Is swearing at work a good thing?
Your office is a civil place. Your co-workers regularly excuse themselves and step out of the way when passing one another in the hallway. Sensible, yet stylish, outfits from Ann Taylor and Calvin Klein are the norm, and it seems that at any moment someone will break out the tea service and cucumber sandwiches. The modern office is an extremely polite place, especially among large corporations. But occasionally a situation arises where even the most well-bred employee feels the need to break the genteel silence with a really dirty expletive. Based on a new study by researchers at Great Britain’s University of East Anglia, employees should feel free to go right ahead and let it rip. The study examined both the prevalence and effect of swearing in the work place. What researchers Yehuda Baruch and
