closed incorrectly, predators, burnt food, unwashed dishes, lack of water, heat, cold, motor vehicles in general...

These are few of my cussing-at things...

grumpy clients, farriers in a bad mood, task done badly or wrong, short handed on staff, the weather (lots of swearing at the weather this year)....

Yup, we all swear - clients too - every day.

Pretty normal on a working ranch or farm.

The Seven Stages of Aging on Horseback

Stage I: Fall off pony. Bounce. Laugh. Climb back on. Repeat.

Stage 2: Fall off horse. Run after horse, cussing. Climb back on by shimmying up horse’s neck. Ride until sundown.

Stage 3: Fall off horse. Use sleeve of shirt to stanch bleeding. Have friend help you get back on horse. Take two

Advil and apply ice packs when you get home. Ride next day.

Stage 4: Fall off horse. Refuse advice to call ambulance; drive self to urgent care clinic. Entertain nursing staff with

tales of previous daredevil stunts on horseback. Back to riding before cast comes off.

Stage 5: Fall off horse. Temporarily forget name of horse and name of husband. Flirt shamelessly with paramedics

when they arrive. Spend week in hospital while titanium pins are screwed in place. Start riding again before doctor

gives official okay.

Stage 6: Fall off horse. Fail to see any humor when hunky paramedic says, “You again?” Gain firsthand knowledge of

advances in medical technology thanks to stint in ICU. Convince self that permanent limp isn’t that noticeable. Promise

husband you’ll give up riding. One week later purchase older, slower, shorter horse.

Stage 7: Slip off horse. Relieved when artificial joints and implanted medical devices seem unaffected. Tell husband

that scrapes and bruises are due to gardening accident. Pretend you don’t see husband roll his eyes and mutter as he

walks away. Give apple to horse.

but if I weren't there, probably none

It is an extremely professional, almost stuffy, atmosphere. I have heard cussing a time or two, and each time I've been shocked. And I've only heard attorneys cuss. I've never heard it from any member of the staff (except myself, under my breath).

It's when I work up through Italian, German, Turkish and Russian that it's getting bad.

i work in a call center and we can't have someone on the other end of the phone hearing that.

it was an entirely different story, however, back when i worked in the newsroom

Or not enough depending on what is going on.

Nothing like a good cuss word if needed.

I used to cuss more but have cut back a little.

What the hell, I cuss if needed.

The faculty room can get a little "blue" occasionally.

I do most of the swearing, I think. Sometimes I look just like that cartoon! LOL

In the engineering firm I worked for, there was none in meetings or in groups. I know that there was some behind closed office doors -- I know because I was one of them. But generally, the place was very professional and polite. I was in the legal department.

When I worked in the car business, it was omnipresent.

that can get fairly salty. Also in the breakroom cadence and rhythm flows naturally.

.... They can't stop me from an essentially nonstoP internal dialogue ....

If someone isn't dropping an f bomb every other sentence you suspect there is a problem.

I can say whatever I want as loudly as I want, though I don't see the point.