do you know any good jokes about middle-aged middle-class, balding white men??

[HarveySpectre]

I'm raging a bit

I overheard at work afew days ago, a manager telling our team leader about this really good looking girl that he had recruits. He had, he boasted, told her at interview if she is not interested in football and is PC, then this is not the team for her

I didn't say anything, as I was ear-wigging

So today, said good-looking girl is introduced to TL, who reiterates that the team is not PC and if she feels offended at anytime, well then she will just need to toughen up



So, its no good trying to reason with these fucking morons. I need to demonstrate how fucking fuck fucking-witted they are

So give me some jokes, for our next team meeting...

[HarveySpectre]

baking there is a very large majority that behave like this. They all think they are very funny. Its a horrid work place culture. Ignoring I not really an option for me. If i don't say summat, I will explode and probably get sacked

[BakingCookiesAndShit]

Harvey really sorry to hear that, it's so bloody draining isn't it?

[cadno]

Buffy

I'm surprised as you are. I was replying to 0x530x610x750x630x79 comment on my fish and chip joke (this was the post directly above mine).

0x5 commented that the joke appeared to have been on the person serving - I'd already somewhat foolishly mentioned the person poised to serve chips was a woman (in any event, the joke is not making funny of anyone, its a harmless joke about the use of English) So instead of 'woman', I wonder if I had been mistaken and possibly the aforesaid server was a or a - I can't repeat the offensive words I previously used - perish the thought.

Jokes about slicing men up to make tiles or Candida ablicans infections? - no worries, mate. still funny old world.

[0x530x610x750x630x79]

In response To Cadno:
in any event, the joke is not making funny of anyone, its a harmless joke about the use of English

ahh as the idea was (in my opnion) to make fun of white bald men, the joke must be being rude about somebody, so tried to work out who it was.

[cadno]

0x5 - no problem at all - but last time a mention any women in a joke, better safe than sorry ? - A man walks into a bar - now there's my kind of joke !

[cadno]

A middle-aged middle-class, balding white man goes into a fish'n'chip shop.
He says to the person serving, 'fish and chips please, fish and chips please'. The person serving says 'heard you the first time'.

[TiggyD]

Say nothing in response to the "jokes"/comments. Just take out a notebook and write down what they said and time and date it. Ideally get other witnesses to sign it as evidence too. That'll scare the shit out of him.

[paxtecum]

You can't fight sexism with sexism.
You cannot possibly ever complain about sexist jokes if you are retaliating with more of them.

[annandale]

It would be better to challenge them really. I say this but I have no idea how. I challenged one use of discriminatory language and suggested a policy change, was told after a few weeks in no uncertain terms that there was going to be no change because this is a Christian country, and then heard a racist term used and didn't challenge it but attempted to leave instead. It is not easy when you are powerless in the structure of an organisation.

You don't have to laugh though. Also you can say 'well I'm PC so that's one, the rest of you will catch up eventually'.

[BreakingDad77]

This is where I really feel for women in the workplace as are you left with having to vote with your feet?

The guys im guessing wont put a complaint in against the guy leaving the women to get castigated.

Unless these people are crap at their job it seems hard to change things.

Definitely write an article in glassdoor!

[IsItStupid]

Is there an HR department Harvey?

[HermioneWeasley]

I'm not sure it's the recommended approach, but I once brought a lovely friendly team lunch to a halt when hideous sexist racist colleague ( technically the same level but he'd been there years, paid a lot more, best mate of the big boss so definite power imbalance) got his phone out to tell another joke. I stood up and said "if that's another racist joke can you tell me do I can leave, perhaps everyone else is comfortable hearing them but I'm not". Room went into uncomfortable silence and everyone went back to eating. I bet other people weren't comfortable and were glad I said something

Colleague was off with me from then on - no loss