Women at Work: Humor helps in workplace – Post

Posted: Friday, April 11, 2014 2:09 pm

Women at Work: Humor helps in workplace

Kristen Asleson

Post-Bulletin Company, LLC

Have you ever attended a meeting or a work function, and one person tries so hard to be funny?

Humor is one of those things in life that is wonderful when it works and awkward when it doesn’t. Just think of a time when a joke you told got a laugh from everyone in the room. Then compare it to another time when your wit was met with blank stares and offended looks. In the workplace, especially, humor has been blamed for some pretty big upsets, causing it to become a sensitive subject around the office.

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