Office humor

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Office humor generally refers to sarcastic, funny, and or witty comments made about common work scenarios or co-workers. Office humor is greatly influenced by 9 to 5 jobs. This category of humor took shape during the 1990 and early 21st century with the premier of movies Office Space, TV series such as The Office, and newspaper comedies such as Dilbert.

[edit] Quotes

• Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays, Office Space
• Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler, Office Space
• I just love sales. I love it to death. It's as simple as that. And I don't get to do it enough as a manager, so I took this second job. I count it as a hobby. Some people have golf, or relaxing. The Office

[edit] Corporate Appeal

The success of office humor has encouraged corporations to utilize this humor in commercials.

• FedEx has created a line of commercials poking fun of common 9 to 5 personalities and situations. [1]
• Staples has established a series of commercials utilizing the Easy Button in the work environment. [2]

[edit] Merchandising

The appeal of office humor has also fueled the production of merchandises, poking fun at bosses, work environments, and co-workers, such as the following items available to consumers.

Igive100.jpg Office Humor T-Shirt from Cafe Press