Comments on: The Use of Sarcasm and How it Backfired on Me http://jaimiefield.com/2010/07/14/the-use-of-sarcasm-and-how-it-backfired-on-me/ Rainmakers Are Not Born, They are Taught! Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:40:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jaimie Field http://jaimiefield.com/2010/07/14/the-use-of-sarcasm-and-how-it-backfired-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Jaimie Field Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:21:25 +0000 http://jaimiefield.com/?p=175#comment-249 Janette: Like you, I have a dry, sardonic nature and the sad part is not only do I know better, but I teach it to my clients. This was a classic case of "Do what I say, Not what I do" and that is not usually my mode of operation.... Thus, the apology! I really appreciate your comment. Jaimie Janette:

Like you, I have a dry, sardonic nature and the sad part is not only do I know better, but I teach it to my clients.

This was a classic case of “Do what I say, Not what I do” and that is not usually my mode of operation…. Thus, the apology!

I really appreciate your comment.

Jaimie

]]> By: Janette Levey Frisch http://jaimiefield.com/2010/07/14/the-use-of-sarcasm-and-how-it-backfired-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Janette Levey Frisch Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:26:35 +0000 http://jaimiefield.com/?p=175#comment-248 Jaimie, Your point is well-taken! Two years ago I wrote my company's email policy and trained all the employees on it. One key point I made is that in emails people will often write the way they speak and that the written word does not translate the same way, in part because you do not have the benefit of hearing the person's vocal inflections or seeing facial expressions. The same point can certainly be made for articles. As my company's sole in-house counsel, I have seen a number of instances where a mere phrase in an email or other electronic document can be so easily interpreted differently than its author ever intended it. Even though by nature I have a sarcastic sense of humor I learned quickly and for many reasons to be very careful what I put in writing! Thank you Jaime! Jaimie,

Your point is well-taken! Two years ago I wrote my company’s email policy and trained all the employees on it. One key point I made is that in emails people will often write the way they speak and that the written word does not translate the same way, in part because you do not have the benefit of hearing the person’s vocal inflections or seeing facial expressions. The same point can certainly be made for articles. As my company’s sole in-house counsel, I have seen a number of instances where a mere phrase in an email or other electronic document can be so easily interpreted differently than its author ever intended it. Even though by nature I have a sarcastic sense of humor I learned quickly and for many reasons to be very careful what I put in writing!

Thank you Jaime!

]]> By: Jaimie Field http://jaimiefield.com/2010/07/14/the-use-of-sarcasm-and-how-it-backfired-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Jaimie Field Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:59:02 +0000 http://jaimiefield.com/?p=175#comment-211 Vivian, Thank you - I (should) know better. While my personality boasts a witty, dry and snide sarcastic humor at time, unless we are sitting face to face, sometimes it is definitely misconstrued. As a Rainmaking Trainer, I teach this to my clients. However, in this case it was a do as I say not as I do... and I had to pay the consequences.... Oh well, live and learn :) Jaimie Vivian,

Thank you –

I (should) know better. While my personality boasts a witty, dry and snide sarcastic humor at time, unless we are sitting face to face, sometimes it is definitely misconstrued.

As a Rainmaking Trainer, I teach this to my clients. However, in this case it was a do as I say not as I do… and I had to pay the consequences….

Oh well, live and learn :)

Jaimie

]]> By: Jaimie Field http://jaimiefield.com/2010/07/14/the-use-of-sarcasm-and-how-it-backfired-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Jaimie Field Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:58:02 +0000 http://jaimiefield.com/?p=175#comment-210 Vivian, Thank you - I (should) know better. While my personality boasts a witty, dry and snide sarcastic humor at time, unless we are sitting face to face, sometimes it is definitely misconstrued. As a Rainmaking Trainer, I teach this to my clients. However, sometimes I don't take my own advice.... Oh well, live and learn :) Jaimie Vivian,

Thank you –

I (should) know better. While my personality boasts a witty, dry and snide sarcastic humor at time, unless we are sitting face to face, sometimes it is definitely misconstrued.

As a Rainmaking Trainer, I teach this to my clients. However, sometimes I don’t take my own advice….

Oh well, live and learn :)

Jaimie

]]> By: Vivian Rodriguez, Esq. http://jaimiefield.com/2010/07/14/the-use-of-sarcasm-and-how-it-backfired-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Vivian Rodriguez, Esq. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:32:16 +0000 http://jaimiefield.com/?p=175#comment-206 Hi Jamie, The point of your original post may not have been clear or buried somewhere in there. However, your acknowledgment shows not only integrity as Jorge pointed out, but courage to quickly do so. Vivian Hi Jamie,

The point of your original post may not have been clear or buried somewhere in there. However, your acknowledgment shows not only integrity as Jorge pointed out, but courage to quickly do so.

Vivian

]]> By: Jaimie Field http://jaimiefield.com/2010/07/14/the-use-of-sarcasm-and-how-it-backfired-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Jaimie Field Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:48:16 +0000 http://jaimiefield.com/?p=175#comment-199 Thanks Jorge - and I am excited to be a part of The Online Bar! Thanks Jorge – and I am excited to be a part of The Online Bar!

]]> By: Jorge http://jaimiefield.com/2010/07/14/the-use-of-sarcasm-and-how-it-backfired-on-me/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Jorge Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:38:23 +0000 http://jaimiefield.com/?p=175#comment-198 Jamie, Great integrity to acknowledge this publicly! Humour, and in particular, humour based on sarcasm, is very risky. ;-) I grew up in London where sarcasm is used often. I learned very quickly as a teenager that my Latin American relatives did not use sarcasm. They interpreted my sarcasm literally and were shocked and insulted. Ouch! On the bright side, now you have our attention! :-) Jorge Founder of The Online Bar http://follr.me/Jorge Jamie,

Great integrity to acknowledge this publicly! Humour, and in particular, humour based on sarcasm, is very risky. ;-)

I grew up in London where sarcasm is used often. I learned very quickly as a teenager that my Latin American relatives did not use sarcasm. They interpreted my sarcasm literally and were shocked and insulted. Ouch!

On the bright side, now you have our attention! :-)

Jorge
Founder of The Online Bar
http://follr.me/Jorge

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