"Swearing at Work 'Boosts Team Spirit, Morale'"

[Tafiti]

LONDON (AFP) - 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.

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I'd buy that.

[Hugin]

1. No shit?

Fuuuck! :)

[Jimbo S]

2. "Hey boss, you're a fucking dickwad."

Wow, I feel better already!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

3. "Excuse me, I'm going to go take a (name of boss)"

Stolen from Office Space.

[DarkTirade]

4. If I ever start my own business, swearing will be MANDITORY.

Sexual harrassment will still be optional though.

[Der Blaue Engel]

5. The business world is finally fucking catching up with me

I'm a goddamn innovator.

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Okay, I gotta tell this one

I was having an argument one day with one of the ad reps about where one of her ads wound up. (Ad reps always seem to think editors intentionally choose stories that'll make the ads look bad, like a story about a big recall next to a car ad.) I was losing patience with her, and I said something that was overheard by the publisher, who said, "That's not very professional."

I looked at him and said, "FUCK 'professional'!"

Why my ass wasn't suspended right then and there, I'll never know. :D

On the publisher's last day, though, he shook my hand and said, laughing, "Dave, I'm gonna miss you. You always say what you think."

:rofl: