Most comedy is practically built around the Straight Man as the Only Sane Employee having to take heaps of abuse from other characters. This is most brutal when the other character is a well meaning but clueless Ditz who doesn't realize the inconvenience or frustration they're causing. Of course, our poor straight man takes it like a man rather than ask them to stop... or maybe they do. After repeatedly and politely asking them to do things differently and/or tone it down, the ditz seems to get a clue... and then proceeds to make things worse. Examples of Minor Insult Meltdown include: