Frolic moments are wonderful moments amidst ones friends, family members and peer groups. Once me and my friends are in a place, cracking jokes are bound to happen so as not to have a dull moment. The jokes might be from our experiences from difficult examinations or tests, about the ways our lecturers teaches or even on our various admirers, so we joke on various types of things once we are together having fun.
But the moment I'm in the midst of those that I'm not familiar with, I always caution myself on what to say because I don't want a situation whereby I will say something and people there will term it offensive which will lead to quarrel. Many times it happens when someone will say something which is not meant to be bad or to be taking serious but others take it more than serious and the issue escalated to the point that it leads to conflict.
My Joke gone wrong experience
During my undergraduate days, a particular lecturer grouped myself and fellow course mates into 5 groups for his course practicals and presentations. So the man gave us practical manuals to study and also to make researches on our own for the course. Myself and 2 of my friends were in different groups, so we do share ideas on what we understand on the course.
Each groups are to present two speakers and the rest of the group members will serve as their support whenever questions are been asked. A particular course mate of mine called Grace (we weren't that close but we do talk) was in group 3 with one of my friend, her group members always complain about Grace because she doesn't contribute anything to the group research at all, she is the unserious type. I do advise Grace to put in her efforts in the group work, but all fell to deaf ear, she is less concern about whatever they are doing in the group.
So when the time for presentation comes, all the group leaders did excellently well and the man was impressed, then it was question time. Everyone thought when the questions are been asked anyone that knows the correct answer per group will indicate by raising their hands.
But the Man shocked us all, he will point at you to answer his questions, so those that didn't participate well in their various groups started panicking. Unfortunately, the question for group 3 was directed to Grace and she doesn't know anything about what her group worked on. Her group members was furious at her but she acted in the presence of everyone like she doesn't care and walked away, we didn't know she was angry for reasons best known to her.
After the presentation, I saw Grace with her friends gisting happily at the faculty walk way like nothing happened, so myself and friends went to joke with her and call her Miss Grace the filtration mistress (she gave filtration as the wrong answer) in unison, we expected her to laugh but her face changed immediately, she started abusing us and later walked away angrily.
We were dumbfounded and couldn't believe she could react like that because that wasn't the first time we all do make jest of any of our course mates that says wrong answers in class, we left the scene ashamed of ourselves.
Grace took the issue very serious to the extent that it took us like a week before she accepted our apologies and she later apologized for her reaction too. But after that scenerio, I've cautioned Myself and also limit my jokes to within my best friends whom I've known very well.
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