More on intolerant jokes at work
Aug. 11th, 2005 07:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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cdybedahl about the coworker who made a racist joke, I realised something interesting. None of the other six people around the table followed up with a similar joke. It was just a polite smile and then they passed on to another topic.
That's pretty impressive. Generally, when a bunch of guys hear one joke like that they'll follow up with others of a similar nature, trying to top eachother or something. These guys didn't. Which makes me think I'm not the only one bothered by it, even if I may be the only one wanting to say something.
cdybedahl about the coworker who made a racist joke, I realised something interesting. None of the other six people around the table followed up with a similar joke. It was just a polite smile and then they passed on to another topic. That's pretty impressive. Generally, when a bunch of guys hear one joke like that they'll follow up with others of a similar nature, trying to top eachother or something. These guys didn't. Which makes me think I'm not the only one bothered by it, even if I may be the only one wanting to say something.
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Re: More on intolerant jokes at work
Date: 2005-08-11 05:41 am (UTC)because, while few people speak up loudly against such jokes, quite often i see the joker "frozen out" quietly. people might be loth to make a scene, and prefer to just quickly move on from the embarrassing moment.
looks like that's what happened here, and you are indeed not the only one bothered. which would be a good thing.