Cubicle Chronicles – The “See You Next Year!” Joke
I wasn’t going to write an entire Cubicle Chronicles blog about this one line, but this holiday season I was absolutely flooded with tweets and emails about how infuriating it is when you’re trapped in the Cubes and someone makes the “See You Next Year!” joke. The reason people hate this joke so much? Its a fucking terrible joke. Its barely even a joke. Its a stupid fucking comment to make. Out of all the stupid one liners – “Workin hard or hardly workin?” “Guess I didn’t get the memo!” “Happy Friday!” “Case of the Mondays” – See You Next Year may take the cake. I wouldn’t be surprised if the next mass shooting is sparked by some dickhead cracking this joke today.
The real question is which New Year’s one liner is worse – “See you next year!” or the asshole who says “New Year’s Eve is amateur night!” The amateur night line is hands down one of the douchiest things a human can say. If you’re trapped in your cage today and anyone at your office says either of these things to you, you have my permission to punch them directly in the throat.
While it’s easy to skewer anyone who busts this joke out I like to think instead of trying to be funny its that person jumping on a live grenade for everyone else. Someone is going to make that shitty joke and they are sacrificing themselves to save everyone else. Quite noble if you think of it that way.
It is amatuer night… see you next year
is there a worse week day to have new years eve on than a monday night? bad beat this year.
Even worse is the fucking douche who responds to the “see you next year!” with “Not if I see you first!!” Total twat
Supposedly, Ed McMahon was famous for calling New Year’s Eve “amateur night.” Which I find incredibly ironic, considering Big Ed was a massive boozehound who drunkenly pissed himself at least once a week while sitting next to Carson.
Hey kev, you gonna watch JEOPARDY! next year?
Shit, I actually made the “see you next year” joke last Friday. I kinda feel like an asshole now.
I made the “See you next year” joke at work, but that was more to rub in the fact I was going away and haven’t been in since the 23rd
Absolutely flooded = 4 tweets and an email from Pres … sweet
Got 2 Hov tix for tonight, hit me on the twitter if anybody wants to make an offer @jaseinfeld. Btw, just heard a “see you next year”….freaking cubicle monkeys.
I made the “see you next year” joke, but I have been out of the office since the 21st.
New Years is fun if you’re nowhere near Manhattan
haha….Jan 2 blog: “Does this look like the face of a cube monkey that punched a co-worker in the throat after being told: See you next year”?
The problem is when you work in the cubes so long, shit like this just flows out of your mouth subconsciously. Even the strongest of the monkeys will eventually crack.