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

[Abbeymum]

We are quite a small team and had a new staff member join this week. It’s a very friendly and jokey culture so we are always light heartedly ribbing each other.

Anyway - new colleague was eating a salad with two boiled eggs. We were chatting and she says that’s a usual weekday lunch for her. I replied that I bet she has stocked up on the air freshener for when she’s home.

Blank face…sense of humour failure on her part?

I think you have mistaken 'My current colleagues enjoy banter' with 'My workplace is for people who like banter'.

There aren’t enough of these 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 that I can give you 🤣🤣🤣

What??

David Brent ∼ is that you?

I agree especially if they eat salad everyday for lunch. She's probably too hungry to laugh.

Not funny and too soon.

Q.E.D.

It would appear that 9% of posters who voted either are competely lacking in social awareness and are unable to read the room, or they are 12 year old boys who have logged on to their mum's mumsnet account.

Yea that’s not a good joke and at most would get a half smile from me and an inward eye roll.

Do you have a sign on your desk that says "you don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps!"?

10 eggs a week?!!?!?😥😳

So the joke is that eggs make you fart? Do they? Fart jokes really not funny

It's a stupid thing come out with this is all I eat for lunch salad and two eggs. I dread what she eats for dinner. What does she want people to say to her. Did she really expect people to take her seriously?

Is that a serious observation?

I thought this was a forum for the intelligent

You don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps!

What does that mean?

WTF! How old are you OP? Seven?

Except this isn't what she said and she didn't just come out with 'this is all I eat for lunch, salad & 2 eggs''. Her & the OP were talking about lunch & she said this is a usual lunch for her

It is the sort of "banter" that most women would not do. I think OP is a man. It just sounds like old fashioned "We're just one happy family here" uurgh! And putting someone new subtly in their place. 🙄

Is there something wrong with that? 2 a day isn't much & they're full of goodness

I can see her thought bubble now.

Oh no, my new colleagues think fart jokes are funny. Sigh.

@Waitfortheguinness

thinking you may have problem with work based interactions…..

I have no problem with work based interactions thanks. I am a senior manager at a company and have worked for 30 years and have many friends who I have met through work.

Not enjoying puerile behaviour and being able to spot an office bully at 50 paces isn’t a me problem.

He he he you said boobs he he

This. I wouldn't be offended but I wouldn't think it was funny.

I imagine a lot of us are grateful we don't work with you, OP. It sounds shit.

I hate people who comment negatively on what others eat. And the bantz in your office sounds dense as pig shit.