Boss told me off for exclaiming Jesus Christ

[GloMum]

The other day my boss told me off for exclaiming Jesus Christ when I was surprised during a work meeting. Boss told me it’s rude towards people from different religions and asked me if I’d done my DEI training. I have, and I enjoy friendships with colleagues from varied backgrounds. I feel really stressed now in case I slip again, and embarrassed I should be told off.

YABU - This is an inappropriate exclamation at work
YANBU - It’s just an exclamation and you shouldn’t be told off for that.

Thanks - seems very tenuous!

I had no idea MN was awash with pious do-gooders who can’t get to grips with the vernacular of the country they live in.

Absolutely .

No it's not for most of us.

Oh FFS. The analogous question would be if someone said your mother's name

It's just a name. Saying jesus Christ as an exclamation is an invocation, not a fucking swear.

The thing is, unless it's offensive, a word or phrase it doesn't have the gravitas to make a point.

If the OP has said "jelly babies!" they wouldn't have felt they were communicating the same level of surprise.

It's not discriminatory. But I would not like a member of my team to use any form of expletive in a work meeting. Not professional. On a night out, in a social setting-fine. Not at work.

Stop reading the daily mail comments section.

Please do not trust me as an arbiter of anything.

That was my interpretation, I am sure there will be others. 😁

You can not like it all you want. You have no basis to say anything to anyone who works with you though, and you'd want to be careful.

@SerendipityJane There may be others but yet no one has come forward. Honestly I am not religious at all so it completely passes me by.

I keep asking in complete good faith why people feel it offensive. The exact, specific reason. Not just ‘it’s offensive’ or ‘it’s discriminatory ’. Not a single person on here who has said it is offensive has given me a detailed reason as to why that is the case.

"Bad form" would have been a much better observation.

Which is why I suggested upthread a far better intervention was merely to say that all exclamations should really be controlled. If someone else can hear it who isn't meant to then it's a bit rum.

That wouldn't eliminate the case where a single person was being addressed and they felt it offensive. But it would certainly reduce the risk of the sort of frothing this thread has generated.

That's a ridiculous. All exclamations should be controlled? What nannyish stupidity is this?

I don't know, my colleagues seem to be more offended when I call them cunts.

As a Christian, I wouldn't want to hear that either.

Why?

Of course it’s offensive. It’s literally used to be offensive.

Just choose a swear word that doesn’t insult other’s beliefs next time.

You’d never say a Hindu deity or Muslim prophet name like this.

Of course it’s offensive. It’s literally used to be offensive.

Not usually, no.

Well it should be. If you love Jesus and take his word seriously.

It’s unprofessional in a work meeting, the same way swearing would be. It’s not appropriate language in a formal
setting and is blasphemy to Christians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_the_other_cheek

I’m getting bored of asking this but specifically and with detail - how does it insult your personal beliefs? How does it affect your relationship with god hearing someone else use the words?

I'd object to the "Guys" bit.

I would never use that as an expletive at work. That's totally inappropriate.