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 10 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 10 months ago
GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 months ago
Found the op’s coworker.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Any outburst would be unprofessional, a specific word changes nothing unless directed at someone,