To expect shop assistants not to swear on the shop floor?

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Went to Tesco today where a shop asistant was loudly teling a colleague that she was 'Fed off' and had '...enough the fing management in this f*ing place'.

Is that acceptable in a crowded supermarket?

No , it's not - I agree with you.

well no not really.......but the she is working for Tesco and probably detests them as much as the rest of us do

No, not acceptable.

The language isn't appropriate, but furthermore it's unprofessional to complain about your job in earshot of customers.

I have heard shelf stackers swearing a few times in Tesco. Never in any other supermarket.

Winds me up aswell. The assistants in the Poundshop were doing it when I was in there, but the snob in me thought "Well, what do you expect....?"
Don't want to hear it though, esp if ds is with me.

Not acceptable.
I ahd teh misfortune to pop into a Spar on a really rough estate
The tw girls there were really effing and jeffing and as i had my kids with me asked them ' to mind their language'
They just gave me the LOOK and carried on.
I asked to speak to the manager
'I am THE manager' one of them replied.
God help us all

agree with FAQ
would probably do it too if i worked for them

Of course it's not OK - doesn't matter where they work, really. They should either put up or shut up.

If I had the kids with me I would tell them to stop swearing, and then depending on the kind of mood I was in (ie PMT/no PMT) I would either move on and forget about it, or go to customer services and ask to speak to their manager

I did, many years ago, but I managed to reserve my swearing for the staff canteen.