RE: Profanity in the workplace

[Heather Anderson <Heather -dot- Anderson -at- cubrc -dot- org>]

Agreed with this 100%.  I've been lucky with this job that it's a more casual environment and some of the engineers curse out word and Microsoft on a regular basis, so cursing isn't frowned upon.

I've also been in environments where you didn't say much at all, because the big bosses were always watching and you didn't know if your casual language might be a mis-step in their direction.

Though my favorite is still when I was working late in the legal department of the company I was at a few years back - out of the office of the most senior, most strict, most businesslike lawyer the company had, came a string of curses that would have made a sailor blush.  He walked out of his office, saw me in my cube, looked around, looked back at me; and then just started laughing.

I never looked at the man the same way again.

~ Heather

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From: techwr-l-bounces+heather -dot- anderson=cubrc -dot- org -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+heather -dot- anderson=cubrc -dot- org -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Dan Goldstein
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 2:23 PM
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Subject: RE: Profanity in the workplace

Profanity and good manners are both relative. If profanity in the office
bothers someone, then everyone should cheerfully avoid it.


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