April fools day is a favorite day for some, because there are many funny jokes that can be played. But when you are working for The Man humor can be unacceptable. The workplace has become a controversial place for funny jokes, because what is funny to one person can be considered an attack by another. Finding humor at another persons expense can cause many stressful days at work or even many lawsuits.
Many companies hold informational meeting on not practicing office humor, because they dont want any of there workers to be offended. However, at time companies can cross the line on what is acceptable and not acceptable. Part of the problem with telling a person that funny jokes or humor is not acceptable is that if a person can not enjoy themselves at work the workplace will become uninviting and the workers unhappy.
Night Court was a sitcom that came out quite a few years ago. The judge on the show was always having fun, but playing practical jokes occasionally got him in trouble. However, most of the time the judges antics allowed him to see a larger scope of the people he met and he was able to help them to better their lives. A saying that many companies need...