I love writing. I write all sorts of things, from serious business articles to lighthearted movie reviews. And lots and lots of jokes. For a while, I worried I was being a little too ambitious in sharing my jokes because I might run out of ideas for them someday. But now I’ve learned that I shouldn’t worry about running out of creativity, but I should instead make the best use of what I have.
Since I came to Fishbowl two and a half years ago, every Thursday morning we’ve had a meeting led by our Development team. Developers briefly describe everything they worked on in the past week, and how it affects Fishbowl’s inventory management software.
In between the different presenters, they would tell jokes off the wrappers of Laffy Taffy candies and then toss them to whoever correctly guessed the answers. This would help keep people’s attention during the transitions. I don’t think I ever got one right, but I couldn’t help wishing we had something better than those simplistic, and often lame, jokes.
Funny Story
Since I came to Fishbowl two and a half years ago, every Thursday morning we’ve had a meeting led by our Development team. Developers briefly describe everything they worked on in the past week, and how it affects Fishbowl’s inventory management software.
In between the different presenters, they would tell jokes off the wrappers of Laffy Taffy candies and then toss them to whoever correctly guessed the answers. This would help keep people’s attention during the transitions. I don’t think I ever got one right, but I couldn’t help wishing we had something better than those simplistic, and often lame, jokes.
Joking Around
Unfortunately, I had never come up with creative jokes before, so I didn’t feel qualified to try to improve the situation. But then something odd happened. I came up with a clever joke, and then another, and then a couple more in just a few weeks. Pretty soon I had a half-dozen jokes that were way better than the ones being shared every Thursday. So at one meeting I asked if I could share one of my jokes, instead of following the status quo. The developers had never been asked that before, but they gladly accepted my request. To my surprise, my coworkers actually enjoyed my joke. Sure, they groaned a little at its silliness, but they also chuckled a bit and complimented me on it.
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