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Olympic Madness

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I wouldn’t say that I’m for or against the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, but I’m definitely sick of hearing about them.

When I watch the newscast almost every night, it seems like almost half of the stories are Olympic related. Yes, they’re coming! I get it! Yes, there’s going to be crazy security checkpoints! Yes, travelling to Vancouver is going to be a complete write-off for the entire month of February! Yay!

While the world parties it up in Downtown Vancouver, the rest of BC will be at home, watching what the madness has let up to and (hopefully) seeing Canada take home the gold in many events.

Kyla Roma recently tweeted this and it made me think. I don’t think any Canadian companies have offered this kind of deal! Really, it’s a brilliant way to market travel for the Olympics and I’m surprised I haven’t seen WestJet or any other airline advertise that kind of deal.

I know that even Kamloops will be in slight chaos for a day as we prepare for the arrival of the Olympic Torch Relay. From what I’m gathered, the torch is going to be heading down the highway during the peak of rush hour traffic and through town. I’m glad it’s my day off, that’s for sure!

Anyway, that was just some random babbling thought I had.

Are you excited for the Olympics?

Sarcastically Speaking

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How many times what you said something to someone sarcastically and it’s gone completely over their heads and they wound up getting mad at you?

It’s happened to me a few times and the person either stares at me blankly or freaks out because they thought I was being serious. This has led me to believe that you should probably only use sarcasm around people you know really, really well. I’m sure I’ve offended some of my old customers at my old job at the grocery store. It’s hard to recover with just a “Oh, I was just joking! It was sarcasm!”

Luckily, where I’m working now we use sarcasm frequently and most of our clients get used to our whacked out sense of humour. There’s a saying that goes “Sarcasm: Just one of the services we offer.” We’ve probably taken it a step further by saying “Emotional abuse: Just another service we provide.”

I wonder sometimes if it can go too far. How much sarcasm is too much? I know there’s always a time and place to be sarcastic, like with family and friends but never at a funeral; with your coworkers but never during a job interview … you get my point.

So, how much sarcasm do you use on a daily basis? Does it usually go over your head when someone’s using it?