little less. Y'know?

[mary-re.livejournal.com]

I dropped in to check out your journal because passo told me to (http://www.livejournal.com/users/mary_re/38714.html?thread=116026#t116026), even though I thought I already had you friended, and it turns out that I didn't!! (well, obviously, if I'm commenting here, but it was a shock to me) I guess I've just seen you around in so many of my friends journals that I thought I already had you on my flist!

Well, easily rectified.

And the copier thing? I have had a very similar moment, so this cracked me up as well.

I think the funniness of blunt truth is that it is so seldom heard. So, whenever a person does make a straightforward statement that is even half-amusing, you crack up half because of the funniness and half in disbelief that the person actually said it! (and reading over that statement, I am amazed at my incoherence)

Oh well. *waves hi*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hi! Nice to see you. Yeah, I agree. It's funny, there was an interview of Donald Trump where he talked how much he appreciated straightforward honesty. Hmm. I bet it depends on the subject though.

Icarus

[jaig.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

[on-the-cusp.livejournal.com]

er, hi. i was wondering if you could remove me from your flist? i'm doing some massive cutting back as i have -no time-, but i'm almost anal about that whole even thing.

thanks,
clearly_unable

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Tell you what, how about you unfriend me? Then I won't appear on your friendslist. I have tons and tons of old journals, deleted journals, and I just don't have time to go through it all.

Icarus

[on-the-cusp.livejournal.com]

i have unfriended you. that's why i was asking if you could me as well, for even purposes.

it's not a big deal if you don't feel you have the time.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hadn't noticed. I wouldn't worry about it then.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

You know. It is really rude to ask someone to take you off their friendslist.

Icarus

[on-the-cusp.livejournal.com]

you know, i was worried about that in the beginning, but i've seen people do way worse.

besides that, i know you don't follow my posts, mainly because you can't - they're all friends locked, and i like to keep my friends and friends of lists as even as possible.

i didn't mean to offend, but i honestly didn't think you would mind.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I consider it to be like asking someone to take you off their Christmas card list. If you don't want the card - throw it away.

Frankly, even if your posts weren't friends-locked, I probably wouldn't read them often, because I can't keep up with my friendslist. I refuse to filter or unfriend, because I think that would be rude on my part when people have been kind enough to friend me.

Icarus

[on-the-cusp.livejournal.com]

I know that you wouldn't read them - you don't know me.

that's why I didn't think it would be such a big deal - no one else I have asked has seemed to mind.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

no one else I have asked has seemed to mind.

I don't. But, it is rude.

I suspect that other people just aren't being straight with you. Every time I've heard of someone asking another person to unfriend them (which is relatively rare and always for personal reasons), people make polite noises in their journals and then bitch to their friends, "clearly unable *snark, snark, snark." I hate that shit. I'd rather just tell you the truth.

Icarus

[on-the-cusp.livejournal.com]

i'd rather you tell me the truth too, though, if they're going to talk about me behind my back they aren't really worth my time and i'm really glad to no longer be associated with them.

i apologize for the rudeness, i tried to be as polite about it as possible. but sitting back and looking at my info page and going 'god, i wish it didn't look like that,' isn't that much fun either.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

No problem. :D

Icarus