The Velvet Curtain said:
It has become the vogue at work to follow any sneeze or cough with the word Oink!
See, I think that's funny too. We still say 'bless you' after people sneeze because of a situation not too dissimilar.
I don't have a problem with humor in the face of hardship and pain, it's what makes us human and helps us to get through. I remember a story that Joan Rivers recounted on a TV interview a few years ago.
Joan's husband committed suicide and it hit both her and her daughter Melissa very hard. She found it very hard to talk to her daughter as she withdrew into herself and Joan was worried that her daughter was drifting away from her.
Joan arranged for the two of them to meet up for lunch one day in a convenient restaurant. Her daughter arrived, still very quiet and not wanting to talk. Joan lifted the menu and let out a gasp! She said "Good grief, I'm glad your dad's not hear because if he'd seen these prices he'd have killed himself all over again!" Melissa burst out laughing and in that moment, Joan got her daughter back.
Chill out. Just because we can laugh at things does not mean we don't care.