I love how diplomatic the work colleague is.

@ANDJELINA

2 жыл бұрын

I do not have that patience....I would just tell her you want some cake?? No...okay. Stop talking about it then lol.

@DZ48994

2 жыл бұрын

And how stoic...

@bannedinfinity5789

2 жыл бұрын

Very proper posh British (from an American perspective)

@laminage

10 ай бұрын

@@ANDJELINA Yep! Remember what a pain in the @rse Anne was on The Xmas Special. Poor Tim I would have cried but she got comeuppance.

God I love how easily Tate brings to life characters I wanna smack across the face!

@janelliot5643

2 жыл бұрын

Please don't say that out loud anymore: men take it seriously. A woman is assaulted in her home every 10 seconds

@chaarli4681

2 жыл бұрын

@@janelliot5643 omg 🤦🏼‍♂️

@cheesekir9470

2 жыл бұрын

@@janelliot5643 it was just a fun comment why are you taking it so seriously

@stratman9449

2 жыл бұрын

you got a point there.....:-)

@bobcoffee11

2 жыл бұрын

@@janelliot5643 actually Jan it's normally the women who are the family home abusers.

And companies wonder why people want to keep working at home.

@babamarlya

2 жыл бұрын

yeah... me working from home. now

@desertrose128

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the one who eats fish for breakfast!! Ugh

@Sam-oo1uo

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could - I've been one of the unlucky ones who has had to still go to the office :/

@LA1898

2 жыл бұрын

So true!!! I don't miss the artifical office environment at all. Office politics 🤢🤢

@imanarmatrading6949

2 жыл бұрын

@@desertrose128 Wait what's wrong with that??

Catherine Tate does passive-aggression brilliantly.

@SharonDraws

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah ikr

@irrevenant3

2 жыл бұрын

It ceased being passive about halfway through. Just saying. :)

@SharonDraws

2 жыл бұрын

@@irrevenant3 yea

@HashimAziz1

2 жыл бұрын

Most Brits do, it's in the blood.

@cherylthommo1

2 жыл бұрын

@@HashimAziz1 Oh yes indeed. Also going around the houses to the line manager to complain about the Aussie going straight to the source and being accused of being confrontational

I would love to be friends with the poor long sufferng co-worker . She is so sweet and has the patience of a saint .

@uptoncriddington6939

2 жыл бұрын

These days, she’s just an enabler, a false ally…;)

@daniellamcgee4251

2 жыл бұрын

@@uptoncriddington6939If you are long time friends with a person, and continue being passive to this kind of manipulative and abusive behaviour, then you could be counted as an enabler. It is difficult to shift from the victim role and challenge them, particularly if there is a risk of losing your job. But this fictional character seems not to know her well, and so it's a different situation. She is trying to be respectful, understanding and supportive.

@uptoncriddington6939

2 жыл бұрын

@@daniellamcgee4251 Unless she's just cunning! Misery loving company and all that.

@daniellamcgee4251

2 жыл бұрын

@@uptoncriddington6939 The character seems to be taken off guard and is clearly uncomfortable. I don't think she is enjoying it at all. The relatableness amplified; the annoying over-the-top inappropriateness of Catherine's character is the joke. The sweet, well-meaning office lady is the opposite, to be the contrasting foil, to make it seem the most confronting, yet still just believable. But if you mean in real life, with people chosing to stay with 'friends' like that, I think it's more a case of people with low self esteem getting caught up with dominant people. People will stick with what they know, which isn't always best for them. They usually have that dynamic in their home life growing up, or as a result of an erroding and abusive adult relationship. This doesn't just apply to women. That's what makes it especially difficult to change the dynamic, or end the relationship. So, I think it's rarely as simple as 'misery loving company'. Like the O.P. I would like the sweet office lady as a friend. But only to dominate! Bwahahaha! I just said that because you seem to view people negatively. I thought you would be more comfortable if I had an ulterior motive. ;-)

@uptoncriddington6939

2 жыл бұрын

@@daniellamcgee4251 No, your ulterior motive is to beat me in the clever use of punctuation as emoticons🔥

"A stone and a half? A *stone* and a half in a week? ... _Ten_ pounds?! I haven't got dysentery!" Gets me *every* time! 😂

@helenhikari

2 жыл бұрын

A stone? How much is it?

@NonanoN-er6de

2 жыл бұрын

@@helenhikari u waiting for a reply? Shouldve gone to Spec ..oh sorry Google It's 14lbs

@yaffacake22

2 жыл бұрын

@@NonanoN-er6de 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@grahamp9243

2 жыл бұрын

@@helenhikari if its a diamond it'll be a lot

@wiszak9370

2 жыл бұрын

@@helenhikari 6.3 kg

I can see why my hubby wants to continue home working lol

@melissatranfield4054

2 жыл бұрын

@@AWhileHanlin Reported for misogyny/sexism :) Mind your language concerning women.

