Comment on I'm going to try not to swear when you're around. Is this a good apology to a coworker?

ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Stiffneckedppl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I agree with the sentiment, but if we’re going to make that argument based around professionalism, I would also have to argue that it’s not very professional to use that kind of language in a work setting.

  So maybe this is a situation where both sides can grow.

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  • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    it’s not very professional to use that kind of language in a work setting.

    That depends massively on the profession, setting, and context.

    Restaurant kitchen where something gets spilled, a trade where something unexpectedly breaks, a couple lawyers without anyone else around finding out their client is on camera admitting to the crime, etc. are all fine to say a calm ‘oh fuck’ as a reaction. Someone in an open office who yelled it because their code didn’t compile would not be acting very professional.

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    • Stiffneckedppl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It may be more common among certain job categories, but I don’t think that makes it professional behavior to do so regardless of the type of work.

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      • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Found the op’s coworker.

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      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Any outburst would be unprofessional, a specific word changes nothing unless directed at someone,

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Than replacement words shouldn’t be acceptable either, you can either express your frustration or you can’t. A choose of word shouldn’t make a difference, it should be unprofessional to make an outburst at all.

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  • GrammarPolice@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It doesn’t seem to me that OP’s coworker had an issue with professionalism. Rather, they seem to have been triggered by the use of the word

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• ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  OP came to share a thing they’re doing and you built this story as a extremely sensitive coworker?

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  • GrammarPolice@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Getting offended by “fuck” is very sensitive behaviour

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    • bitchkat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Extremely.

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