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Is it unprofessional to have fun at work?
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I joke around alot, but never at the expense of getting stuff done. Is the following unprofessional?
Jokingly telling my supervisor i been stalking her. In fact, I made that joke more than once. Like about facebook.
One time occasion: telling coworkers about her personal life (not in detail tho.)
I just think ppl are leery of me after I threw an object to the ground and accidentally hit a team lead. That was out of anger, not fun.
My supervisor initially thought it was funny when I made that joke to her though. Mixed message, anyone?
Jokingly telling my supervisor i been stalking her. In fact, I made that joke more than once. Like about facebook.
One time occasion: telling coworkers about her personal life (not in detail tho.)
I just think ppl are leery of me after I threw an object to the ground and accidentally hit a team lead. That was out of anger, not fun.
My supervisor initially thought it was funny when I made that joke to her though. Mixed message, anyone?
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We've always said, "You don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps!"
As long as you don't take messing about too far I don't think there's a problem. If the work gets done and everyone is happy, the odd joke or silliness is fine.
xx
Discussing your bosses personal life with colleagues is unprofeesionall and gossiping at work in general is, and WILL come back and bite you on the arse.
Ass=American
Lmfao!
well yeah, its a british site
For me, if it was a friend i knew, probably wouldn care but would be quite scared if a relative stranger said it
Telling colleagues about personal details you only know off Facebook is...stalking.
You were here not so long ago asking these same questions. Please stop trolling plskthnx :thumb:
No recollection lol
http://vbulletin.thesite.org/showthread.php/153113-Just-how-important-is-professionalism-at-works?p=2444839#post2444839
Just to jog your memory.
As long as you don't negatively effect those around you or your working environment then just be yourself and joke around if you like. There are loads of topics, funny internet virals, films or Tv programmes, experiences you have had, etc that you could talk about that definitely wouldn't cause offence.