It's and indicator of respect of those around you... & usually comes
down from how you were raised. Someone that is going to use that word
around people you are not closely familiar with isn't going to try and
understand anyone else in the meeting, excepting their superiors ( which
the customer is supposed to be )...
On 4/24/20 8:20 AM, Craig House wrote:
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
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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.
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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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