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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Stiffneckedppl@lemmy.world 9 months agoI 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.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 9 months ago
GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 9 months 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
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 9 months ago
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.
Stiffneckedppl@lemmy.world 9 months 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.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Found the op’s coworker.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Any outburst would be unprofessional, a specific word changes nothing unless directed at someone,