@marginaliamusing4758

2 жыл бұрын

@@AWhileHanlin What a load of nonsense.

@AWhileHanlin

2 жыл бұрын

@@melissatranfield4054 We live in a liberal democracy. Have a nice day :)

there is no way I could just leave a piece of cake sitting on a desk, it would be gone in 60 seconds

Catherine Tate is amazing. "...Have a guess...JUST GUESS!!"

@SharonDraws

2 жыл бұрын

LOLLL

@alikhalaf6590

2 жыл бұрын

Received, thank you

@mbrackeva

2 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to finish an email!

@SharonDraws

2 жыл бұрын

It's difficult to say!

@eagleeye2300

2 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Meehan Edited. Guess how long it took me to correct her name? Have a guess. JUST GUESS. Bwahahaha.

RATHER THAN ASKING “PLEASE CAN I HAVE SOME” THEY CONTINUE TO OBSESS OVER THE CAKE

@SharonDraws

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah ikr LOL

@alikhalaf6590

2 жыл бұрын

Received, thank you

@maxpowers2242

2 жыл бұрын

Well done, can you explain more simple concepts for us please 🥺

@probablygraham

2 жыл бұрын

Wow - I doubt if anyone else worked out what this sketch was about and why it is funny.

@myfrugalraggylife7104

2 жыл бұрын

'they' don't continue to obsess over the cake, its just Catherine Tates character.

Every workplace more like, the person usually comes with a shedload of personal problems and likes to take a swipe at yours.

“Enough about me, what do you think about me?”

I recently got into Doctor Who and Donna was my favorite. I need to start watching more stuff with Catherine Tate because she’s brilliant!

@xfilesfan5439

2 жыл бұрын

She was my favourite as well along with the 10th doctor. Try Much ado about nothing, the play with her and Tennant.

@11rubina

2 жыл бұрын

Do, but just skip the office US.

@morghan_with_an_h

2 жыл бұрын

@@11rubina Never skip the Office. 😜

@11rubina

2 жыл бұрын

@@morghan_with_an_h haha. Then just don't judge her based on her character in the office US.

@merlinsmama1600

2 жыл бұрын

Donna was my favourite!

My office: “I haven’t got any will power”, “Yeah I can see that”.

I love her. Each personality she creates is authentic.

Catherine Tate is a national treasure

@TR0X3N

2 жыл бұрын

More like a national annoyance

@TR0X3N

2 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Meehan I’m British alright and I have a sense of humour For example Ricky gervaise is funny, Catherine tate is annoying

@kath2934

2 жыл бұрын

@@TR0X3N if you dont like her then why watch and comment

@TR0X3N

2 жыл бұрын

@@kath2934 cos I had a hope that for once she might be funny. But nope

@233kosta

2 жыл бұрын

@@TR0X3N You know what they say - hope dies last ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Love Catherine Tate.. her translator sketch is unbelievably funny 🤣

@jacqueline4749

2 жыл бұрын

Yes...I don't know how the other others didn't crack up! She's incredibly funny.

@ifunanya24

2 жыл бұрын

They probably wouldn’t show it again on TV because of how easily offended people get nowadays.

@edz619

2 жыл бұрын

@@ifunanya24 Unfortunately that’s very true 🙄

@krellman7

6 ай бұрын

Hurdy gurdy, hurry gurdy, hurry gurdy……………gurdy

@edz619

6 ай бұрын

@@krellman7 😂😂😂

That's why I would love to go back to the office. For a year now, the only thing that talks constantly about husbands, kids, cakes, pubs and holidays are my 4 walls.

I love british Humour. :-)

Nothing similar to this, but, a co-worker who is slim, absolutely no fat anywhere, told me she got a huuuuge slice of cake that another co-worker had brought. She sat down at her desk, took a look at the cake, and decided she didn't want it after all, not even a taste because it was fattening, and she didn't need to be fat. So, she threw it away. I thought, why not offer it to someone else? What a waste.

@lj7169

2 жыл бұрын

Because she didn't want to watch someone else enjoy it

@annieridesagain3867

2 жыл бұрын

She probably hated the co-worker that brought the cake .

@peachesandcream4897

2 жыл бұрын

I always hated the cake culture. You feel so pressured to join in, otherwise everyone hates on you for attempting to watch your health or keep a nice figure. The women who make an issue out of it are mainly overweight Karen’s though, who don’t want to feel bad about themselves. Food is such an issue with some people. Throwing it was a waste, you’re right.

