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To think this was disgraceful?

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solooddbod · 06/10/2024 12:26

Yesterday while queuing in a supermarket behind me two grandparents were with their grown up daughter and small Granddaughter around 6 . Every other word was the F word in front of the child and the grandmother answered her phone and was becoming more irate calling whoever it was on the end of the line a C* repeatedly. In front of her Granddaughter ! I was just cringing inside and thankful I didn't have my Grandchildren with me as they were not the sort of people you could politely ask to moderate their language.

I think it's disgusting to use that sort of language in public and especially in front of small ones . Ok , I appreciate we can all slip up occasionally, I've done it myself , but you could tell this was part of their normal everyday conversation. When did it become the norm to use the C word so casually and in front of small children? It just made my stomach churn 🤢🤮

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kittensinthekitchen · 06/10/2024 18:19

MissRoseDurward · 06/10/2024 15:13

If you're asking people whether they want fucking cheese or fucking ham in their cunt of a sandwich, what do you say when you're genuinely outraged/upset/frustrated?

I once had this conversation with someone I knew. She said she had worked with young people in the past, and it was a real problem. Because they used up all their swear words in everyday speech, they had no vocabulary left to express anger or frustration, so aggression was often the first resort.

The fuck?

I only get so many swear words before they are used up? Well, that's a shitter.
Thank goodness for the expertise of your acquaintance that has worked with young people in the past. I'll change my ways immediately.

MissRoseDurward · 06/10/2024 18:34

I only get so many swear words before they are used up? Well, that's a shitter.
Thank goodness for the expertise of your acquaintance that has worked with young people in the past. I'll change my ways immediately.

Don't be fatuous. And don't sneer at my friend, who you know nothing about. You know perfectly well what she, and I, meant.

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