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When the quiet coworker says something will sound weird

This meme uses a clip from the Marvel film Thor: Ragnarok featuring the Grandmaster and Loki sitting side by side. Loki gradually slides his seat further away from the Grandmaster, paired with repeated text that reads "when the normally quiet coworker says 'this is gonna sound weird...'". The humorous, relatable joke plays on the common workplace expectation that reserved, quiet coworkers will often say extremely unexpected, awkward, or scandalous things when they do speak up, leading those around them to preemptively distance themselves to avoid being caught up in drama or awkwardness, as they know they are about to hear surprising gossip or 'tea'.
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when the normally quiet coworker says "this is gonna sound weird..."

Overview

This meme uses a clip from the Marvel film Thor: Ragnarok featuring the Grandmaster and Loki sitting side by side. Loki gradually slides his seat further away from the Grandmaster, paired with repeated text that reads "when the normally quiet coworker says 'this is gonna sound weird...'". The humorous, relatable joke plays on the common workplace expectation that reserved, quiet coworkers will often say extremely unexpected, awkward, or scandalous things when they do speak up, leading those around them to preemptively distance themselves to avoid being caught up in drama or awkwardness, as they know they are about to hear surprising gossip or 'tea'.

Origin notes

This meme is an edited repurposing of a scene from the 2017 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: Ragnarok. It was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, where it was posted with the original title "About to get some tea". This format is a popular widely shared relatable workplace meme that uses the iconic character reaction from the film to comment on common social and professional interaction experiences.

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