Swearing customers, do you have any problem with it?

[Gilpesh]

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.

Shame that her entire argument is ripped apart but just a combination of the words:


Bull. ****.

 

[Harry_Lime02]

I have never worked in customer service but I have a great respect for those who do, for this very reason: tolerating huge jerks at their most obnoxious.

 

[E-Man]

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.

Homemade cheeseburgers are much better than anything McDonald's or BK has. I'm sure people who work there would rather have something homemade if they had the time. McDonald's and BK burgers are small as hell.

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.....

It's easy why I choose to use "curse" words. It's merely an expression for me. I don't believe that the words or cursed, or that anything is bad. I use them to express my thoughts. There are a variety of words I use in my vocabulary, so these "curse" words come across frequently because I use most of my vocabulary when speaking.

 

[SuperFerret]

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.

I've got to try that. Actually, I think I might perform an experiment. Try that once in Denver and then in New York and see how the reactions differ.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Homemade cheeseburgers are much better than anything McDonald's or BK has. I'm sure people who work there would rather have something homemade if they had the time. McDonald's and BK burgers are small as hell.

Quad Stacker, bro, Quad Stacker.

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.

Hahahahahaha!

"I'll have one of them ****ing new Whiplash burgers and some *****in' ass union rings. Oh and a giant ass mother****ing Dr. Pepper. FOR FREE".

/hadtosay it.

I've got to try that. Actually, I think I might perform an experiment. Try that once in Denver and then in New York and see how the reactions differ.

Colorado: Let me get my manager
New York: BREAKING NEWS: A local man was killed today...

 

[E-Man]

I've yet to try that quad stacker, but I'm sure I can make something much better than it at home. I'm like Dr. Doom when it comes to cooking. My kitchen skills are pretty spectacular.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

I'm sorry, but I'm still laughing my ass off at that thing C. Lee said about the Whiplash burger.

The Quad Stacker is amazing! But homemade is ALWAYS > Fastfood.

 

[Marx]

I think it depends on the situation.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

I could not care less. They're words, expressing whatever emotion they're going through. It's the people who don't swear that I find weird.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Ironically enough, as much as I cuss on Hype, I get SUPER uncomfortable when strangers cuss around me.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

I actually find it more entertaining than anything. Let them put on a show for all the people around.

 

[Hound55]

Colorado: Let me get my manager
New York: BREAKING NEWS: A local man was killed today...

Rural Australia: " 'ere's ya f***in' new Whiplash burger, now do ya want any bloody fries or cookies with that?"

 

[Aesop Rocks]

"That's a good Sheela!".

 

[danoyse]

I do swear, I'd be lying if I said I didn't. But I'm learning to be careful at what I say - I have a 2-1/2 year old nephew who's learning to repeat everything he hears, so I don't want to be responsible for him learning those words from me.

I don't like to use them when I'm dealing with a complaint because I've worked in customer service and I don't like to be talked to that way. I also know from my own experience that I put less effort into helping someone who's cursed me out.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Rural Australia: " 'ere's ya f***in' new Whiplash burger, now do ya want any bloody fries or cookies with that?"

Your burgers come with cookies? Awesome.

 

[Hound55]

They get told to suggested sell them, just as they do fries and hot apple pies.

 

[Majic Walrus]

That's crazy.

 

[Maximum Carnage]

I don't give a ****!

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

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.

Reminds me of a Clerks moment.

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...

Oh the day I got an infraction for that

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.

LMAO For some reason that made me laugh.

 

[Lantern Venom]

My question to you is, do you have a problem with customers who swear? I don't mind people swearing, but I do find it kinda rude when someone is letting off f-bombs while your serving them.

I swear as much as the next guy, but I would never starting swearing about something at a person who is serving me.

I have a problem with people swearing while kids are around. I also have a problem when cursing is aimed at someone trying to be professional, especially if they don't deserve it.

Cursing in general isn't a big problem with me. I don't like to do it (but I slip on occasion) but some people just use those words naturally.

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.

There is some truth in this though there are plenty of exceptions. A well placed curse can denote emphasis quite well but normal speech that is littered with profanity comes off as lacking intelligence.

 

[Kelly]

I'll never forget when my pastor back in college cussed in the pulpit. It was amazing how many people listened to that sermon....lol

 

[SuperFerret]

Tell me that he said "Holy ****" please? I need these types of things to live.

 

[Kelly]

I can't remember exactly what it was......but I do know, he wasn't quoting the Bible...lol

 

[Carcharodon]

I could not care less.

Props for saying this phrase correctly.

In any case, I really try not to swear while I'm acting as a customer. I swear fairly often in my everyday (casual) speech, but I try to minimize it in that situation.

When customers used to swear around me (even while it wasn't necessarily directed at me), it did make me uncomfortable, but I was rarely if ever offended or even all that bothered by it.

 

[JAK®]

I don't swear as a general rule, I have no problem with others doing it though (My dad swears and would openly swear even when I was very young)

But if a stranger came up to me and casually swore he/she wouldn't leave a good impression.