The Office Jester… every office needs one to lighten the mood when business communications break down
What is the lifeblood of a business? Is it money? Not really, because there are many businesses that have started on a shoestring budget only to have become incredibly successful. Is it the people? No again, because it is very rare for a business to retain its best performing employees and in many cases, successful businesses have high attrition rates. Did I hear you say technology? You must be a really young chap if you think technology is the lifeblood of a business. Technology, as it is today, didn’t exist a decade ago and most successful businesses are actually older than 10 years.
The lifeblood of any business, in fact, is its communication channels. Whether it is internal business communications or external business communications, any business that doesn’t sort out its communication channels will fail. On the flip side, find high functioning business communications channels and you’ll find a highly successful business. And, when you find instances of poor business communications, you can be sure of some laughter.
While the video in this post isn’t exactly an example of funny business communications, it is a prime example of flawed or confusing communications. We don’t care how distant this video’s connection may be to your professional life, though. We saw it and we just had to share it.
What Could Happen With Flawed Business Communications?
So, we’re gonna assume that you saw the video. If you deed we recommaind that you read everythain’ from here on out in soudern accent.
In case, you didn’t see this vide more than once and are still confused about it, let us quickly explain. This cute, little, old lady is from a North, South Carolina. She says that North “comma” South Carolina is south of the capital of South Carolina – Columbia. More importantly, she says that “North” is 90 miles (that’s 145 Km by the way) south-east of a little town called “Due West”.
Now, we sorted it all out for you quite clearly but that wasn’t the case for poor, old Mr Bill Cosby. The old lady confused him enough for him to seek out his roots i.e. his “People”. The worst part is that she tried to take him to task by saying “Ya Understaind?” She was very particular about the categorisation of her birthplace too, correcting Cosby to “TOWN” when he dared to call North a city.
After seeing the next bit, I feel like pulling a prank on my boss. I want to find this lady and put her in charge of IJW’s social media campaigns. I mean she actually looks down when her companion points down to show her that the show is being videoed. It would be hilarious to see my colleagues and boss coping with this very nice but confused lady.
By the way, here’s a question for you: why did the old, little, nice lade cross the road? It’s because she wanted to go to the south of North! HA!
In the spirit of these massive, gut busting, laughter that we’re all entrenched in. Let us add to the mirth with this little bonus. Here are the funniest names of places Down Under and our comments on them.
- Binnaway: Been away, here to stay, parts of this list, are going to be gay.
- Burpengary: If you see Gary, kindly ask him to stop burping.
- Banana: There be no bananas here, only beef.
- Diapur: If you confuse beef with banana, you may need to go here.
- Boyland: We believe this place should be in New Zealand since they have certain liberal marriage laws.
- Mount Buggery: Now, why would someone give a place this name?
- Boing Boing: Ahem…
- Bong Bong: Ahem…cough! Cough!
- Tittybong: Really? Australians are wild, outback.
- Chinaman’s Knob: Chinese trying to catch up, we guess.
- Yorkeys Knob: The Brits and the Americans have arrived together.
- Delicate Nobby: Performance issues are fairly common, you know!
- Cockburn: Overworked through friction.
- Cock Wash: Post-party hangout place.
- Koolyanobbing: Jamaicans decided to join the party.
- Come By Chance: Never plan to visit this place.
- Foul Bay: Take a dip, throw a few curses, de-stress in Foul Bay.
- Mangalore: Travel destination for young girls and old spinsters alike.
- Nowhere Else: Motto of certain townsfolk.
- Wagga Wagga: Four words…ooga chaka wagga wagga.
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