Swearing at work boosts team spirit and morale

shawn474

Swear words are just a regular part of the vocabulary where I work. In this setting, the f-bomb, damn, ****, and every other colorful expression of pain, anger, atc. is used so liberally that nobody seems to realize that they are swearing. It seems like swear words have evolved to be used as prepositions and conjuctions in a way they were never intended. I often have to conciously tell myself that I'm not at work when I walk in to the house and see my 3 year old so I don't slip one in and have her adopt it into her vocabulary.

Shawn

sucks2beme

The old man was something else when he got going.
He would sometimes switch over to Geman when he got
really riled (and he was Irish, WWII is where it came from?).
My mother has never used a curse word in her life.

I try hard NOT to swear. There's got to be a better way to express yourself.
Yet, four years of the U.S.M.C. will leave you with a expanded
vocabulary of not only words, but great ways to combine curses for
that special occasion requiring it's use!

Systems

I noticed over my 15 year career at my old job aka "huge world wide corporation" that as time went on, swearing in conjunction to work talk was picking up more and more as time went on. In fact, if you dropped a few good f bombs on occasion when discussing things, people started being more impressed... maybe its because you are showing more emotion and dedication to the issue/project.

Like "That f'ing server dropped like a **** yesterday but I got it back up fast".

steveinaz

My mom & dad cuss like Marines on leave. I love'm.

steveinaz

No, seriously though--I only cuss when I'm around old ladies and small children.