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agonyaunt2019-08-24 03:33 pm
minoanmiss) wrote in agonyaunt2019-08-24 03:33 pm
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Ask a Manager: office pranks shouldn’t end with the ER, vomit, or tears
I’m convinced that there are two types of people in most workplaces: those who find office pranks hilarious and those who think pranks have no place at work, ever.
I say this because I receive a surprising number of letters about pranks at work, and they inevitably provoke a flood of outraged responses from anti-prank readers, followed by a wave of replies insisting those people are killjoys who don’t understand fun.
At Slate today, I wrote about the good and bad of office pranks (including some that ended as the headline says — with the ER, vomit, or tears), and what determines how a prank at work will land. You can read it here.
I say this because I receive a surprising number of letters about pranks at work, and they inevitably provoke a flood of outraged responses from anti-prank readers, followed by a wave of replies insisting those people are killjoys who don’t understand fun.
At Slate today, I wrote about the good and bad of office pranks (including some that ended as the headline says — with the ER, vomit, or tears), and what determines how a prank at work will land. You can read it here.
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(But I guess I should read the discussion and think about definitions of pranks. Except my basic take is, "If by the broader definition of a prank, this thing you are going to do seems like it could be considered a prank by someone else, even if not you, then don't do it," so people arguing about that would just ... irk me. I never knew I was so opinionated about this!)
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whispers I am 100% with you. And there were commenters I really wanted to argue with.
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