[Doofy]

BBC NEWS | England | Norfolk | Swearing at work can 'cut stress'

Swearing at work helps employees cope with stress, academics at a Norfolk university have said.
A study by Norwich's University of East Anglia (UEA) into leadership styles found the use of "taboo language" boosted team spirit.

Professor Yehuda Baruch, professor of management, warned that attempts to prevent workers from swearing could have a negative impact.

But Professor Baruch discouraged swearing in front of customers.

He said: "In most scenarios, in particular in the presence of customers or senior staff, profanity must be seriously discouraged or banned.

"However, our study suggested that, in many cases, taboo language serves the needs of people for developing and maintaining solidarity, and as a mechanism to cope with stress. Banning it could backfire.

"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 with their own standards."

Right then you ******* *********, don't say I never ******* give you anything to use at work. You ******* *******.



(oh. The **** who wrote that ******* piece at the ******* BBC probably needs to learn how to close quotations. The ****.)

[design219]

Holy ****, thank's Doofy!

Oh, sorry, not at work yet.

[Cipher13]

I've never worked anywhere that swearing did not take place, even up to the CEO level. Meetings, general conversation, the whole lot. I remember telling the national manager of the last place I worked that "...this company is ****ed", his response being along the lines of "****ing tell me about it".

I dunno, it's just normal to me.

[Kevin]

Swearing is one thing. Not being able to complete a full sentence without adding a **** or **** however, is a problem.

[Dork.]

I thought it was actually proper style in Great ****ing Britain to not close your ****ing quotations at the end of your ****ty paragraphs, unless you were at the end of your ********ing article....

[design219]

Originally Posted by Dork. 

I thought it was actually proper style in Great ****ing Britain to not close your ****ing quotations at the end of your ****ty paragraphs, unless you were at the end of your ********ing article....

You're ****ing right. Not just ****ing Britain, either.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Dork. 

I thought it was actually proper style in Great ****ing Britain to not close your ****ing quotations at the end of your ****ty paragraphs, unless you were at the end of your ********ing article....

It's actually proper ******* style to not open your ******* quotes every ******* paragraph - just ******* open them once and ******* leave them ******* open until the ******* quote has ******* ended.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Kevin 

Swearing is one thing. Not being able to complete a full sentence without adding a **** or **** however, is a problem.

This be true. If anyone actually swears unnecessarily at me I actually go into "I'm an English country gentleman, I won't have your foul peasant language around me, you filthy little insect" mode. Posh voice and everything - it's hilarious.

But this is a ******* joke thread, so it's ******* OK.

[Jawbone54]

I wonder how this works for us church workers.

[dcmacdaddy]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

I wonder how this works for us church workers.

easy, just go to ****ing confession or ****ing repent afterwards.


GREAT find, Doofy. I needed a laugh like this today.

[Mithras]

From the title, I thought this was the "SDK for iPhone" thread.

[iREZ]

**** **** **** **** ***** *******

i must say that after saying my usual list of bad words i do feel like a team player.

[natnabour]

I'm so glad this article exists. I've sent it to my boss who encompasses everything proper.

No more...

"My goodness!"
"Oh my"
"Lovely"
"Pardon me, but your'e being rude"


HA. ****ing ****.

[brassplayersrock²]

[Mastrap]

***** ** ****** ******* **** ***** ******* ***** ****** ******.
**** ****** ****!
***** ****????

** ******.

[design219]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

It's actually proper ******* style to not open your ******* quotes every ******* paragraph - just ******* open them once and ******* leave them ******* open until the ******* quote has ******* ended.

Not worth an argument, but I'm pretty sure their style is correct. I just did a quick google of quotation marks and this seems to be the accepted style rule.

So **** off.

[phantomdragonz]

fucking sweet, I have to deal with the public everyday... just last week I had a customer complain about another employees language...

Zach

[SirCastor]

I don't swear at all. I haven't ever felt that swearing would somehow relieve some additional pressure or stress. While I do have words that I use to express frustration, they don't qualify as the same degree of upset as the token four letter words.

I've learned to avoid those words, and for me, using them wouldn't offer anything more in my life.

