I mentioned this before but I’ll do it again for context. After I graduated, I had no luck finding a job. I started an accounting course to make myself more employable. For a few months, I would spend my evening on an online lecture two or three times a week. Personally, I would have liked it better live and in the morning, but most of the people attending already have jobs, so I see why they did it the way they did. I still have to write the exam, but I finished all the lectures. I got three funny anecdotes out of then. And some accounting knowledge too, I guess.
One day, the connection on Zoom was poor. The instructor kept leaving and returning to the platform. We were all wondering what was going on. At some point, I wrote in the chatroom, “Maybe it’s like Christmas lights. If one person’s connection is bad, it ruins it for everyone.” Despite my internet addiction, I’m not that tech savy. My message got me a bunch of “laughing” reactions, even though I wasn’t even trying to tell a joke. Why am I funniest when I’m not trying to be?
The next story requires some context. For this course, the instructor was female and most of the attendants were female. There were only four or five males and even that was an unusually large number, according to the instructor. Near the end of a lecture, the instructor claimed that we’ve been listening to her for a while, but that women don’t get tired. I thought her bragging was kind of annoying, but I figured, it’s not a big deal and I should just ignore it.
After the lecture went on longer than usual, I groaned, “Am I really the only one who’s tired here?” The instructor replied, “You’re the only one willing to admit it. You know what us women are like.” I thought that reply was kind of strange. Isn’t unwillingness to admit you’re tired more of a male stereotype? On second thought, maybe it’s the “women won’t say what they really mean” stereotype. I should stop talking before I lose all my audience.
I still have one more story to tell, though. A lecture was going on as usual when one of the attendants got into an argument with someone in the same room as him, but left the sound on. For a long time, we had to hear mumbled arguing. It wasn’t that loud, but it kept distracting us. We were wondering what they were arguing about for so long. We tried to get the guy’s attention so he would at least mute himself, but we were unsuccessful. At one point, I tried whistling to get his attention, but I’m not good at it. Even if I was, I doubt it would’ve actually worked. He eventually did get back to the lecture and apologized for leaving the sound on.
So, what did I learn on this course? Effort is not needed if you want to be a good comedian, I don’t understand women and I can’t whistle. I’m truly ready to take on the world!