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Humor in Engineering?-Bah Humbug

 
Is there Humor In Engineering ?
My one word answer – No
But this would be too simplistic.  Just like beauty, humor is in the eye of the beholder. 
Having said that – people tell me that it is important to never loose your sense of humor when working in engineering. 
But generally they are not the ones under great stress at the time
I believe that typically we tend to become so involved with the work or solving problems that humor usually  gets overlooked as we bury ourselves with the burdens of the work

The value of humor is to humanise what is normally a very sterile environment and it can serve as a very useful stress breaker.  And we all need ways to reduce the stress in our working day.
I thought about this and made a determined effort to change.

For example, my natural expression is usually a very serious face.  My typical day is full of
comment such as – “Gee you must be having a bad day” or “Lighten up, it can't be that bad”  when funnily enough, I generally feel quite happy inside – it's just that I don't show it on the outside.

Now this started to have an impact and I started to get a complex and I was concerned that people in general saw me as a miserable, negative sort of person and I thought that I really need to change  and to project a positive 'friendly” happy side. 
So I started to smile and went around with a constant smile and grin. 

“What are you grinning at ? -  “Take that stupid smile off your face”  - “This is no laughing  matter we have serious problems” etc etc where the comments I started to get.  And I must admit that it was an effort to keep a smile on my face. 
So I thought – what the hell – I am what I am – thats the way it is – If I come across as a miserable old bastard – c'est la vie (such is life) – people need to manage it.



Thursday 14 June, 2012 08:40 AM
 
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