@hohummmsezmoi

2 жыл бұрын

@@peachesandcream4897 The "we'll have cake for birthdays, anniversary and any other occasion we can think of" culture... One girl I worked with got transferred to the accounting department and on her first day, another girl came around collecting $50 (WHAT?!?) for a girl who got the good news that she is pregnant. She didn't want to participate, but didn't have the courage to say "No." At that time, we were temps making $12/hr. So she paid and asked me to come with her to have cake and stuff. That $50/person was well spent. No Costco cake (nothing wrong with that), the cake was ordered from a fancy shop and the spread was goooood. (Whole Foods deli or somewhere equally expensive) I think the accounting people were giving me the side eye while welcoming me to the feast. ;p What's that temp from another department doing here? How dare that temp invite her friend?

@LA1898

2 жыл бұрын

@@peachesandcream4897 I just say, I am not big on sweet things, same with small talk, just tell them I don't like it hahaha

Omg there are still staff members like this!

@user.0704

2 жыл бұрын

There always will be 😆

@recall2880

2 жыл бұрын

Why wouldn’t there be?

@jakestuf

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’m one of them!

It was agony just watching this as I was reminded of my horrible job at WestJet, I am so grateful and glad that I am now retired.

I nearly peed myself laughing at that 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Legendary3Dgamer

4 күн бұрын

Clearly you’d need Nappies

"I'll have your cake...and eat it!" And she DID! ROFLMAO 😂😂😂👍👍👍

This is a guy I work with after he did 50 crunches one evening & then spent the next couple of days acting like he was peak Schwarzenegger 🤣🤣🤣

@sop1710

2 жыл бұрын

Lool. My husband does 180 for a warm up.

@saneman7177

2 жыл бұрын

@@sop1710 I did try & tell him 50 crunches is like jogging to the end of the street & back 🤦

I found this entertaining ty KZread algorithm now I m going to eat cake

@alikhalaf6590

2 жыл бұрын

Received, thank you

It says "every office has someone like THIS", try working in the NHS, every ward has at least 5 people like THIS!!! Shit, I can name all 5 on my unit 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣 ironically, like Catherine's friend, I don't think any of the 5 actually need to lose weight either 🙄😂🤣😂 Once again, Catherine Tate hits the nail on the head when it comes to making realistic skits! ❤

I love this scetch. Keep thinking...am I 'Catherine Tate' (CT) or the other person. I'm CT at work.

Whoever wrote this is an absolute genius!

Brilliant Catherine 👏👏👏🌟💚😆

I know I bloody did! My teaching assistant was always so passive-aggressive. Just be direct is my motto. Lx

I haven’t laughed like this in a while😂😂😂😂

@murrayalex4843

2 жыл бұрын

I have...

@joshuathompson4242

2 жыл бұрын

@@murrayalex4843 nobody cares

I'm excited to say, I don't know anyone like this. Our one must be living on a different floor 😂

I love Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate is so brilliant.

Omg, Donna 😂🤣 I loved her on Dr. who.

@jessicalippe1

2 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Meehan 😂😂

@chuckmaddison2924

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't the Doctors name mentioned one time back in the 60's and never again.

i used to work in a library in a tiny office with a collection of oddballs some woman used to swan in and out of the place going on about the band queen i never started hating them til i met her this sketch really captures that quite well

So funny. They are really lovely.

@alikhalaf6590

2 жыл бұрын

Received, thank you

How I NOT miss those situations at WFH. 😌

😂😂😂😂 her and Jocelyn are the funniest people in town!

I love The UK Actors doing Comedies. I remember watching Benny Hill on Late Night TV and my Sister and I would fall on the floor laughing. He had such beautiful Ladies on his Show The Hills Angels one of which was Olivia Newton-John's Sister Rona who was called Olivia Neutron-Bomb. I also loved watching Little Britian as well and French & Saunders when they did "Help" or even an Abbaesque Group. I even get a kick when they do American Accents.

Love the co worker

That's totally me. Can't resist a birthday cake or snack from office

Catherine Tate, she's a star!

My eating disorder feels very attacked 😂

Lol, Lauren when she grows up and gets a job.

i love Catherine Tate

Non-stop hysteric comedy!!

Makes me glad that I am too stupid and incompetent to work in an office

@wiszak9370

2 жыл бұрын

Your English sounds perfect to me. I have a job for you.

Phantastic, loving it...

Love Catherine Tate ❤️

Omg I love her so much

Omg!!!!!!! This takes me back lol

Okay, I'm from New York and that would never happen in my office. Straight to the point, "where did you get cake?" It wouldn't matter if you didn't work in that department, you'd run and get some! I can't speak for the women but being a guy no female colleague would ask me about her weight.

