Cursing on the Job
 

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http://www.collegejournal.com/succes...22-waters.html


What the Bleep? Cursing At Work Can Boost Moral

By JENNIFER WATERS
From MarketWatch


Serial swearers take heart: Profanity in the workplace can be a morale booster and inspire a sense of team spirit.

It depends, of course, on how it's done and at what levels. "Social" or "annoyance" swearing can be effective in many office and workplace environments while vulgar or abusive cursing should never be allowed, according to a recent study.

And by no means should employees ever use profanity in front of customers, according to the study published in the U.K.-based Leadership and Organization Development Journal.


Yehuda Baruch, a management professor at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, U.K., and graduate student Stuart Jenkins found that "apparent misbehavior can serve an organization well." Taboo language, they said, can manifest itself in solidarity that helps create a much more pleasurable and productive place to work.

That's not surprising to many workers who find toiling in droll environments far more exciting than passing the hours in a hear-a-pin drop workplace.

"Social swearing" is conversational and tends to define relationships between people and groups. The study points directly to all-male or male-dominated cultures -- think about a football locker room or the factory floor -- in which the "competitive nature of men's speech" creates a sense of harmony and oneness. Such organizations, the study said, are marked by a "lively boisterous communication style with friendly insults and witty use of coarse, casual profanity."

But many people don't work for the NFL or on a factory floor. Far more sit at desks in cubicles or open rooms. Often, workers will be within earshot of "annoyance swearing," what the report describes as a "relief mechanism" for stress and tensions. Maybe more important, however, is that annoyance swearing replaces "primitive physical aggression."

Women belt it out

The study also points to gender issues and an apparent double standard of men's swearing compared with women's cursing. "Female swearers are often perceived to be of a low moral standing," the researchers noted. Men, on the other hand, can generate reverence from swearing, though they tend to tone down the use of profanity in front of women.

It turns out, however, that women tend to swear more in mixed company as a means of asserting themselves and preventing the conversation from being male-dominated.

Not all swearing, of course, brings humor and overall goodness to the workplace. Bullying is verbally aggressive behavior that has adverse effects on workplace dynamics. The authors warn that repeated occurrences of swearing, threats and verbal abuse can lead to depression, stress, low morale, absenteeism, retention problems and sluggish productivity.

What's a manager to do? Banning swearing might be thought of as a form of strong leadership, but the researchers cautioned that it could tear apart that sense of solidarity. Doing that too could "seriously decrease morale and work motivation" that could too prompt an exodus of valued employees.

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I guess I need to learn those phrases I'm horrible about cursing I don't curse in front of my patients but I do around all the other employees that I work with but they do it too I'm posting this $hit up at work haha:clapping:

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Tell one of the patients it's time for his Blumpkin. :jump:

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What is that? please fill me in

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Don't ask that again. Trust me.

Fucking Brits.:giggling:

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why

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Drty I just found out what a blumpkin was and you sir are one sick focker ewww

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Hey girl, you lied! DRTY didn't say to ask a patient if they ever had a blumpkin...

He said to "tell them it was time for their blumpkin!

Different story altogether!

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I know I got it confused my bad I had to go back and re read what he said




I would NEVER do that

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It's still funny though!

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not really

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Sure it is, can you imagine a hottie nurse walking into the room of some worn out toothless old man (no offense RYD) and cheerfully telling him it's time for his blumpkin!

If he knew what one was -- again, no offense RYD.

Hell, he'd of probably cried from laughing so hard!

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Thank you.:jump:
You get a positive rep point from me.:clapping:

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Oh yeah - "Yehuda Baruch" - as British as they come right there. Thank God I left.

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ok, what is blumpkin......i asked two other people here and they dont know...the toothless old man did not help clear it up....

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disregard previous request for definition of blumpkin.....

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:OWNED: :jump:

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!