Swearing at Work is Bleeping Good For You

coondoggie writes "This is the kind of news that your HR folks don't want to hear, but researchers today said letting workers swear at will in the workplace can benefit employees and employers. The study found regular use of profanity to express and reinforce solidarity among staff, enabling them to express their feelings, such as frustration, and develop social relationships, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia (UES). Researchers said their aim was to challenge leadership styles and suggest ideas for best practice. "Employees use swearing on a continuous basis, but not necessarily in a negative, abusive manner. Swearing was as a social phenomenon to reflect solidarity and enhance group cohesiveness, or as a psychological phenomenon to release stress, " the study stated." I'm sure the discussion and tags on this story will be completely G Rated ;)

'bout ****ing time

[athdemo]

I mean, ****, why am I always being ****ing censored at work. We're all ****ing adults here, right? ****.

Fucking Post

[Iskender]

Fucking Post!

Re:Good for you?

[Applekid]

Next they will be saying that Porn is good for productivity

It is, until a little while later when all I get is sleepy.

Re:Good for you?

[Bloke down the pub]

Next they will be saying that Porn is good for productivity

I work at a sperm bank, you insensitive clod!!!!

Re:Good for you?

[Hoi Polloi]

Fuck ya! Does this research apply to jobs in daycare or elementary schools? "Ok you little shits, we're having a pop quiz."

Next they'll be saying that sex on your desk is good for productivity. And I'll keep on saying it...

Fuck yes

[slayermet420]

It's about motherfucking time the real world caught up with the fucking military.

Pah, noob

[mccalli]

Belgium, man. Just Belgium.

Cheers,
Ian

Re:Good for you?

[Bloke down the pub]

No. Like most things these days, it's all self service apart from the paperwork.

Yeah, well

[NickCatal]

Somehow I don't feel like this allows you to say 'This place is filled with fucking idiots' every 5 seconds

But at least I can think it

Re:It is called open communication

[Valdrax]

Limiting vocabulary impeads what you are really trying to say.

That's "impedes," d---head.

Re:Pah, noob

[clickclickdrone]

:-) We got fed up with our 5yo going on about bottoms and farts all the time so we told him the one thing he must never say is the rudest word in the universe i.e. Belgium and now that's all he says.

super bowl

[Aeron65432]

Reminds me of my favorite superbowl commercial, [youtube.com] I don't know how many times this got passed around the office.

Re:Fuck yes

[Anonymous Coward]

Way to go dumbass. Now we have to sleep in the office, and if they drill me one more time on workstation disassembly-reassembly, I swear I'm gonna bring down the entire network.

Obligatory bash.org Quote

[Anonymous Coward]

<Gerard> Damn bitch fuck damn.
<Tom> PG-13 Gerard
<Gerard> Dang gosh golly dang

(http://bash.org/?230424 [bash.org])

Another thing

[suv4x4]

I found that wrecking stuff is a very good way to relieve stress.

Furthermore, I always thought of punching a client in the face, or nuts, and I think being allowed to do that would definitely help my stress, and the solidarity among me and the rest of the employees.

Re:Working in the Navy

[AsnFkr]

And this was on a submarine. No women. Limited cases of sexual harassment.

No women? Limited sexual harassment? As opposed to none? I suppose all the jokes about you Navy guys are true to some extent...

As my pappy says...

[mollog]

As my pappy says,

Profanity is the linguistic crutch of a fucking ignoramus.

Damn right!

Bud Light figured this out long ago

[dubbayu_d_40]

youtube.com/watch?v=EJJL5dxgVaM

Re:As my pappy says...

[OverlordsShadow]

Finally we workers now have ammunition against those who say its not business-like or proper to swear in a workplace like an office and such. Hell fucking ya!

Re:Working in the Navy

[dr bacardi]

It's not gay if it's underway was the rule I heard ;)

Re:Nope.

[Anonymous Coward]

My father was a pirate, liked anal sex with my mother, and choked on some coq au vin you insensitive clod.

Re:Good for you?

[butterwise]

Next they'll be saying that sex on your desk is good for productivity.

Having sex, whether on a desk or elsewhere, is typically the way people produce. Do we need to have the "birds and bees" talk?

Actually ...

[PPH]

... before I started working here, I used to drink, smoke and swear for no reason at all. Now, thanks to this job, I have a reason.

Re:It is called open communication

[Valdrax]

If you are not adult enough to brush off those who are so immature that they get offended you need to go back to high school and toughen up a bit.

Like I f---ing care what you think.

Re:My office neighbor...

[moeinvt]

Is that you Sandy?

Re:odd...I know people who got fired..

[Cajun Hell]

Asshole: "This policy is fucking stupid. We should encourage the fucking customers to read the fucking manuals before they fucking call our fucking overworked-as-fuck support line."
Bitch: "You said 'fucking' to me! That's sexual harrassment!"
Asshole: "Relax. I'm just fucking with you."
Bitch: *gasp*
Asshole: "Gasp again. You look and sound so fucking sexy when you do that."
Bitch: "Oh, you're actually coming on to me? I thought you were just using profanity to offend me, so I was going to sue. But now.. Kiss me, you fool!"

See? It all works out. Nobody gets sued.

Re:It is called FUBAR

[Oliver Wendell Jones]

You forgot:
BOHICA

Bend Over Here It Comes Again

Re:It is called open communication

[h4rm0ny]

Like I f---ing care what you think.

I have tourettes, you fucking insensitive cunt!!!!

Re:Working in the Navy

[Sponge Bath]

[Comic operetta music]

Stewie: "I'm the greatest captain of the Queen's navy."
Sailors: "And your record will stand as proof."
Stewie: "Be it galley or a freighter, I'm an expert navigator."
Sailors: "And you're also a world-class poof."
Stewie: "My manner, quite effete, is mistaken on the street. For a sailor who can pirouette on cue. Well, despite your point of view, I can thrill a girl or two... But I'd rather get it on with you."

Re:My office neighbor...

[Anonymous Coward]

My office neighbor gets scary when he is having trouble figuring something out on his computer. He swears and bangs the table and it makes me scared. I don't think his behavior is helping anyone :-(

I'm banging on my computer and swearing because I'm unit-testing this PIECE OF SHIT code you checked in, YOU FUCKING MORON!

Re:It is called open communication

[XdevXnull]

If I could say "fucking insensitive cunt" at school, I would be soooo happy...