Mind yer language!

[doug boardley]

I never swear in front of customers, altho' quite often I'll utter some profanity to myself!

 

[mikethetile]

tbh I dont think swearing has got worse. it depends where you grew up. swearing was normal when I was young and everyone swore
I was sent to Ireland to be educated in a monastry school and swearing wasnt allowed, it still went on but was punished.

when I returned to england I was shocked by the poor language

to me swearing is a lazy way of expressing yourself and shows lack of imigination

 

[SandyFloor]

my theory is use seldom, use effectively.

I like that. I rarely swear but when I do it's used as an effective form of expression. I don't like when swearing becomes everyday language. And I never swear in front of customers although there has been the odd 'hammer on the thumb' moments.

 

[Scott]

Mind you i have had a few time where i have had to cause to swear at the customer, usually down the phone. 'Wheres my (insert word here) cheque'

 

[user123]

Oh, I swear in the privacy of my studio, when I get yet another mini glass splinter in my fingers, so small you can't see them but they really hurt and often stay in there for ages, and you keep catching them, or when a certain piece of glass just won't cut right, or splinters off, bad quality glass often does that, and you can't tell beforehand... I get dead cross then. And I curse the doctors sometimes when I get off the phone with my Mum, that sort of thing, to let off steam to myself, but you just got to be civil in public, and I don't think it would occur to me to swear then ... I think swearing has got worse, you hear it everywhere now, on the train, on the bus, never used to be like that, and no I'm not THAT old... :lol:

 

[Scott]

Im with you on the glass splinters gisela, tiny ones that sting when you touch them but you cant see them with the naked eye. Glass can travel round the body im told and is incredibly dangerous.

 

[Gazzer]

My language is a lot better now I work on less sites !

 

[Dan]

I tend to get a loose tongue after lots of slurps, not just a few, but a lot. But thankfully I'm normally home by then and am usually just swearing at the toaster not cooking my toast because I haven't pressed the switch or something :lol:

I first started swearing when I was working with tradesmen to be fair, they're buggers for it. Hardly swore at school, it was more name-calling which eventually became nicknames type thing.

 

[user123]

Im with you on the glass splinters gisela, tiny ones that sting when you touch them but you cant see them with the naked eye. Glass can travel round the body im told and is incredibly dangerous.

Thanks Scottley, that makes me feel properly uplifted before I had back in the studio to commit more harakiri!!!

 

[cornish_crofter]

When I was working for a publicly quoted defence contractor on a head office secondment (high profile role), swearing was part of the normal conversation. I don't know if it was a power thing or just a way of relieving stress.

I have personally never felt comfortable using that sort of language on an every day basis, I try not to swear at all.

In fact I was working with a plasterer one day on a job on our house. We had got to know each other quite well over the few weeks we'd been working together and I used the F word. He remarked that that was the first time he had heard me swear.

My two girls have commented that they hardly/never hear me sware but their mum.... erm well we shan't go there!

 

[Aston]

i blame that gordon ramsey lol

 

[faithhealer]

when I worked in a factory, swearing was the norm, but stopped there, never swore infront of my wife or kids. Pity I've got worse, never in front of customers, well apart from the one who was asking for it...

 

[hillhead]

I'm no saint but try to keep grips on my tongue.
You just know not to when with customer especially if you know they don't !!
My wife says i curse a lot, now how would she know ???? lol

 

[Pebbs]

I had a long long day today, site visits, one was at a investment company in the city. Well let me tell you the language in there was worse than any other site, both the men and the women, it was a bit vile to hear these well dressed city women speaking like fish wives. Nasty it was.

Lynn

 

[hillhead]

Sounds lovely Lynn.