I’ve been silently waiting for jokes to be over, but honestly this happens almost every day.
I want to speak up but I’m unsure how.
I don’t claim to be the arbiter on humor, and yet making comments or jokes about violence or self-harm such as, “I guess I’ll just go kill myself” are tasteless and inappropriate regardless of the context. I’m going to assume that because you’re relatively new at your job, your coworkers don’t know about your sister’s death.You should react to a comment like this in the moment and in front of others: “I know you don’t mean it, but those of us who have lost family members to suicide have learned not to joke about it.” And then – let it lie. You will immediately get through to one or two people. Others will be inspired to think about it.
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