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?

[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*

[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