Humor Can Become Offense on Workplace
A smile on face is a best exercise for face muscles, a laugh is best for heart and hypertension it’s said by doctors. But smile and laugh can be made while working when there will be any joke or humor on working place. In my opinion a good joke that makes you laugh makes you relax in workplace.
But the jokes on workplace can effect backward also I mean if a joke is misunderstood then there is possibility other will take it as insult so results wont be good for that. That’s why its necessary for us working on place where diverse workforce is working to be careful while making any joke or humor.
Place where diverse workforce is working one should have to see that the thing which will be a joke for him for other community or country person it can be an insulting thing. That’s why the places or companies where different country people work under one roof, one should have to see about that.
There is a saying that laughter is a good medicine, and that true also all cultures enjoy humor and laughter but how people perceive humor is culture specific. The cultural diversity in the workplace is increasing and before making any humor or joke we should have to look that humor is meant to be funny not insulting.
More sensitive thing on diverse culture workplace is that what perceived funny in one culture might not be understood or might even be insulting in another culture.
In some culture sarcastic words are used in conversation to tease each other. On other side in some cultures such type of humor is taken as offense. So in diverse gathering a joke can broke fire.
Tips for Better Humor on workplace
Now question is what kind of humor is made that will be appropriate according to all cultures? In my point of view if you want fun then have it on your own expense, and the safest humor is self depreciating humor. Such type of jokes will not be made which are related to physical appearance like person’s height, weight or the size of their nose, face or teeth. Humor can’t be translated into other language easily because very often it is based on word plays or puns.
Most important thing that do not tell political, religious, ethnic, racial joke, the jokes which are used to make fun of other people, culture, and religions.
Humor is funny but on workplace it can become “no funny” business. So it’s better to know about surrounding people on workplace before making any joke.
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