@cherylthommo1

2 жыл бұрын

I’m from London and there is a stampede when the message comes through. CAKE! No messing about mate.

@hornylorney8150

2 жыл бұрын

Oooh look at me I'm from New York

@cherylthommo1

2 жыл бұрын

@@hornylorney8150 Oooh look at me I'm from Catford. Hee

@a697ag

2 жыл бұрын

There are dudes in my office that routinely wander about the place just looking for free food. They don't even work on my floor

Stupendous.

Honestly i did a pt course (personal trainer) they were ALL like this ...only more extreme ...it was scary ...showed me a lot about toxic diet environments

OMG .don't be boring😁😁😂😂

I want to watch this show now haha

One of the few genuinely funny women in comedy, she cracks me up.

That just broke me up 😂😂😂😂😂

Donna!!!! 😁😁

Love it.

"Is *everyone* having cake?(!)"

Not only the office, at the school gate also.

Ah cake politics... happens every birthday! Bring it in and don't share with everyone - see the sparks fly 😥 Office cruelty - even if you don't like cake! How many of us hate situations like this?

Omg I love her. She was awesome on doctor who.

She's the best!!! Hope she new episodes with NAN aswel 💙❤️💙💙❤️❤️

God she's brilliant. I like the one she did on running. The woman guessed she'd run 50 miles and she responded that she wasn't Ethiopian 😂😆

@PreservationEnthusiast

2 жыл бұрын

And that's racist!

@juliaoko2208

2 жыл бұрын

@@PreservationEnthusiast maybe or not necessarily. I might have said that since Ethiopians are good runners. I just thought it was funny.

@christurner3950

2 жыл бұрын

That’s not racist. It’s a compliment to the achievements of Ethiopian athletes.

@jeroen89

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, definitely racist

@PreservationEnthusiast

2 жыл бұрын

@@christurner3950 Check out the the definition of racism. It's the ideology of assigning different attributes to different groups depending on race. It doesn't matter whether you happen to think it's a "good" attribute or not, it's still racist.

Top tier acting

I can relate to that!

So hilarious.

I've been to many offices with people without an English accent.

I recognise the work colleague as she used to play Captain Sinker in Swashbuckle on CBeebies!

"Happy Now?!"😄🍰

oh... this is giving me back a sort of mini-PTSD of when I was working in the UK...

I’ve seen somewhere that the office name ‘Callas & Sait’ is referring to “callous & saint”, much like the colleagues.

Nellie after moving from Scranton branch to Slough branch 😂😂😂

On point, it's aka Linda Dalgran!!!

2lbs a week is really the maximum you should be losing in a healthy diet.

@chelseapoet3664

2 жыл бұрын

It depends how big you are and how much over what you need you have been eating. It's fine to lose a lot more in a week if you go from extreme over-eating to a healthy amount.

@royfearn4345

2 жыл бұрын

Are you running for Pope?

Iy's the opposite if you work for the police. Birthdays, stupid mistakes, being late, scraping a car, falling off a bike/horse etc all incur a cake fine and everyone keeps reminding you till you pay up!

It's amazing how Catherine Tate can be funny and beautiful at the same time

Catherine Tate in this scene reminds me of my mother

a gem so missed in today's world

the woman just wanted that cake 🤣

Ha she is so funny

Is it not a thing in office culture that everyone gets an email on Friday saying Susan has brought cakes in for everyone?

LMAO!!

😋 Chocolate Buttercream! 😋

I had Madera Cake yesterday

This is the reason I love WFH

This is so Miranda!

Omg I'm the cake lady in social situations end up saying the most random thing coz I feel under pressure lol xxx

Thats where Nelly went 🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ... ( whew-**cough**) 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

She's off to a good start.

lmao!!

The thing that's meta I. E. She was from The Office playing Nelly and she did recommend one of those mini cupcakes 🍰 .....

@vishaljoshi7796

2 жыл бұрын

Kevin : What is wrong with you people. You want a mini cupcake which is a smaller version of cupcake which is a smaller version of Cake. 😂😂😂😂

@alikhalaf6590

2 жыл бұрын

Received, thank you

This is Kevin Bridges joke - nice interpretation

In my office they practically force feed you cake even if you're not the slightest bit interested in it.

@emilyb5557

2 жыл бұрын

Check out Gretchen rubin, on her podcast they talk about "the evil doughnut bringer" and how to handle them 😅

@davidgrace4054

2 жыл бұрын

@@emilyb5557 I will. Doughnuts are worse than cake!

Donna Noble😍