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Cuss words
October 18, 2007Sports Editor Nick Gholson and I have had a blast today, probably the most co-worker friendly day we've ever spent together.
And maybe that's cuz we've cussed at each other all day long.
I've called him mothertrucker, a son of a biscuit and a piece of shitake mushroom.
He told me to go to hello and kiss his ascot.
(Needless to say, we used the real words, but this is a pseudo family-friendly blog.)
Mine and Nick's newfound cussword frivolity is all thanks to a new study that came out today that said allowing staff to swear at work can benefit them and their employers.
I'm not making this up.
You probably read the story somewhere on the Internet today. Apparently researchers at the University of East Anglia -- apparently a real school in the United Kingdom -- looked at the use of expletives and swearing in the workplace from a management point of view.
According to one published article about the research, "The study found regular use of profanity to express and reinforce solidarity among staff, enabling them to express their feelings, such as frustration, and develop social relationships."
Fudge yeah!
The results of the study are published in the current issue of the Leadership and Organization Development Journal.
Yehuda Baruch, professor of management at the UEA-based Norwich Business School said in one article, "We hope that this study will serve not only to acknowledge the part that swearing plays in our work and our lives but also to indicate that leaders sometimes need to 'think differently' and be open to intriguing ideas."
I don't see our publisher adopting these lax rules anytime soon, though.
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