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by SirCastor 

I don't swear at all. I haven't ever felt that swearing would somehow relieve some additional pressure or stress. While I do have words that I use to express frustration, they don't qualify as the same degree of upset as the token four letter words.

I've learned to avoid those words, and for me, using them wouldn't offer anything more in my life.

I didn't until this summer, where I picked up the habit working at Bible camp.

[ghporter]

Hey, I'm just getting used to "crikey!" Now I need to learn all sorts of other Britishisms. Not fair, Doofy! Crap!

[Dork.]

Profanity can be useful among peers at work, because the proper expletive can convey a range of emotions and situations all at once. "Basically, we're ****ed" has a different connotation than "Basically, we can't do it".

However, when communicating with others who are not peers, profanity just makes you look uncreative. I've told someone something along the lines of, "I think, in my professional opinion, that the person managing that project is not capable of the task, and if it is successful it will be completely by accident", which basically is the same thing as saying "The guy who runs that project is full of ****", but with more creativity.

[angaq0k]

Originally Posted by Mastrap 

***** ** ****** ******* **** ***** ******* ***** ****** ******.
**** ****** ****!
***** ****????

** ******.

You ************ right bubba.

I ***** ** ****** ******* **** ***** ******* ***** ****** ******.
**** ****** **** personally.

**** me.

Glad to be of ***** ** ****** ******* **** ***** ******* ***** ****** ****** help to ***** ** ****** ******* **** ***** ******* ***** ****** ******.
**** ****** **** everyone!

*********** sincerely.

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

I didn't until this summer, where I picked up the habit working at Bible camp.

This one time at Bible camp, I **** a **** in a *****.

[besson3c]

How come you guys are printing all of those stars, or am I drunk?

[iMOTOR]

Fµckin A, Man.

[brassplayersrock²]

Originally Posted by iMOTOR 

Fµckin A, Man.

hmm, this thread just got juicy

[- - e r i k - -]

[analogika]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

(oh. The **** who wrote that ******* piece at the ******* BBC probably needs to learn how to close quotations. The ****.)

Brush up on your grammar.

You're wrong.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by analogika 

Brush up on your grammar.

You're wrong.

No I'm not. It might be the lazy AP way to use unbalanced quotation marks but if you're using proper English they're always balanced.

[Cipher13]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

No I'm not. It might be the lazy AP way to use unbalanced quotation marks but if you're using proper English they're always balanced.

Not true. Quotation marks need to be opened for every paragraph of uninterrupted speech, but only closed for the last, as far as I'm aware (I haven't looked this up, so correct me if I'm wrong...).

That's just what I was taught.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Cipher13 

Not true. Quotation marks need to be opened for every paragraph of uninterrupted speech, but only closed for the last, as far as I'm aware (I haven't looked this up, so correct me if I'm wrong...).

It's correct in the same way that "colour" is spelt with a "u" is correct.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

No I'm not. It might be the lazy AP way to use unbalanced quotation marks but if you're using proper English they're always balanced.

If you’re saying they should only be opened once and closed once for a complete block of uninterrupted quoted speech, then yes.

However, many styles specifically prohibit a single set of quotation marks from spanning more than one paragraph. If the block of speech quoted is more than one paragraph, these styles require marking the beginning of the set in each paragraph.

And—as far as I know—there are no styles in the English language that permit a closing quotation mark to be separated from an opening quotation mark by only a paragraph break, if the speech quoted belongs to the same block of speech.

Only option left is then to open the quotation marks for each paragraph, but only close them when the quote ends.

****ing *** it ***** **** is.

This one time at Bible camp, I **** a **** in a *****.

You shot a load in a scout?

(Sorry, that was the first thing it turned into when I read it )

[brassplayersrock²]

hey doofy, wanna go get pissed later?

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Oisín 

If you’re saying they should only be opened once and closed once for a complete block of uninterrupted quoted speech, then yes.

However, many styles specifically prohibit a single set of quotation marks from spanning more than one paragraph.

Right. That's just whack.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock² 

hey doofy, wanna go get pissed later?

What do you mean, "later"?

[brassplayersrock²]

you too huh?

[Laminar]

Good ol' drinkin alone. Sounds like a blast.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

Good ol' drinkin alone.

Stop projecting dude. Who said anything about being alone? Except you.