Positive personality trait

Amusing

adj. Enjoyable because it is funny or entertaining.

3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu

What it looks like

  • Tells the story of an ordinary mishap so that the whole table laughs.
  • Spots the comic side of a delay, a mix-up or a long wait and shares it.
  • Keeps a car ride or a slow line entertaining with voices, games or running commentary.

Fits when someone reliably entertains others in a light and pleasant way

Not when people are laughing at the person rather than enjoying their company

How to say it

Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.

There is no resume line for this one: being entertaining is not a work result, and the claim rarely lands on paper. Let it show in an interview, and let a reference say that people enjoy working with them.

Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.

  • Reference or recommendation
    [Name] is amusing company, which matters more than it sounds: on [long trips, late shifts or tense projects] they kept people laughing, and the work still got done.
  • Report card comment
    [Name] is an amusing storyteller who makes classmates laugh, and knows when it is time to settle down to work.
  • In a story, shown not told
    The train had sat outside the station for an hour. He began announcing each cow in the field as the next stop, in the conductor's voice, and soon half the car was groaning and laughing along.
Example

The amusing uncle invented a new voice for every character in the book.

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