In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to an employee who is sick of their coworker telling the same joke.
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to an employee who is sick of their coworker telling the same joke. You can send your questions to Miss Manners through her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com.
My co-workers are much more genteel than I am, and they smile/chuckle/nod in agreement, then roll their eyes and complain when she isn’t around. Perhaps there is some clever thing to say to put an end to it?GENTLE READER: Treating a joke as if it were meant seriously is the best way to defuse it. In this case, Miss Manners suggests, “Oh no! We thought we asked management to fix that. If you need to borrow a blanket, though, I think I have one in my car.
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