The joke I got fired over

[Matias]

Not for me.

weird.

the joke is an old one:

Dark humor is like food




Not everybody gets it.

 

[Njdelaney]

I like it because it both comments on the fact that not everyone gets it while also being an example of dark humor itself. I would have laughed if you said that one to me but I was a nurse for 7 years so it comes with the territory.

 

[DSMc]

That is the entire joke? And that got you fired?

 

[Matias]

That is the entire joke? And that got you fired?

not for joke itself, but rather a coworkers misunderstanding of it

 

[Matias]

for the record, I was still in my 90 day probationary period

 

[SeanRuel]

Sorry you lost your job, that sucks and can be a real shock!

I got fired once for not expressing adequately concern to a client when I was sent to a job without the correct equipment to do it. Wasnt even the foreman! It was a real scramble to find the next thing and i was super pissed about it.

That said, Imo it wasn't the joke that got you fired, it was basically showing poor judgment around client interactions. Paying clients get to be however sensitive they want about whatever dumb crap they want!

Curious if you can think of any reasons why that joke may have been upsetting to those particular clients?

 

[Boomslang]

Being fired and out of work is never a good thing, but it seems like that wasn't the right environment for you. Greener pastures ahead.

 

[Boomslang]

That said, Imo it wasn't the joke that got you fired, it was basically showing poor judgment around client interactions. Paying clients get to be however sensitive they want about whatever dumb crap they want!

Curious if you can think of any reasons why that joke may have been upsetting to those particular clients?

Sounds like the co-worker complained, not the customer, which is even worse in my books. If I'm working with someone and something gets said that they take offense to, I'd hope they would come to me first and either ask for clarification or just straight up tell me, "I don't appreciate blah blah blah and don't ever say something like that around me again."

 

[Matias]

Matt hit it on the head. The customers never called to complain; HR admitted that. The co worker added some extra bs to pad the complaint, but my now former manager admitted to me in confidence that it was just about the joke, as my coworker claimed it was a racist joke in front of a customer.

 

[FJR]

If that is dark humor, then I need to find another adjective to describe the humor I like.

That is unfortunate that you were fired for that.

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[flushcut]

WTF that's barely funny let alone offensive or racist.

 

[TreeCo]

I'm starving.

 

[evo]

Holy shit, I’m sorry that is stressful and good riddance. Any indication if the coworker felt treated by you? Where they your superior and are they feeling insecure, or are they really that stupid.

I can understand where intent matters little, but this is a whole different level of crap.

 

[Matias]

Holy shit, I’m sorry that is stressful and good riddance. Any indication if the coworker felt treated by you? Where they your superior and are they feeling insecure, or are they really that stupid.

I can understand where intent matters little, but this is a whole different level of crap.

He was training me on the tech side, before they set me loose on the trees, but despite being there for two years, he wasn't at the pay rate I was started at. I think he was jealous, and this was a planned sabotage.

 

[Stumpsprouts]

So sorry to hear this!

Who doesn’t know what ‘dark humor’ is?? Are you in the Midwest or something??

 

[Treezybreez]

I’m sorry you lost your job Matias. Does this mean you are stuck in the bread lines?

 

[Rope_goat]

I fail to find the offensiveness

 

[Rope_goat]

So sorry to hear this!

Who doesn’t know what ‘dark humor’ is?? Are you in the Midwest or something??

We got dark humor too. At least in Chicago

 

[Mike Islander]

I did get that from HR at my firing. He thought "dark" meant jokes about dark skinned people. According to HR, it doesn't matter what my intention was, but only how it is recieved.

Hmmm, racist HR rep mistakes word that means "grim, morbid, or troubling" for meaning "dark skinned" and fires innocent employee. Sounds like you have an excellent case.

However, maybe you are a terrible worker and they used this as an excuse to get rid of you?

 

[RyanCafferky]

Well good thing in northern Cali there are seemingly endless options doing tree work for various PG&E contractors.