Swearing?

[Mrs. Funk]

I get that your aunt doesn't want to hear curses at work and gratuitous swearing can get old pretty quick. No harm there, but her judgment of those practitioners of profanity is a bit harsh.

I'm not a big fan of your response either. Seems a bit too know-it-all look at me I'm in law school for my tastes. Ignoring her is probably the best move at this point.

I didn't say anything about it to her, as I posted the comment I wanted to make and didn't. I think her statement about losing respect for any intelligent person who swears is a bit extreme.

And dude, I'm a J.D. now!

[jxncoog]

I work with an Aussie that took some getting used to...but he's toned it done in the last 2 years.

Several years ago though, I had an electrician come in to get a few questions answered. Every other word was the F word. It just drove me nuts, because he had some really good questions and I could tell he had really thought through the drawings. I just had to fight through it and get the information he needed. After about 3 mos of working with him though, he too had toned it down and I never said a word about it.

[byu71]

And dude, I'm a J.D. now!

Big f'en deal.

[Mrs. Funk]

For the other end of the spectrum, I work with a guy whose every other word is the F word. I dont think he's expressing himself very well, though. He's a real sweet guy and I dont think he realizes he uses it so much. Every time I talk to him I feel like I'm in Dublin.

I think in the three years I've spent in Utah I haven't heard the amount of swearing I heard in one day of working on the sorting line at Fed-Ex. It got old, quickly, especially since my manager couldn't say the word "package" without preceding it with a "f-ing."

[Mrs. Funk]

Big f'en deal.

Not nice.

[jxncoog]

LOL
last time I nearly got in a fight was with an old man at Fed-Ex around Christmastime
There was no swearing though.

[byu71]

Not nice.

My post in the congratulations thread reflects my true feelings about your accomplishment.

[Babs]

LOL
last time I nearly got in a fight was with an old man at Fed-Ex around Christmastime. No swearing, though.

I hope BYU71 went easy on you.

[Katy Lied]

I think in the three years I've spent in Utah I haven't heard the amount of swearing I heard in one day of working on the sorting line at Fed-Ex. It got old, quickly, especially since my manager couldn't say the word "package" without preceding it with a "f-ing."

That might work though, especially if he drew out the syllable with an extended short a sound. Faaaaaawwwwwwwking Package.

[Surfah]

When me and FN Phat worked together building homes there was another LDS superintendent who was a good friend of ours that could paint the sky blue with his language and often did. A few of our subs approached us when they found out that he was LDS and asked us why he talked the way he did. That was kind of embarrassing.

[jxncoog]

Funny, it was an old guy.

[Moliere]

I grew up mainly in Utah. However, I played sports, belonged to a fraternity and wasn't what anyone would call a very strict straight arrow. I started my professional career with Price Waterhouse and was absolutely shocked to hear professionals, including the Partners using the F word. I honestly thought only Truck drivers and construction workers used the word.

I didn't think I had been that sheltered.

This was similar to my experience. I was in the office of a partner once and we were on a call with the underwriters to some transaction of a client. We were haggling over some comfort letter issues and the partner was getting upset. It finally got to the point that the partner put the phone on mute, flipped the double bird at the phone and let out a stream of expletives. The line suddenly went quiet and we were all of the sudden worried the mute button hadn't worked. Then they kept talking like nothing happened, but it was a funny/weird/awkward situation to be in.

I personally don't use profanity (or at least very little of it) and I don't like it but I'm used to it in the workplace and everywhere else.

[byu71]

Funny, it was an old guy.

If you got your butt kicked, it was me. If you didn't, it wasn't.

[mUUser]

Hey, I'm finally on the oddball side of things. I can probably count on one hand the number of times I've cursed since being married 23 years ago.

Eat THAT mullah's!!!!! :rockon2:

[Babs]

Hey, I'm finally on the oddball side of things. I can probably count on one hand the number of times I've cursed since being married 23 years ago.

That's funny. I never cursed until I got married.