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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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To think I said nothing funny

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Whitecottage · 14/07/2022 15:48

At lunch today a perfectly normal conversation went a bit awry. I don’t think I dealt with it particularly well, to be honest. Someone misheard something I said (Greek for geek) which was maybe a bit funny but a colleague started laughing hysterically, screaming and saying that she couldn’t look at me over and over.

I am just wondering if anyone else would have felt a bit awkward and odd?

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GrilledWatermelon · 14/07/2022 16:45

Ah OP I'm fed up with everything today too - tired of entitled dickheads, aggressive drivers, people that can't read or comprehend a simple request, and people I care about and do stuff for who couldn't actually give a fuck if I live or die.

Laughing person sounds like a right twat, never mind. Don't dwell, tomorrow is another day.

Sapphirejane · 14/07/2022 16:46

@alphapie - insulting someone’s sense of humour isn’t disagreeing with their opinion. It’s just nasty. You are posting quite prolifically at the moment as is your right but from what I’ve seen, rarely supportive.

Carrotzen · 14/07/2022 16:48

@Whitecottage that was really uncalled for with alphiapie, they said absolutely nothing dickheaded

Im wondering if you just misunderstood the scenario given your attitude to posters on this thread. I

alphapie · 14/07/2022 16:49

Sapphirejane · 14/07/2022 16:46

Who is insulting someone's sense of humour?

alphapie · 14/07/2022 16:50

Carrotzen · 14/07/2022 16:48

@Whitecottage that was really uncalled for with alphiapie, they said absolutely nothing dickheaded

Im wondering if you just misunderstood the scenario given your attitude to posters on this thread. I

She admitted she didn't handle it well, so maybe they continued laughing because of how much the OP overreacted at the time, more likely than them being bullies

Jedsnewstar · 14/07/2022 16:57

LottieTx · 14/07/2022 16:39

OP I used to work with someone who did this all the time. If I ever misspoke, misspelt, tripped, dropped something - minor little embarrassments she’d cry laughing hysterically like I’d really made a dick of myself and then bring it up all the time. ‘Oh LottieTx remember when you said shop instead of shot’ and always in front of other people.
She seemed to enjoy the feeling of making me feel like I’d really embarrassed myself when I hadn’t. After I left I didn’t speak to her again, she took joy out of making me feel shit. This story is exactly the type of thing she’d do!

I was going to say something similar. We all know one of these arseholes types. (You will find them crying and wailing like a banshee in the managers office when they tripped).

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Whitecottage · 14/07/2022 16:59

Yes - I know the type you mean.

The weird thing was I think she genuinely found it funny but it was really uncomfortable.

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FictionalCharacter · 14/07/2022 17:03

Whitecottage · 14/07/2022 16:34

To be clear - they misheard.

I’ve no issue with having a laugh about it but there comes a point when laughing at something like that is quite aggressive and unpleasant. I mean, screeching and so on while everyone else is trying to carry on talking?

I am surprised at how uncomfortable I felt about it actually. Anyway, it’s not a big deal.

Yanbu - a bit of a giggle when you mishear something is fine, but she was laughing at you and saying she can’t look at you which is very weird, and rude.

Charlize43 · 14/07/2022 17:36

Reminds me of someone I worked with who fancied herself as a top comedy writer (she claimed to do this in her spare time) and would makes jokes that she would shriek with laughter while the rest of us looked at one another.

I've always found it odd those people who laugh too loudly at their own jokes.

Anyone else find this weird?

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