Swearing and inappropriate language in meeting AIBU

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AIBU to have attended a meeting with fuck, fucking, fuckers, etc? I know we need to let off steam though.

Well YANBU to have attended.....

Sorry are you asking if it’s ok to swear or were you in company who were swearing? I guess it depends on your company.

I love to swear but only do it if certain of my audience, as I would hate to offend!

Depends on a million things.

I told my boss to fuck off the other day. He laughed.

Sorry didn’t phrase that well ... AIBU to think it’s not appropriate or am I being a bit uptight?

Have you just met them or known them a long time?

Would be fine where I work, and with probably 60% of our clients. Really depends on your working atmosphere.

I love a bit of swearing. Makes me relax around people.

So YAFBU

It depends on your office environment, I used to work in the private sector in a kind of corporate sales type role and in some smaller companies this was fine and usual in team meetings. I now work in the public sector and have for a long while it's absolutely not ok, and people would get fired. If it's a planning meeting with just me and my direct counterpart we swear, but we've known each other a very long time and get on very well personally/socially and are both a bit sweary outside of work, if anyone else is present absolutely not.

Not at all acceptable imo

I swear a lot but I know my audience. I don’t swear during committees or with the CEO. My boss is COO and we both swear like sailors.

Totally depends on the environment, I swear all day at work, NHS office. We're all sweary Mary's

Wouldn’t fly where I work

I work in engineering. Fuck, fucking, fuck this, fuck that, fuck it, fuck you and fuck's sake tend to start or finish all sentences, statements and questions, especially in meetings.
We're successful, intelligent and productive. Fucking liberty.

Well I guess it depends on whether the fuckers really fucked the fuck up?

There is a lot of swearing where I work, a lot a lot a lot.

I swear all day at work, NHS office

What about “old maggot legs”?

Nope, not in meetings.
Maybe in informal planning stuff /brain storming groups but not in more normal meetings.
And we do swear at work (at pc mostly!)
Especially now when we are all online and who knows if they have kids in earshot of the pc!

Fuck, Fucking and Fuckers Ltd sounds like a stand up company.

Totally depends on the situation and your relationship with the attendees. I’ve thrown in a fucking hell when particularly exacerbated talking to my close circle at work but wouldn’t in a meeting with others?

@BubblyBarbara

I swear all day at work, NHS office

What about “old maggot legs”?

I didn't know maggot was a swear word

Pretty normal here, I work in construction and the fuckers fucking swear like fuck about every fucking little thing. Fucking fuckers. Our meetings are very fucking entertaining

It's your own fault for not bringing smelling salts. Can you loosen your corset a little to avoid a swoon?

@BubblyBarbara

I swear all day at work, NHS office

What about “old maggot legs”?

😂😂😂 NHS lost my respect a long time ago!

I don't swear at work. Right now, though, I'm wfh, but I do make sure I don't swear on Zoom/Teams calls. So long as my colleagues can't hear me, I swear if I want to.

No I have never been in a meating where this is exceptable and I wouldn,t feal comfortable in one where it was.