Swearing customers, do you have any problem with it?

[Hound55]

I'd be a hypocrite if I did have a problem with it. As long as you don't swear in front of my daughter or any of the people in my "inner circle" in a way that I can see is visibly bothering them I couldn't give a f*** what people say.

 

[Kelly]

If someone cursed AT me i wouldn't be to happy.

But if they were cursing just in general, it really wouldn't bother me at all to be honest. I mean, it'd be pretty hypocritical of me to be offended by it.

You might not be offended by it, but he is talking about cussing in a place of business....your other customers, especially those who have children...may be offended.

 

[SuperFerret]

If someone was cussing, and there were children around...I asked them politely to watch the language...

Kids are gonna learn those words anyway, might as well let them learn the right way to use them.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

You might not be offended by it, but he is talking about cussing in a place of business....your other customers, especially those who have children...may be offended.

My place of business is a building site... so children shouldn't be there anyway! The ****ers!

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Working at Blockbuster, every day was like a cussing D-Day

Me: Sorry, but you a 10 dollar late fee.
Them: WHAT THE ****! NO I DONT HOW DARE YOU!
Me: Yes, you do.
Them: WHAT THE ****, WHERE THE **** DO YOU GET OFF?
Me: I didn't know I was on a bus. I'm staying here.
Them: YOU IGNORANT LITTLE PRICK.
Me: Yeah, well, you still have a late fee.

FIRST DAY FOR THE WIN.

 

[SuperFerret]

My place of business is a building site... so children shouldn't be there anyway! The ****ers!

I'd throw hammers at them.

 

[Kelly]

Kids are gonna learn those words anyway, might as well let them learn the right way to use them.

I use quite a few of those words...

but, as someone has said earlier, the use of profanity simply shows ignorance on the part of the user.....I have to point at myself as well.

There is no right way to use them...its simply a bad habit, and hopefully one that children will not learn.

Will they hear and learn the words...sure..............will they use them, that is where the choice comes in.

I have to say that growing up, profanity was never used in my family, among my friends, etc....and therefore I didn't use profanity. BUT, when I began working, and my friends changed....unfortunately my language did as well. It is a habit I'm trying to break, and I would hope that children don't learn the habit.

I have a better grasp of the English language, and I would hope that people know me for that, rather than the fact that I drop the "f bomb" a lot....

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Or shoot nails from the nail gun at em!

 

[Aesop Rocks]

I'd throw hammers at them.

"What? Think of it a a lesson of judgement".

"OH FERRET!~"

80's laugh track and generic applause.

 

[Hound55]

According to my old English grammar teacher in 9th grade, she said swearing was an expression of ignorance by people that don't have a firm grasp of the English language.

My father says that all the time.

Just because I choose to eat at McDonalds doesn't mean I don't have the capacity to go home and make myself a quality meal.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Just because I choose to eat at McDonalds doesn't mean I don't have the capacity to go home and make myself a quality meal.

Y'know, I've always wondered if people at McDoanlds or BK knew how to make those cheeseburgers at home, since they make them at their job.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

I can actually speak very good "proper" English, which may surprise some.

But i don't because it doesn't come naturally to me. And i'm all about being who you are, not faking it.

I swear and cuss because it's just how i speak, i'm not gonna change myself for other people. Unless like i said, there is kids around or it's in a restaurant or something like that.

 

[SuperFerret]

I use quite a few of those words...

but, as someone has said earlier, the use of profanity simply shows ignorance on the part of the user.....I have to point at myself as well.

There is no right way to use them...its simply a bad habit, and hopefully one that children will not learn.

Will they hear and learn the words...sure..............will they use them, that is where the choice comes in.

I have to say that growing up, profanity was never used in my family, among my friends, etc....and therefore I didn't use profanity. BUT, when I began working, and my friends changed....unfortunately my language did as well. It is a habit I'm trying to break, and I would hope that children don't learn the habit.

I have a better grasp of the English language, and I would hope that people know me for that, rather than the fact that I drop the "f bomb" a lot....

My parents cursed all the time. They still do. In fact, at this point in time, the act of my mother flipping me the bird is more of an "I love you" than anything else.

We did learn that these words were not for us to say, and learned the consequences if those words were said. I don't buy into the whole "swearing = ignorance" argument. They're just words, expressions, slang terms. Saying a "bad word" shows no more ignorance than saying any other slang term.

Or shoot nails from the nail gun at em!

"What? Think of it a a lesson of judgement".

"OH FERRET!~"

80's laugh track and generic applause.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

But then again my English grammar teacher sounded like Andy Griffith when she read Romeo and Juliet too.

