http://www.techdarkside.com/on-telling-people-they-suck Struggles of a Self-Taught Coder Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.techdarkside.com/on-telling-people-they-suck/comment-page-1#comment-113 Information Technology Dark Side » Blog Archive » The Forbidden Phrases Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:40:24 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/?p=23#comment-113 [...] Heck no. I’ve heard these words used at all levels of organizations I’ve worked in. I appreciate the organizations that discourage the use of profanity in general, because I don’t like it (especcially the eff bomb). I also prefer an environment where it’s generally okay to say that something sucks - like when the hard drive on your laptop dies at the worst possible time, I want to be able to say “Man, this sucks!”. And, as a general rule, I’ve found that I can. Of course, most places aren’t very tolerant of saying “Man, you suck,” as I’ve already acknowledged. [...] [...] Heck no. I’ve heard these words used at all levels of organizations I’ve worked in. I appreciate the organizations that discourage the use of profanity in general, because I don’t like it (especcially the eff bomb). I also prefer an environment where it’s generally okay to say that something sucks – like when the hard drive on your laptop dies at the worst possible time, I want to be able to say “Man, this sucks!”. And, as a general rule, I’ve found that I can. Of course, most places aren’t very tolerant of saying “Man, you suck,” as I’ve already acknowledged. [...]

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