BF2S Forums Apologizing to a co-worker (& Ricky Martin is outside my window)

She's </3 because of your comment about his manhood .

I have a small office.  My options are to be uncomfortable for a while or apologize now.  Since my partner said something, I'm sure she's pretty pissed.  I can't fire her because I made a bad joke.

Meantime, I'm trying to contain myself.  The toughest part is going to be trying not to laugh when I'm talking to her.  I'm going to wait until tomorrow to talk to her, maybe it'll blow over.

What is she, 14 years old? Sheesh, she'll get over it.

Update - so I waited a few days for her to cool down.  I ended up meeting with my offended coworker yesterday.  I went through a heartfelt apology that was thrown back in my face.  Basically she told me I need to be more sensitive on what should be considered funny in the office.  I apologized again and said I'd work on it.

And then she laughed at me.

So my partner put her up to it, a practical joke.  I now must plot my revenge.

Last edited by Pug (2007-05-15 08:49:10)

hah, you got done! Go for revenge. Although I could see this leading to a funny spiral of revenge attempts.

Any gay co-workers or friends that would be in on a joke?

Induce your friend who tricked you into a conversation that isn't politically correct, then have said gay co-worker 'coincidentally' walk by and become flamboyantly upset.

You could also use an ethnic/female/whatever else friend and politically incorrect topic, if you cant find a gay friend. And it would probably seem less like you rigged it, if it was a different topic.

Or you could be a little. more. creative.

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Go into MS Word or similar program on co-worker's computer, and add an entry to the AutoCorrect feature. This is a very simple prank that will send the novice user into a frenzy. Configure the AutoCorrect option to replace the word "the" with the phrase "you suck!". They will usually panick and start scanning for viruses.

Simply pop out the 'm' and 'n' key on someone's keyboard and reverse the two. Any flat tool will work. Just pry it with little pressure and they will easily come right off. Then just sit back and watch the confusion.

Tie a thin monofilament fishing line to the phone of your victim. Feel free to also attach other things such as pencil holders, lights, inboxes, anything easy and hopefully non-breakable.
Push the victims chair under the desk and tie the other line to a leg of the chair. When the victim pulls out the chair, everything goes flying off the desk on the other side.

Call person A then while the phone is ringing connect another person B. Set your phone to mute and see how long they small talk until they realize they didn't call each other.

Last edited by LawJik (2007-05-15 09:26:13)

LawJik wrote:

Simply pop out the 'm' and 'n' key on someone's keyboard and reverse the two. Any flat tool will work. Just pry it with little pressure and they will easily come right off. Then just sit back and watch the confusion.

Doesn't work on a natural keyboard.

As for how to get her back - OP: you're her boss? Then give her the sack! (whether you want to make that for real or as a joke is up to you :evil: )

I do have a long running joke with an old co-worker.  I send her a happy Cinco de Mayo e-card, email, flowers, phone call, etc...

This year I signed her up for a dating service for Spanish singles.

Her mom's from Thailand, her dad's from Canada.

I think my revenge will be this:
http://rickymartinmusic.com/Default.asp

Five emails a day, minimum for updates.  It'll take them a week to figure out how to stop them from coming.