My office gave up swearing for lent...

[TallBill]

I just wish they werrent pricks and force me to do it too. I dont give a crap about lent.. i dont even know what it is.. so why should i have to follow along. Btw, if someone does swear, they have to put a quarter into a jar in the office. My job gets pretty damn stressful, so its very tough to not swear.

 

[dpk777]

i gave up swearing in the 7th grade...

swearing is overrated.

 

[TallBill]

ok... well they consider a lot of words swearing... i said damnit 3 times in about 30 seconds.... it could be costing me about 5 bucks a day or more... and i have no desire to stop completely...

 

[spanky]

a lot of times... it just comes out naturally... especially "WTF?!"... thats pretty much a reflex now

 

[amnesiac]

That must surely violate SOME sort of workplace law. I'd sue.
In the meantime, I'll swear double for you, buddy! F**K them! Goddam b@stards making you put a stupid F-ing quarter in the f-ing jar. Screw that! A-holes.

 

[Kadarin]

Your office gave up swearing for lent? F*ck yeah! That's some f*cking awesome sh*t! I think as a society, we all swear to goddamned much and it gets in the f*cking way of good manners.

BTW: For those who don't know, "lent" is another one of those f*cking useless religious "holy months" like Islam's Ramadan.

 

[spanky]

thanx for the info Astaroth33. i had no idea WTF that meant

 

[amnesiac]

For those still wondering WTH lent is all about, it's the 40 days before Easter where one is supposed to fast and abstain from certain foods. I don't know anyone who follows that. However, one of the salutary customs is to give up something one enjoys for Lent, be it smoking, alcohol, drugs, sugar, etc.. I don't see how swearing fits into that. It's BS.

 

[TallBill]

im gonna give up gay sex for lent then....

 

[spanky]

<< im gonna give up gay sex for lent then.... >>



so after lent is over.............. ewwwwwww

 

[TallBill]

rofl.. obviously u missed that joke

 

[chiwawa626]

lol ur office is full of a buncha religious lovely human pussys...tell them to grow up and cuss like a mofo.
why do they care if other people cuss? why not just make the fvckin rule for ur own self? Thats like, yeah people in my office are celebrating ramadan, well i guess no sex for anyone at the office..thats a .25 cents every time u have office sex ....(worth it ? maby) but anyways tell em to fvck off.



<< lol ur office is full of a buncha religious lovely human pussys... >>



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[TallBill]

well i cant really tell em to fvck off... it'll cost me 25 cents.. plus.. im the youngest employee by almost 20 years of age.. im the newest employee, and the lowest employee

 

[The Dancing Peacock]

If you had been there a while, then make an issue of it, but if it's less than a year, you're f-cked man I think it's gotta be against some statute of some sort, unless your office has a policy against disruptive behavior like that anyway... If it really does bug you, talk to HR.

 

[menderchuck]

start using words like "ascertain" a lot.... use it until it becomes annoying as hell.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Either get another job, try discussing religion and stuff with them, or live with it.

Or take a tape with a lot of cursing on it, put it in a hidden place in the building somewhere, hooked up to the com system, and put it on continuous play. Let's see how long it will take them to tear the place apart

 

[ChrichtonsGirl]

[Nelson]Haha[/Nelson]

Your office has been Ned "Goshdarndiddlydoo" Flander-ized.

Just start using Flanderisms and I bet within a week, they'll be begging you to swear again.

 

[Apollyon]

Start talking like Ned Flanders, they'll beg you to curse.

 

[ATLien247]

You want to know what I gave up for Lent? I gave up giving up things for Lent...

Seriously, though... if you work in the public sector, you should probably make a stink about this. But if you're in the private sector, you're screwed!

 

[Kerouactivist]

that is bullshit

 

[Nitemare]

WTF?

tell em lent is against your religion and then tell the to go Fck themselves

 

[docmanhattan]

i agree with dpk777. swearing is overrated.

...but that doesn't mean you can't raid the quarter jar and hit the vernding machines.

 

[Viper GTS]

Show up with two rolls of quarters & make the most of the event.

Viper GTS

 

[DnetMHZ]

we tried a swear jar once at my old job for about a week but a few of us nearly had to deposit our paychecks directly into the jar

DnetMHZ

 

[pyonir]

i gave up not doing stuff for lent. so now i am going to drink, smoke, and swear up a storm. That sucks though bob...i know i WOULDN'T be able to handle that. sometimes you just need to yell out WTF!