To ask if my joke to new work colleague would have offended you?

Know your audience before your attempts at humour. Rude and childish to speak like that to someone who is a relative stranger

You don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps.

Do you have one of those signs in your office?

Her blank face probably reflected what she was thinking - can an adult really be so immature and have the toilet humour of an eight year old?

I bet your new colleague is regretting that she does already.

I would be very wary of a new colleague who felt the need to say something that really isn't a joke but actually could be interpreted as a small unnecessary dig disguised as 'humour.'

This!

It wasn’t a funny joke, it was a bit try hard. You need to get to know people before starting shit jokes. Some people don’t enjoy fart jokes ever, learn your audience! YABU

I took it to mean that the eggs themselves are smelly - hence I'd have been embarrassed that a colleague was highlighting to everyone how bad my lunch smelled.

Why wouldn’t you wait to find out what your new colleague finds amusing before ribbing her? It’s pretty presumptuous to inflict your humour on someone you don’t know. It’s got ‘cheer up, it may never happen’ vibes.

Childish, not funny and you are trying to make a new staff member uncomfortable regarding her choice of food.

I’d be massively unimpressed if someone behaved like this in my office. Some of the younger guys might have the childish humour, but making a new staff member self conscious is mean and unnecessary.

Exactly this. I just don’t really make the connection. A big pot of cabbage and beans, maybe. But not a couple of eggs. I’ve heard people saying that sort of thing jokingly but I don’t think it has that effect at all, so would likely be blank faced too.

Harsh replies here! The OP isn’t trying to be a stand up comedian - just a bit of office banter.

I wouldn’t be offended. Nor would I be embarrassed for you. Nor would I be handing you the comedy awards. I would’ve chuckled and felt grateful that you felt you could joke with me - that would help put me at ease as a new colleague.

Puerile OP. I'm cringing with second hand embarrassment

Offended no, i dont have the mn curse of needing to be offended every time i leave the house but I just dont think it was funny and it would have taken me a while to work it out as I never thought eggs did that

Were you trying to put her off her lunch?

Sounds like the sort of comment you might make to the colleagues you know well ( from what you said about your workplace), but far too over- familiar for someone you don't.

Not everyone finds that sort of 'humour' funny, me for one. I'd hate to work somewhere with constant 'ribbing'

Does new colleague know that she'll be expected to tolerate/join in this type of communication?

I get massive 2nd hand embarrassment for people who think they are hilarious.

This was inappropriate & unfunny, and the colleague will have a perfectly fine sense of humour , you however...

Sense of humour failure on her part?

Nope - the failure was on your part.

As a new employee in an unfamiliar environment I'd most likely have been embarrassed. I think it's fine to laugh and joke and 'rib' each other when you know someone well enough.

I wouldn’t have been offended, but I would assume you struggle with social skills and possibly have a poor diet if you think a salad and two eggs would cause bowel issues.

I would have given you the same blank look.

Are you a 12 year old boy?

I wouldn’t have been offended but would eating 2 eggs warrant air freshener? I often eat 2 eggs and haven’t ever noticed it makes me fart more than usual.
I wouldn’t have laughed (because it’s not funny) but I would deduce that you think it meant I’d be farting. I’d be equally plain faced I think.

We have a banter person at my work who makes bodily function jokes like that. I’ve got used to them now and don’t take them seriously but to start with I wasn’t sure if she was being a bit mean-girl. I would say that at the very least you should get to know the person and their sense of humour before unleashing “banter” on them which might make them embarrassed or uncomfortable.

Not nice for a brand new colleague tbh. Shit joke as well.