Saturday, January 19, 2008

Failure to Communicate (Without Swearing)

The work week almost passed without me cursing at work. Sadly, I blew it. After my colleague and I were treated rudely during a conference call in which we requested some basic information, I accidentally said something bad.

"I don't know why she had to be so nasty," Colleague sighed as he hung up the phone.

"It's because everyone who works there is a fucking asshole," I replied without thinking. It just came out. I cringed. "Oh, sorry about that. I probably should watch what I say."

"Well, it's true," he nodded. (And he's right - this particular organization has a reputation for being conceited and obnoxious.)

"Damn, I almost made it through the whole week without cursing at work," I laughed.

"I'm probably just rubbing off on you," Colleague apologized, which was pretty much the funniest thing anyone has said to me this week.

Later, I called someone a shithead. It felt good to be myself.

3 comments:

  1. Penn & Teller Bullshit did a piece once on cursing. It was great. I wonder if it is on Youtube or Google?

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  2. Damn, Suzanne! I had higher hopes for you getting through the week without using any fucking swear words.

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  3. Humph. And you looked like such a Puritanical young lady.

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