Today at work I was performing some maintenance on a computer in the Sales Department. It was toward the end of the day so there was only one sale person and one csr in the area.

Anyway, the one sales guy asked if tomorrow was my birthday. When I said yes, he replied that today was his and we both are the same age. He began telling me about a guy he grew up with who was born August 8th and at the same hospital as him.

Anyway, this csr pipes in (as she usually does with any conversation within 100′ of her) and comments that maybe he was switched at birth. Then she starts to make jokes asking him if he looks like his parents. Ooooooh that was bad timing since I was sitting next to her. :sneaky:

I got up, told her that I don’t look like either of my parents (to which she started to laugh a little) then told her I didn’t find it funny at all. I left the room and slammed the door. Once I got back to my server room, I had to laugh a bit. I wish I could have seen her face. One of the marketing people (who is in an office that is besides sales called me to make sure I was okay. She knows my story so when I told her about the comment the csr made, she understood.

So it just goes to show you, be careful when you make a joke. Not everyone around you may actually think it’s funny. :gasp:

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