Foul or offensive language?

[steve-in-kville]

I think there are a lot of variables. If there are women and children around would be one of them...

The idea that women and children ought to be protected from hearing cursing and swearing intrigues me. Somehow it seems to imply that men can "handle" foul language better than women and children. Can they?

Let's get back on topic

To that end, I know some ladies that can make a sailor blush....

[Grace]

I think there are a lot of variables. If there are women and children around would be one of them...

The idea that women and children ought to be protected from hearing cursing and swearing intrigues me. Somehow it seems to imply that men can "handle" foul language better than women and children. Can they?

Let's get back on topic

To that end, I know some ladies that can make a sailor blush....

One thing I have observed over the years, is that the presence of a modestly dressed veiled woman is a strong deterrent against foul and offensive language in other people.

[steve-in-kville]

One thing I have observed over the years, is that the presence of a modestly dressed veiled woman is a strong deterrent against foul and offensive language in other people.

My workplace lunchroom has gotten much better since we have more female employees using it. The night shift however... different story

[RZehr]

The idea that women and children ought to be protected from hearing cursing and swearing intrigues me. Somehow it seems to imply that men can "handle" foul language better than women and children. Can they?

Let's get back on topic

To that end, I know some ladies that can make a sailor blush....

One thing I have observed over the years, is that the presence of a modestly dressed veiled woman is a strong deterrent against foul and offensive language in other people.

Yes. I could share a story.

[Josh]

Some modestly dressed, veiled women have also told me it didn’t make much of a difference, particularly when working around the same people every day.

[ohio jones]

Years ago while working for a residential designer, I was doing a project for a contractor I hadn't met before. He stopped by the office to discuss progress. I knew he was a Mennonite; he didn't know me at all. His language was rather peppery, in contrast to other contractors we worked with (of unknown faith or none at all) who were capable of maintaining some measure of decorum at least most of the time. I don't think I met him again, nor did I particularly want to.

[justme]

Years ago while working for a residential designer, I was doing a project for a contractor I hadn't met before. He stopped by the office to discuss progress. I knew he was a Mennonite; he didn't know me at all. His language was rather peppery, in contrast to other contractors we worked with (of unknown faith or none at all) who were capable of maintaining some measure of decorum at least most of the time. I don't think I met him again, nor did I particularly want to.

i had the same type of experience.
in all my years of ems, the person who was the worst was a mennonite kid who had recently left the church.

[Ken]

Years ago while working for a residential designer, I was doing a project for a contractor I hadn't met before. He stopped by the office to discuss progress. I knew he was a Mennonite; he didn't know me at all. His language was rather peppery, in contrast to other contractors we worked with (of unknown faith or none at all) who were capable of maintaining some measure of decorum at least most of the time. I don't think I met him again, nor did I particularly want to.

i had the same type of experience.
in all my years of ems, the person who was the worst was a mennonite kid who had recently left the church.

The "saltiest," most vulgar, and most racist employer I have ever had in 40 years of working many different jobs was an old Mennonite farmer from Kansas who owned and ran the combining crew I worked on one summer in college. He had a special affection for the n-word.

[steve-in-kville]

He had a special affection for the n-word.

I can believe that. Back in my woodshop days, my coworkers often referred to all spanish people as "porkies".

[RZehr]

Couple stories from this week.

Monday night I was at an charity event of a few hundred people where the speaker was the CEO of the multi billion dollar publicly traded company. He has been referred to as having the "Foulest mouth on Wall Street" in the media. My wife and I sat down, and he sees us and comes over. He tells the whole crowd that he has some "no swearing" people in the front, and so he will try to watch his language. At one point in the speech, he pauses, glances at us, and says how someone was a real "S.O.B.". Then he smiles at us, and says "See, I'm trying!" This was in reference to his using the letters instead of saying the actual words that they stood for. We were the only Mennonites there. There is a back story to this. We attended last year, and the same CEO was on stage, and saw us, and asked my wife if it was okay if he used some bad language. In front of hundreds of people, she told him that he couldn't.

Yesterday, a co-worker asked me about a fishing trip I went on Thursday. He asked if the well known fishing guide told any dirty stories. I said no. My co-worker was surprised, and shared that he had went fishing with the same guide, and the guide wasn't too bad, because the guide thought that my co-worker was a Mennonite. My co-worker said that when the guide learned that he was not a Mennonite, the language became worse.