{"id":1232,"date":"2012-10-15T01:14:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T06:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2012-10-04T08:21:02","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T13:21:02","slug":"passion-and-profanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2012\/10\/passion-and-profanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion and Profanity"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n

Profanity is not <\/em>an indication of passion. There are many other explanations for it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a recent meeting, a colleagues let loose a stream of profanity. A moment later he said, “Please excuse my passion.”<\/p>\n

Sigh.<\/p>\n

Here we go. Profanity is not an expression of passion. I know plenty of passionate people who don’t utter profane phrases.<\/p>\n

Some causes of profanity:<\/p>\n

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  1. ignorance of the English language<\/li>\n
  2. fatigue<\/li>\n
  3. duress<\/li>\n
  4. misjudging the audience<\/li>\n
  5. anger<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I go with number 2 most of the time. People are simply tired. Their minds aren’t working well, so they cannot find the words they need to express themselves adequately.<\/p>\n

    Response? Stop the meeting. Take a break. Let people rest and eat for a few moments. If a person is so tired that they can’t speak in polite language, they are probably too tired to accomplish any work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    by Dwayne Phillips Profanity is not an indication of passion. There are many other explanations for it. In a recent meeting, a colleagues let loose a stream of profanity. A moment later he said, “Please excuse my passion.” Sigh. Here we go. Profanity is not an expression of passion. I know plenty of passionate people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,32,9],"tags":[203,154,132],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breathe","category-communication","category-management","tag-breathe","tag-communication","tag-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1233,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions\/1233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}