Reasons to cuss out that co-worker you can't stand

[JODO 2]

Swearing at work boosts team spirt, morale: research

Wed Oct 17, 8:58 AM ET

Regular swearing at work can help boost team spirit among staff, allowing them to express better their feelings as well as develop social relationships, according to a study by researchers.

Yehuda Baruch, a professor of management at the University of East Anglia, and graduate Stuart Jenkins studied the use of profanity in the workplace and assessed its implications for managers.

They assessed that swearing would become more common as traditional taboos are broken down, but the key appeared to be knowing when such language was appropriate and when to turn to blind eye.

The pair said swearing in front of senior staff or customers should be seriously discouraged or banned, but in other circumstances it helped foster solidarity among employees and express frustration, stress or other feelings.

"Employees use swearing on a continuous basis, but not necessarily in a negative, abusive manner," said Baruch, who works in the university's business school in Norwich.

Banning swear words and reprimanding staff might represent strong leadership, but could remove key links between staff and impact on morale and motivation, he said.

"We hope that this study will serve not only to acknowledge the part that swearing plays in our work and our lives, but also to indicate that leaders sometimes need to 'think differently' and be open to intriguing ideas.

"Managers need to understand how their staff feel about swearing. The challenge is to master the 'art' of knowing when to turn a blind eye to communication that does not meet their own standards."

The study, "Swearing at work and permissive leadership culture: when anti-social becomes social and incivility is acceptable", is published in the latest issue of the Leadership and Organisational Development Journal.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071017/wl_uk...7gQjv8GR9NbbBAF

[Nessa 23]

Interesting. I remember first (and only) time I said fu*k you, refering to this military police that made me park far away from this place we were having this event even after I explained I worked there and I was part of the team that organized the event, he kept saying I needed a parking permit, I had to park in the lawn and it rained the day before and I was wearing sandals, I wanted to kill the mo'fo that thinks he's all that just because he's wearing military clothes.

Anyway, my co-wokers looked at me weird when I said that, because I'm always polite, they never saw me cussing before

[almaty 19]

i think it is useful at times, to get a point across....

[Sinergy 3]

[Bootylicious!! 2]

I haven't ever cussed out a co-worker to their face. But I have said a few choice words about them behind their backs. Mostly about my boss so that would be bad if I actually said them to her face. She probably wouldn't be my boss anymore.

[LuzyC 0]

Interesting. I remember first (and only) time I said fu*k you, refering to this military police that made me park far away from this place we were having this event even after I explained I worked there and I was part of the team that organized the event, he kept saying I needed a parking permit, I had to park in the lawn and it rained the day before and I was wearing sandals, I wanted to kill the mo'fo that thinks he's all that just because he's wearing military clothes.

Anyway, my co-wokers looked at me weird when I said that, because I'm always polite, they never saw me cussing before

My way of cussing is ''May you rest in peace or RIP friend''.. I know I'm bad -its like Im wishing he/she dead..but it takes so much out of me before I say that.. but still I know I should not..

[Ban Hammer 13,641]

i think it is useful at times, to get a point across....

now to just get ewok to agree

[Amby 490]

this reminds me of a thing my mother in law has hanging on her refrigerator...all things you say at work politely but what you really mean lol I should try and get her to make a copy for me

[Jasman0717 9]

I curse my monitor a lot