Is swearing enough to get you sacked?

mountainofdebt

My boss often does an impression of Father Jack - always apologies after it though!

Roobarb73

As others have said it would depend on the context. If you worked on a building site for example and stuff like "pass me that f-ing brick" etc was deemed to be sort of normal language then it would be unlikely.

However if you directed your swearing at someone in a form of personal attack then it is more likely to be taken seriously, and again maybe more so in a context where there could be members of the public/clients etc who could have heard it.

Context and how your employer views swearing in the workplace is key really! Although I have to say someone at my husband's work called him very pointedly a c**t and she was only disciplined, not sacked (sadly)

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Sucker_for_sweeties

HotLegs wrote: »

Dippy I got arrested for swearing :rotfl:

Like they say,depends on the context.

Wouldn't you say ?
(I really miss shruggy shoulders, I must be bad:o)

PennyPincher_L

haha... nice.. well thats just a bit odd question.. ofcourse you would..

PennyPincher_L

by the way my colleague was arrested too.. really bad story