USMCBillsFan Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Swearing? What's that? We never do that in the military...
smokinandjokin Posted November 15, 2006 Author Posted November 15, 2006 Swearing and vulger language is classeless.Smokin let me guess you work at a smoke shop. 837732[/snapback] Why, because people at a smoke shop are classless and curse all day? I work for a reputable private firm in a corporate setting. My only reason for asking was because 'foul' language seems to be the usual around here, especially when things get heated, but also in just run-of-the-mill conversation. I was wondering what it was like where other people work. I'm not looking for a dissertation on societal norms or who is classy/classless. Perhaps societal norms differ from workplace to workplace. Some of the classiest, most well-respected people I know say !@#$ 20 times a day. That doesn't mean that if they met the Pope, they would say, "Nice to !@#$in meet you." And I know many people who are prim and proper with their language and yet have no class whatsoever, and I would be ashamed to be associated with them. Sweeping generalities are classless.
bills_fan Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Hey, I didn't make the rules, I just live by them. Like it or not, we have norms in society, things that have been determined to be right or wrong whether there is a law against it or not. The majority of people in American society believe that swearing in public or excessive swearing is wrong. Take a walk through any brokerage firm trading floor. The majority of American people who are traders would disagree with you.
taterhill Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Why, because people at a smoke shop are classless and curse all day? I work for a reputable private firm in a corporate setting. My only reason for asking was because 'foul' language seems to be the usual around here, especially when things get heated, but also in just run-of-the-mill conversation. I was wondering what it was like where other people work. I'm not looking for a dissertation on societal norms or who is classy/classless. Perhaps societal norms differ from workplace to workplace. Some of the classiest, most well-respected people I know say !@#$ 20 times a day. That doesn't mean that if they met the Pope, they would say, "Nice to !@#$in meet you." And I know many people who are prim and proper with their language and yet have no class whatsoever, and I would be ashamed to be associated with them. Sweeping generalities are classless. 837802[/snapback] knowing when and when not to say !@#$ mother!@#$ing cuntface shows class...people can have class and use vulgarity..just not in front of gramdma
taterhill Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 knowing when and when not to say !@#$ mother!@#$ing c*ntface shows class...people can have class and use vulgarity..just not in front of gramdma 837908[/snapback] FWIW i had to edit c-face on my own...
Bungee Jumper Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 knowing when and when not to say !@#$ mother!@#$ing cuntface shows class...people can have class and use vulgarity..just not in front of gramdma 837908[/snapback] What if grandma says it first?
VABills Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Swearing? What's that? We never do that in the military... 837737[/snapback] Yup me and my virgin ears never heard a single bad word all through Parris Island, out in the fleet, etc... Very proper those DI's were. Always saying please and thank you, rubbing our boo-boos. Even tucked us in and sang us a song (Marine Corps Hymn) every night.
EC-Bills Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 It's pretty funny here. There is a lot of swearing that takes place on a daily basis. There are rarely situations where people feel the need to censor themselves. The reason I ask is because I just got out of a meeting with our corporate lawyer, he's pretty much a big dog, and every other word out of his mouth was "!@#$." I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation and found myself firing the f-bombs right back. Seems very contagious. There is a woman here who has by far the worst mouth of anyone in the place. It's hilarious. How is it where you work? No swearing? Only-when-angry swearing? Every sentence swearing? What do you think of it? 837641[/snapback] At my place, we swear on a regular basis and throw in off-color jokes, double entendres, you name it. We obviously refrain when a client is in the room, but otherwise it's a free reign.
smokinandjokin Posted November 15, 2006 Author Posted November 15, 2006 knowing when and when not to say !@#$ mother!@#$ing cuntface shows class...people can have class and use vulgarity..just not in front of gramdma 837908[/snapback] EXACTLY! Thank you. Speaking of grandmas, ask my grandma about Canadians and she'll curse till she's blue. She lives in Lewiston, and she said the Canucks go to the outlet mall and buy clothes, and then put them on and leave the clothes they were wearing in the parking lot. Apparently it's to avoid paying a duty on goods purchased. Why this fires her up so much is beyond me, but she is not a fan.
X. Benedict Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Yup me and my virgin ears never heard a single bad word all through Parris Island, out in the fleet, etc... Very proper those DI's were. Always saying please and thank you, rubbing our boo-boos. Even tucked us in and sang us a song (Marine Corps Hymn) every night. 837927[/snapback] That must be the part you never see in the movies.
kegtapr Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Take a walk through any brokerage firm trading floor. The majority of American people who are traders would disagree with you. 837897[/snapback] And we all know that traders make up the majority of America. Although you do have a point in the fact that norms can vary by location. i.e. what's normal at a football game isn't normal at church.
smokinandjokin Posted November 15, 2006 Author Posted November 15, 2006 Although you do have a point in the fact that norms can vary by location. i.e. what's normal at a football game isn't normal at church. 838109[/snapback] Hence the reason for the thread. I wanted to see what others' experiences were at work to figure out if my place is completely off the wall, or if it's relatively normal. I think we all know it's not proper to go to a restaurant and throw F-bombs all over the place. But when you're with the same ~20 people for 50 hours a week, you get to know them very well, and you take the good with the bad. It's work- there are pressure situations, conflicts, delays, happy hours, funny stories, etc. Obviously colorful language can come to the surface in many of those occurances. I don't see it as bad; in fact, it could be seen as a positive in that people don't need to worry about how they say things because they are comfortable with each other. Just to point out, it's a lot of !@#$ and schit and assshole and goddam. People stay away from the most vulgar of the vulgar (tater mentioned a few earlier in the thread).
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