Re: OT: Profanity in the workplace

[John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com>]

> But I worked as the lone female engineer in an R&D lab for a long time, and
> cursing is par for the course when you've been debugging hardware for 10
> hours straight and stuff blows up or doesn't work.

I think this is toward the core of why I have a problem with those who
"hijack" a conversation to state their indignation about a word they
object to.

It immediatly changes the direction and tone of the conversation from
the subject at hand to the new subject.

You can be rolling along, making progress on a topic, have everyone in
the mind-space and clicking along, and in the heat of the momemt,
someone utters the word "XXXX" (whatever).

Don't say anything and everyone stays on the subject. Take the
"initiative" to expres how you feel about that word (like you are the
word-police to begin with) and BAM! there goes the train of thought.

If you object to something someone said, after the meeting, approach
them in private and explain your position. If they have a problem with
what you are discussing, escalate it. All you did at the moment it
happened is put them on the defensive and state that you feel yourself
as morally superiior.


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NYMetro STC President
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