Am I Overreacting?
June 4, 2009
Today we had our company awards. There was a representative from our company who oversee all the companies in the Mid-Atlantic area. Hegot up and gave a speech about the programs that the company gives to the agents. In the beginning of his speech, he asked us all to turn and give the person to the right and left of us a hug. So, we are laughed and gave the person to the right and left of us a hug. While people were finishing up hugging, the guy said, “hey can we break up those two guys in the back!” After he said that, most of the crowd laughed. I turned to my table and said pretty loud, “why is that funny?” 2 other people at my table agreed with me and said it wasn’t funny.
Here is my question. Am I overracting and being over sensitive?
I do understand that we live in this weird world where you walk the line of Political Correctness. I am sure the guy who said the quote was very nice, but I was pissed and didn’t listen to most of his speech. So, please let me know what you think.
Honestly, I think you are overreacting. Look, if I told a sports joke to someone who didn’t know or care about sports, they wouldn’t think it was funny. They wouldn’t feel insulted that I’d told the joke. Straight people are not always going to have a sense of humor that lines up with gay humor. He’ll, I don’t have te foggiest notion why anyone would be amused by dudes dressed as women. I’m not insulted by it. I don’t find half the jokes chicks tell each other to be funny either.
I’m assuming youre pissed off because you found it insulting that someone would call out a couple of guys hugging instead of a guy and a girl. To heterosexuals, it’s much funnier that way. I’m guessing most people in the room were hetero. You shouldn’t feel insulted because the guy made a clumsy joke. It’s not bias. It’s not spiteful. It would be funny to say the same about a guy and girl…it just wouldn’t have the same effect.
I hope that makes sense.
That is exactly what everyone said. At that moment I was very upset by it. Looking back I was a little to sensative. I do understand what you are saying. Thank you for the comment!