When a manager throws a fit

[Irulan]

If you're so f***ing educated why can't you express yourself without swearing? And if you're going to continue to swear, I'm leaving."

lol. So, did he quit?

[PamNY]

Shootingstar, whether you should say anything depends on how well you know her, how you think she would react, and how serious the issue is.

I got into the habit of being rather free with language when I worked in media relations and there were lots of former journalists working there. It was a casual, jokey atmosphere. Probably, too, in the early 1970s there was an unspoken need to fit in with the boys. When I was in a more conventional corporate setting, I needed to change (and probably didn't clean up enough).

Honestly, most people don't like being criticized, so unless you perceive a serious problem, I don't think you should say anything.

[badger]

firemen swear like sailors, it's almost like they need to swear to fit in. They try to tone it down when they're around "ladies" and admin staff, but still occasionally slips out when they get worked up.

My manager is completely burnt out now and is pretty much flaming out. She's made enemies of her staff by not supporting them, and her very icey side is coming out. When you say things like "those kinds of people should have perished in the fire" isn't really behaviour becoming of a manager.

In a union environment we tend to look at management as us vs. them, so I guess in some ways we're just watching by the sidelines as she crashes and burns. Most don't care as she's burned many bridges already.

[bmccasland]

lol. So, did he quit?

He tried, but wasn't very successful. He had to be counselled, again, by higher ups. Partly because I wasn't impressed with his counselling me, and swearing as part of the conversation. If he want people to respect him, he needs to leave the salty language elsewhere.

Nothing was going to blow up, fall down, or otherwise be a fustrating dissaster. The man can not express himself without swearing, and people had let him get away with it.

[Roadtrip]

Ran across this image this morning. Details cursing habits in the United States.



http://gizmodo.com/5743784/mapping-t...s-in-the-union

[bmccasland]

So if you live in a heavily populated area, you're more likely to hear swearing? Except apparently in the Salt Lake City area.

[OakLeaf]

So if you live in a heavily populated area, you're more likely to hear swearing? Except apparently in the Salt Lake City area.

It's hard to tell from that little image, but I wouldn't characterize it that way. Look at South Florida. That place is so congested that I'm swearing just thinking about it, yet it's not particularly bright in comparison to a lot of places. And Saginaw, way more profane than Detroit??

I wonder how much language bias there is in that study. You notice he only searched on English cusswords.

[Biciclista]

hehe well, most immigrants learn american swear words FAST!

[OakLeaf]

hehe well, most immigrants learn american swear words FAST!

This is so true, and not only immigrants, but professional athletes who have to give interviews in English. It's pretty comical the words they learn from their American and British competitors.