Casual swearing in office

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Colleague just randomly shouted “you bitch” at their computer. Aibu to think this isn’t really appropriate?

Is it a closed office? Can customers/ members of the public hear?
It doesn’t create a nice office environment when people shout and get angry.
I’d probably just say ‘what, me?’ and ignore the temper tantrum

Oh lord you would hate my office!

Was their computer upset by this? Did their computer put in a complaint?

Nope we wouldn't be allowed to swear like that in the office

But then I'm
NHS/ social care

If it offends you have a word with your manager who will ask her to tone down language

Lol fair enough. It was a male colleague btw. I’ve always found that word a bit aggressive when used by men to refer to women

I appreciate other offices and work environments might be different but aggressive language and swearing in our office (unless someone has just dropped a heavy item in their foot!) really isn't ok

It's either a professional environment or it's not

I think "you bitch" is NSFW and pretty unprofessional. I would be nipping it in the bud if one of my team did that.

Oh that's really not ok. Sorry but a male worker shouting out ' you bitch' will never be ok

You wouldn't want to be near our printer then.

I’m actually surprised people are justifying this 😂

some people like myself wouldn’t bat an eyelid. Unfortunately I’m a casual swearer too.
Others wouldn’t be ok, and if you’re not let them know.

Jeez, NHS admin and we swear a lot worse than that and often.

I'm a hard core swearer and would not consider "bitch" swearing. However, it's an unpleasant word and a male shouting it out in a shared environment is totally inappropriate

I’m fine with fuck, even cunt (also used today!) but to describe a man by another man, anything else I’m genuinely fine with. But bitch just made me uncomfortable. It felt so needlessly aggressive and targeted?

Non-personalised, non-discriminatory swearing would not be loved in an office but could be accepted if it is not aimed at anyone (shit, fuck, bollocks, bugger) However, ‘You Bitch’ suggests otherwise and suggests it is aimed at someone/something. This is unacceptable.

NHS admin here, I called my computer a 'useless wankshaft' because it wasn't doing what I wanted.

But then my colleague once told me I had a 'fanny like an empty headlock' so it's pretty usual here :)

I'm sure there will lots of PPs and MNers that will regale us with lots of sweary words they and others say in the office

I'm a manager in NHs/ social care
None of my previous managers would have been happy nor would I be witnessed a man calls his computer a bitch or anyone using C you next Tuesday word or anything like that
Nor am I happy to hear other swearing . Not in the office nor phone calls nor in clinic

Unless it's a knee jerk response to hurting yourself accidentally, then nope ..not what happens in a professional environment

I don't like 'butch' either. There's something I find very nasty about the word. But at a computer I wouldn't have a problem

It depends on the culture of the office where you work. I've heard far, far worse in my current workplace. In past workplaces any type of swearing was frowned upon.

Fuck sake... obviously meant 'bitch' and my phone doesn't like it either so changed it to butch

You’re all adults I presume and it’s a private office with no customers. It’s not even that bad of a swear word and was obviously born out of frustration of technology and wasn’t directed at a person. I wouldn’t give a shit and I find it a bit weird/old fashioned anyone would have an issue.

I’ve got a mouth like a docker’s navvy. Today, I probably said fuck about 20 times, damn & bugger about the same. However, it wasn’t directed at anyone - more that something went wrong, and I responded ‘oh fuck fuck damn, bugger and fuck’. (Or something along those lines…)
i wouldn’t say it to a client, customer, student.
but, even my mother (and late granny) gave up on chiding je for my potty mouth.

I'm a nurse. Swearing is mandatory when not patient facing

Sorry I don’t mean to drop feed but I presumed it was directed at an email or person popping up on the screen? Why would you call a computer a bitch?

Hmm I’m not old fashioned just the only female in an office of self declared alpha females and sometimes the sweating verges on aggressive