I don’t use that kind of language especially in a business environment. It’s one thing to be hanging on a tower with guys that speak that way on a daily basis it’s quite another to be in a conference room or meeting a client and have someone using that kind of language. If I was making a decision between two vendors and everything else being equal, that sort of thing would help me make my choice because I wouldn’t wanna be around it During future transactions. Sort of seems like they’re setting the tone for all future conversations. I agree it’s much more common but it used to be and maybe I’m an old fart now , But it just doesn’t seem professional
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 24, 2020, at 10:15, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > > I don’t think it is now or has ever been appropriate for a sales rep to use > that kind of language. Other language like racial and ethnic jokes may have > changed over time, but it’s just plain stupid for a sales person to use > offensive language. > > Trying to set language standards for a video blogger however is probably > expecting too much. > > I have not noticed that millennials have thinner skins than the general > population. I can think of a 73 year old politician who seems very thin > skinned. And there are billionaire entrepreneurs who are surprised that > calling someone a “pedo guy” is considered defamatory. Yes, there are > millennials with thin skin, and her name is Karen. > > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2020 9:54 AM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: [AFMUG] OT business decorum > > Had a vendor make a visit to my company a while back and during the visit he > was dropping the F bomb left and right. I would have thought he would have > toned it down as my wife was in the meeting. After he left I told a > manufacturer’s rep about it and he contacted the guys boss and the next thing > I know the guy is apologizing. Was not trying to cause him problems as work, > just asking for a sanity check. > > I have been in probably thousands of board and business meetings over the > years, and don’t recall anyone ever being gratuitous in the use of the F > word. I do recall one of the big bosses at Harris Broadcast in Quincy Il > complaining about their director of sales being too salty for high end > businesses meetings. > > Then yesterday I was taken to task by a video blogger which had done a pretty > good job in his Tesla review except for the F bomb every other sentence. I > told him it was about as welcome as a fart in an elevator. He thinks I am > too old to have a valid opinion. I guess he is one of those thin skinned > millennials... > > TV shows it all the time, but I don’t think it is common in the business > world. Perhaps Utah is in a bubble? > >
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