You said what???

[Colapop]

What is with me and chicks?? It seems that the last couple of days have been all about me and issues with women....
Today there's a leaving "morning tea" for a woman who's leaving here and going to live with her boyfriend in Hawkes Bay. I get on pretty well with her and when the comment was made " ... and we expect an invitation to the wedding" which she denied was happening I said "So it's your clock ticking then?"

I'm surprised at the response, not from her, but from the assembled free food plebs who couldn't give a shit whether she stayed or left. A large round of disapproving stares and the obligatory sharp intake of breath... blah blah blah disapproval... WTF? The person who the comment was directed at didn't take offense and came back with a wisecrack of her own (that was drowned out by disapproval noises)

As I was leaving to return to work, I had the comment "did you miss a stage of social development somewhere along the way?" So it appears I have reinforced my status as social pariah among my work"mates". I wouldn't call then mate if they bought a round of beers!

Anyone else here a total f*ckmouth? going postal at work should never be overrated
I don't feel that militant about it....

[Postie]

not having much luck lately are ya? maybe its not you, rather then on one round you has a sense of humour

[GR81]

a well directed "blow me" would have put them in their place... or made things worse...
probably worse, knowing your luck!

lose lose situation for you mate

[Grahameeboy]

Just keep being you........

[Str8 Jacket]

Jesus Col you really are having some problems!!

At the end of the day your a great guy who has a sense of humour, something that your colleagues seem to lack. If you know you haven't offended the lady and she laughed thats all that matters. Trust me, my huge mouth gets me in trouble at work all the time, but someone always comes along and does something just as stupid or worse and what I did was forgotten pretty much straight away. As said by Grahameeboy keep being yourself! Whos gives a toss what your work mates think of you!

[idb]

Haha I love this.
I do that sort of thing all the time and have absolutely no idea what's 'appropriate' in any given situation.
Especially when there is a mix of men & women with nothing in common except work, my natural inclination is to act as if they are all my drinking buddies.

[Colapop]

I dunno IDB, skulling beer, throwing up then passing out is probably not appropriate in an engineering office....?

[Grahameeboy]

Jesus Col you really are having some problems!!

At the end of the day your a great guy who has a sense of humour, something that your colleagues seem to lack. If you know you haven't offended the lady and she laughed thats all that matters. Trust me, my huge mouth gets me in trouble at work all the time, but someone always comes along and does something just as stupid or worse and what I did was forgotten pretty much straight away. As said by GR81 keep being yourself! Whos gives a toss what your work mates think of you!

It was me...but time for .....thing is Colafizz.......if you tried to be PC someone would still get their nickers in a twist..this PC stuff is crap anyway......at the end of the day the other person has the choice to be offended or just ignore laugh...it is their choice not yours matey....some people get paid to offend people and call it humour....

Never met ya......one day maybe but you are cool man......STR8 says it all...okay maybe bin the white vest...!!!

[Lou Girardin]

The world is filling with humourless sadsacks who spend their lives waiting to be offended.
To quote Bette Midler, 'fuck 'em if they can't take a joke".

[The_Dover]

I dunno IDB, skulling beer, throwing up then passing out is probably not appropriate in an engineering office....?

Might be why my career has stalled then!:slap:

[sAsLEX]

I dunno IDB, skulling beer, throwing up then passing out is probably not appropriate in an engineering office....?

damn, seems my uni engineering training is slightly misdirected then!

[Grahameeboy]

The world is filling with humourless sadsacks who spend their lives waiting to be offended.
To quote Bette Midler, 'fuck 'em if they can't take a joke".

We are waiting Lou...

[Str8 Jacket]

It was me...

Doh sorry! Post edited...

[Grahameeboy]

Doh sorry! Post edited...

Nah wasnt bothered........

[Fishy]

Don't worry about it Col, thery are obviously just a bunch of sad arse's with no sense of humour.

Go make them all a nice big cup of shut the fuck up!.