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Sep 17, 2014
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JONBOY
had a female audit manager that would use the f-bomb every other sentence
in front of the client too. She was also a former miss VA and her looks probably made the partners gloss over her language
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Those of you that work in the corporate world outside of the LDS bubble...
yorksama
9/17/14 1:35pm
Very common. Depends on the audience in any given setting
BlackBart
9/17/14 1:36pm
Very common.
vacougfan
9/17/14 1:37pm
Very blankety-blank-blank common.
UneducatedFan
9/17/14 1:38pm
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Dread Pirate Westley
9/17/14 2:02pm
It depends on the person you are interacting with but I would say I usually
Mikey
9/17/14 1:38pm
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Tyler
9/17/14 1:41pm
unfortunately all the time and when you don't join in
OU Cougar
9/17/14 1:39pm
I don't agree with this
Sea Chicken
9/17/14 1:41pm
Yes and no. My LDS boss told me that I should swear more to show passion at work
CougsOrDeath
9/17/14 2:16pm
Dumb! You can be passionate without swearing. My brother once told off
ByuImaginesDragons
9/17/14 9:10pm
I fully agree.
CougsOrDeath
9/18/14 9:24am
Huh? Are you a professional teenager.
Byron McNertney
9/17/14 1:42pm
worse...a lawyer
OU Cougar
9/17/14 1:45pm
RE: worse...a lawyer
CATXCoug
9/17/14 1:47pm
Agreed- lawyers speaking with other lawyers- some lang. is almost mandatory.
SwampCougar
9/17/14 2:13pm
Just started working at my first job in DC and hear it once an hour at least...
coug almighty
9/17/14 1:39pm
my friend non lds was chief of staff to an lds congressman who said no cussing
OU Cougar
9/17/14 1:43pm
I had a friend that told the same story
Sea Chicken
9/17/14 1:48pm
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kunarcougar
9/17/14 2:00pm
It's very common. I started my career at the Church. It was a bit of a cultural
hessrp
9/17/14 1:39pm
At least 1 f-bomb when I attend global sales meeting. 2-3 other.
refunder
9/17/14 1:39pm
I work in SLC area for a company that people think of as an "LDS" type business
CougsOrDeath
9/17/14 1:40pm
Essential oils???
Mister P
9/17/14 1:41pm
Haha, good guess. I work for a company that is discussed on here frequently
CougsOrDeath
9/17/14 2:15pm
Same.
BYUtka
9/17/14 1:53pm
Very common
Biyamiti
9/17/14 1:40pm
I've known high level execs who cuss like stevedores, but most try to keep it
Byron McNertney
9/17/14 1:40pm
very common
nashty
9/17/14 1:40pm
Common, but infrequent and mostly PG/PG-13 in nature
Indy Coug
9/17/14 1:40pm
it's common.
Mayor of Cougartown
9/17/14 1:40pm
Extremely uncommon.
Illegal Jimmergrant
9/17/14 1:41pm
In my office, inside the "bubble" it is very common.
fredgarvin
9/17/14 1:41pm
My boss is a very conservative, etiquette aware partner, but I hear him
UNLVcougar
9/17/14 1:41pm
Very common.
Ackman
9/17/14 1:41pm
We have a strict no swearing policy
2FarGone
9/17/14 1:41pm
I work in law - not corporate, but close - and, yeah, it's constant.
jayriggity
9/17/14 1:41pm
Didn't hear it a lot in 10 years in Tennessee....
Hawk in the 303
9/17/14 1:42pm
Its very common here in the bubble so I'd assume its common outside
joehayes
9/17/14 1:43pm
sorry, what is swearing again? (I live in "the bubble")
Garn
9/17/14 1:43pm
I heard way more cussing by active LDS in utah than non-mbrs outside utah.
ToasterChive
9/17/14 1:43pm
My CEO drops F-Bombs all the time, even in front of the whole company
workindev
9/17/14 1:44pm
I certainly think it's unprofessional...
CATXCoug
9/17/14 1:45pm
I'm in the bay area, it's not all the time in my division, but it's definitely
flavordave
9/17/14 1:45pm
happens 15-20 times per day.
thebruce
9/17/14 1:48pm
Very common. Phoenix AZ fortune 500 type company.
Thrill
9/17/14 1:50pm
One large, multi-billion company that I worked for in a previous professional
buzzard
9/17/14 1:51pm
Every other bleeping word in the military....some units it's every third word.
Cougar2000
9/17/14 1:55pm
Fairly infrequent in my board room
maizecoug
9/17/14 1:55pm
Watch The Wolf if Wall Street...that gives a fairly accurate of the work place
kotacoug
9/17/14 2:01pm
I worked in Davis County with mostly non-members in a setting where you'd think
CrackerJack
9/17/14 2:01pm
Depends on your org
cougarblue
9/17/14 2:02pm
I work in a law firm and swearing is constant. I like salty language, so it
CDV
9/17/14 2:02pm
Never in a conference or large meeting. But often in private, informal meetings.
garyfan
9/17/14 2:04pm
Very common
SoCalCoug
9/17/14 2:04pm
had a female audit manager that would use the f-bomb every other sentence
JONBOY
9/17/14 2:05pm
What ever happened to this former miss VA....
coug almighty
9/17/14 2:11pm
Reminds me of George Costanza:
monteburns
9/17/14 2:12pm
Swearing: The Great Equalizer
badodo
9/17/14 2:12pm
Very common, I hear pretty much every word you could ever imagine
JOPE
9/17/14 2:16pm
Everywhere that I have worked
HiLife
9/17/14 2:17pm
I have heard it very rarely in professional jobs. If I do hear it, is is
Banjo Blues
9/17/14 2:23pm
I have never heard a single F bomb in a meeting working for Domino's, Wal-mart
JAGA97
9/17/14 2:25pm
Has become more common, unfortunately.
Solomon Levi
9/17/14 2:26pm
No just common, more like constant
citizen16
9/17/14 2:50pm
My atheist, scientist, highly educated best friend rarely uses the f-word and
ByuImaginesDragons
9/17/14 9:17pm
Every day, all day. Not too often w/ the directors though
ocmyhome
9/17/14 4:09pm
My consulting firm's c-suite drops F-bombs quite frequently, especially on calls
P-Widdy
9/17/14 4:26pm
Sounds like your wife has lived a very sheltered life
SBJ
9/17/14 5:23pm
And that's not a bad thing at all.
Dread Pirate Westley
9/17/14 6:57pm
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