“My colleagues at work have given me the nickname ‘Mr. Compromise’” (joke)

“My nickname is Mr. Compromise. Thats what all my friends call me. Though it’s not the name I would have picked for myself…it’s alright, I guess” is a joke that was posted on LiveJournal on April 12, 2006, from a comedy performance by American actor, writer, comedian, and director B. J. Novak.
   
“My friends call me ‘mr. compromise”’...wasn’t my 1st choice for a nickname, but i can live with it” was posted on Twitter by chrisfason on May 15, 2009. “‘My friends called me Mr. Compromise… Wasn’t my first choice for a nickname, but I can live with it.’ -B.J. Novak” was posted on Twitter by Panagiotis Peikidis on January 28, 2010.
 
“My colleagues at work have given me the nickname ‘Mr. Compromise.’ It’s not my first choice, but I’m ok with it” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on July 10, 2019.
 
       
Wikipedia: B. J. Novak
Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979) is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director. Novak was one of the writers and executive producers of The Office (2005–2013), in which he also played Ryan Howard.
   
LiveJournal
L (leontyne) wrote in theoffice_us,
2006-04-12 23:32:00
B.J. Novak Pictures
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“My nickname is Mr. Compromise. Thats what all my friends call me. Though it’s not the name I would have picked for myself…it’s alright, I guess.”
 
Twitter
chrisfason
@chrisfason
my friends call me “mr. compromise” ...wasn’t my 1st choice for a nickname, but i can live with it.
10:04 AM - 15 May 2009
     
Twitter
Rosco Windon
@RoscoWindon
My friends call me Mr. Compromise… Wasn’t my first choice of a nickname but I can live with it.
10:42 PM - 26 Aug 2009
       
Twitter     
Panagiotis Peikidis
@pekalicious
“My friends called me Mr. Compromise… Wasn’t my first choice for a nickname, but I can live with it.” -B.J. Novak
6:33 AM - 28 Jan 2010
 
19 August 2010, The Sun (London, UK), “Have a Laugh!,” pg. 16:
PEOPLE call me Mr Compromise. I’m not too happy about it but I can live with it.
MARK McCAULEY Monaghan
     
Google Books 
5,000 Great One Liners
Compiled by Grant Tucker
London, UK: Biteback Publishing
2012
Pg. ?:
People call me Mr Compromise. It wasn’t my first choice for a nickname, but I can live with it.
 
4 June 2013, The Daily Mirror (London, UK), “Bet of the Day” by John Shaw and Derek McGovern, pg. 42:
PEOPLE call me Mr Compromise. It wasn’t my first choice for a nickname but I can live with it.
     
The Source (Washington University in St. Louis)
B. J. Novak brings his standup to Graham Chapel
By Joanne Li February 18, 2016
A man of many talents, actor, author, director and screenwriter B. J. Novak is best known for his role as Ryan Howard, the intern, on “The Office,” a show which he wrote, directed and produced.
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In case you missed it, here are five jokes that made the venue echo in laughter:
 
“My friends call me Mr. Compromise. It wasn’t my first choice for a nickname. But I can live with it.”
   
Google Books
1,037 One Liner Jokes
By Matthew Hovey
Lulu Press (Lulu.com)
2017
Pg. ?:
People call me Mr. Compromise. It wasn’t my first choice for a nickname, but I can live with it.
 
Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/madazzahatter November 2, 2018
People call me Mr. Compromise…
Wasn’t my first choice for a nickname, but I can live with it…
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/porichoygupto July 10, 2019
My colleagues at work have given me the nickname “Mr. Compromise.”
It’s not my first choice, but I’m ok with it.
 
Twitter
Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
My colleagues at work have given me the nickname “Mr. Compromise.”
It’s not my first choice but I’m ok with it.
4:25 PM - 10 Jul 2019
 
LaffGaff
By laffgaff July 14, 2019
Work Nickname Joke
My colleagues at work have given me the nickname “Mr. Compromise.”
It’s not my first choice, but I’m ok with it.