 

[Hound55]

But then again my English grammar teacher sounded like Andy Griffith when she read Romeo and Juliet too.

Its an empty line parroted by pretentious jackasses with no logical grounds for it, its then passed down the generations by empty-headed fools/fascist parents who believe that they're justified in spreading BS to program their children to abide by all of society's rules rather than look to progress it.

Using a "curse word" is not in and of itself a sign of ignorance. Overuse and mis-use ARE.

...and that doesn't apply specifically to these "curse words" either. Overuse and mis-use are signs of ignorance in general.

Words are just the organised group of sounds/letters which society agrees upon a uniform meaning... They don't have any power that we didn't give them.

 

[C. Lee]

Its an empty line parroted by pretentious jackasses with no logical grounds for it, its then passed down the generations by empty-headed fools/fascist parents who believe that they're justified in spreading BS to program their children to abide by all of society's rules rather than look to progress it.

Using a "curse word" is not in and of itself a sign of ignorance. Overuse and mis-use ARE.

...and that doesn't apply specifically to these "curse words" either. Overuse and mis-use are signs of ignorance in general.

Words are just the organised group of sounds/letters which society agrees upon a uniform meaning... They don't have any power that we didn't give them.

If words have no power....then why choose to use a CURSE word (obviously being used for it's power to shock) unless you want to draw attention to yourself by using it....which means you attribute power being given to the word even though you say that there is no power attributed to words.....

 

[Hound55]

I said "there is no power given to words that we don't give to them" not "there is no power attributed to words".

"There is no power attributed to words" is actually contrary to my point in and of itself.

I also don't agree that such words are said purely for shock value.

 

[C. Lee]

No....they are not always used for shock value....sometimes they are used because someone knows no better, or can't think of an actual appropriate word to describe the situation or thier feelings. The point being....curse words used indescrimanetly and randomly in public place is uncalled for.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Sometimes curse/swear words are used to express extreme emotion. Like anger or pain. When you have an extreme emotion like that social acceptance doesn't really come into it.

I mean, yelling CRAP! Isn't as powerful or in most cases, natural as yelling ****!

Like if you bang your thumb with a hammer or whatever.. you are gonna say the first thing that comes to mind to express that pain. You're not gonna stop and think "Oh well **** is inappropriate, i better use crap instead".

 

[Kelly]

I always find it comical when people bypass the censors to make sure that people know which cuss word they chose to "type"...

That sometimes gives me the urge to post the palm...

 

[Aesop Rocks]

I love that, I love seeing people get infractions for it too.

"What the **** did I get an infraction for!".

"Well, you were being an idiot...".

 

[C. Lee]

Sometimes curse/swear words are used to express extreme emotion. Like anger or pain. When you have an extreme emotion like that social acceptance doesn't really come into it.

I mean, yelling CRAP! Isn't as powerful or in most cases, natural as yelling ****!

Like if you bang your thumb with a hammer or whatever.. you are gonna say the first thing that comes to mind to express that pain. You're not gonna stop and think "Oh well **** is inappropriate, i better use crap instead".

Yelling crap or **** in public if you hurt yourself is one thing...walking into Burger King and saying "I'll have one of them ****ing new Whiplash burgers." (which I heard someone do the other day) is something else entirely.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Oh right... well that person is an nob then.

 

[Hound55]

I always find it comical when people bypass the censors to make sure that people know which cuss word they chose to "type"...

That sometimes gives me the urge to post the palm...

HAHAHAHA!

In fairness though, whilst the boards have a general PG motif to them not every forum polices them under the same interpretation of the rules. I was actually going to PM the mod who highlighted that one and ask which part it was specifically which earnt me that infraction because there were a few of varying degree. Some which were eliminated altogether by the automated censor which made it appear like I said something worse and a fairly tame one where I did by-pass the censor more than was needed to get the general gist.

 

[danoyse]

The call center for our company has a rule that if you swear at a rep once, the rep warns the caller that if they curse again the call will be disconnected.

I have no problem with that - whatever the problem is, the rep shouldn't have to put up with that kind of talk.

We did get a complaint from someone who was hung up on. We found out when they got the warning they told the rep to get over it because that's just how people talk. Then they swore at the rep again and got hung up on. The person wanted to know what we were going to do to the rep for hanging up on them. I made up a lie that a note was going in her file. She then told me she would discuss that with her husband and they would decide if that was an acceptable enough solution for them.

I didn't hear from them again, so I guess it was.

But I try not to use that kind of language when I need to complain to someone. There's no point to it, and having been on the other side of it, people want to help you less when you curse them out.