Family Means Appropriate or Not

Text on the meme

KNOW THE WORK RULES APPROPRIATE The Godfather FAMILY AWWW,YOU’RE SWEET. INAPPROPRIATE FAST & FURIOUS FAMILY HELLO, HUMAN RESOURCES?!

What it means

A workplace comic contrasts two meanings of “family.” In the appropriate panel, a woman warmly interprets “family” as a close-knit crime-family reference to The Godfather; in the inappropriate panel, the same word makes her call Human Resources, referencing Fast & Furious and its recurring “family” theme. The meme is used to joke about workplace conversations, corporate sensitivity, and accidentally inappropriate references. EN: A workplace comic contrasts two meanings of “family.” In the appropriate panel, a woman warmly interprets “family” as a close-knit crime-family reference to The Godfather; in the inappropriate panel, the same word makes her call Human Resources, referencing Fast & Furious and its recurring “family” theme. The meme is used to joke about workplace conversations, corporate sensitivity, and accidentally inappropriate references.

Who

Vito Corleone (Вито Корлеоне)Dominic Toretto (Доминик Торетто)

Objects

office worker / офисная работница blonde woman / блондинка office desk / офисный стол computer monitor / компьютерный монитор keyboard / клавиатура telephone handset / телефонная трубка red heart / красное сердце speech bubbles / речевые пузыри The Godfather poster / постер «Крёстного отца»Fast & Furious poster / постер «Форсажа»man in black shirt / мужчина в чёрной футболке classic car / классический автомобиль office chair / офисный стул red blouse / красная блузка black pants / чёрные брюки