Actually, neither of the examples was from work. I detest dead baby jokes, but fortunately it's been a while since they were a thing. And I actually like being hugged, but a number of my friends do not. Learning to ask first was, um, not exactly difficult, but I got it wrong a lot at the beginning. There was definitely a learning curve for me.
The thing that did happen at work which triggered this was that Friday night Todd (who is always the instigator) started in with one of the "not a racist joke because it's about white people" things. Without considering whether or not this was a fight I wanted to have, I said, "Oh, god, can we not do this again tonight?" Todd responded, "What do you mean?" And I ignored him, because it wasn't a discussion I wanted to have. The interesting thing is that there were no more inappropriate jokes that night. And I had an epiphany. Which led to this post.
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Date: 2015-02-08 11:08 pm (UTC)The thing that did happen at work which triggered this was that Friday night Todd (who is always the instigator) started in with one of the "not a racist joke because it's about white people" things. Without considering whether or not this was a fight I wanted to have, I said, "Oh, god, can we not do this again tonight?" Todd responded, "What do you mean?" And I ignored him, because it wasn't a discussion I wanted to have. The interesting thing is that there were no more inappropriate jokes that night. And I had an epiphany. Which led to this post.