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City Worker Silently Laughing For Entire Commute Must Have A Good Podcast, Or Something Fucking Funny Happened At Work
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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT
A woman that has been chuckling to herself in silence for close to to 45 minutes on public transport must have airpods in.
That’s the only thing that would make sense to her fellow commuters. Because she’s been visibly laughing on the inside since the moment she sat down on the bus.
Furthermore, she can only be listening to a comedy podcast, unless this is a one-sided conversation with the funniest friend she has.
Her very obvious amusement, which is now verging on shoulder shaking belly laughter, cannot be related to anything that is happening on this dreary commute home.
Unless, something really fucking funny happened at work today, and it’s become something she simply cannot stop thinking about.
While it’s clear that she’s is slightly self-conscious about this very public display of jocularity – to the point that she’s making concerted efforts to not make a sound and mask her teethy grin every time she falls back into another bout of muted giggling.
It’s also not possible that she’s smoked a joint or is a bit tipsy, because her otherwise very considered body language and self-awareness is of someone who is truly sound of mind.
Witnesses are wondering what could possibly be this funny, if not the funniest podcast in the world, and some are now envisioning workplace mishaps that may have trigged this near-hour-long fit of tittering.
Did her boss knock a boiling hot coffee onto his crotch? Or did someone let off a ripper fart during a tense boardroom meeting, or did a overseas colleague forget to turn off their laptop camera during a zoom call and start whipping the ears off it?
Either way, she shouldn’t really be embarrassed for having such a zest for life. But she does have an obligation to share what it is that has her silently guffawing all the way home. If it’s a podcast, hand it over. Or if it’s an anecdote, it is her duty to share it with the wider public.