I cannot believe I read the whole thing…
I am eating my eggs this morning preparing for my day when I heard an aggravating report on CNN.
It appears that swearing in the workplace is deemed to be okay. “The use of expletives helps employees let off steam and boosts moral, according to a study by academics at the University of East Anglia.
Prof Yehuda Baruch, one of the researchers, said: “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.”(www.telegraph.co.uk)
We live in a society that has enabled people to “dumb down”. We are becoming a society of enablers. Casual Fridays allows employees to clothe in homeless attire. Now we are enabling foul mouth temperament to “calm” workplace behavior. Is the next stage to allow cock and dog fighting?
What ever happened to decorum, professionalism and equality. Seven years ago workplace issues concealed itself in the horror of the attacks. Ironic, we call terrorists animals, yet we employ Neanderthals. Rather than curse use the Dale Carnegie principle of win friends and influence people. And if you really need to choose a word to call someone, find a thesaurus or a dictionary.
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About Drew Stevens PhD
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