Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
: I have been watching programs that chronicle the real lives of people working and receiving care in the ER. The staff often use vulgar language with one another, sometimes in front of patients who may or may not be conscious enough to hear them.
What does etiquette say about governing your speech around visitors to your workplace, where using vulgarities is acceptable? Does it matter if the visitor may or may not be able understand what’s being said?: Morality may find such behavior equally reprehensible in private, but Etiquette only objects to comments made in the presence of the patient.
I guess I’m just more sensitive than most, because I felt guilty the rest of the day. I couldn’t figure out why I got such a response. I avoided her the rest of that day, and the next.That would explain your co-worker’s behavior, though Miss Manners does not believe it would excuse it -- any more than your mistake’s not being fatal would excuse your omitting the apology.
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