Originally Posted by
Itsajob
My complaint isn’t with a bracelet, or the intended purpose, it was simply with the FU. I’ll be the first to laugh at a dirty joke or otherwise crude humor, but blatant or implied profanity in a professional setting was not the right way to express our frustration.
Originally Posted by
oldmako
Oh, but it was OK when they took the effin' high road as they lied to us, played us against the other employee groups to pressure us, used the courts to bamboozle us, cheat us, steal from us and then turn right back around and sue us?
Fed Up.
These two posts inadvertently sum up why this type of behavior doesn’t work..
The public use of profanity is still considered a sign of limited intelligence and loss of control; not something anyone wants to see in their (sky god) pilots. Perception and reality are often at odds.
Frustration is an emotion, which is typically not useful in negotiations. Creating frustration is useful in trying to manipulate a group to follow one path or another.
When I was training my sons the art of debate or fighting, I explained that “when you lose your cool or your temper..you lose.”
On the other hand, the corporation will not use either..publicly. They are very businesslike, using the law, courts and sometimes public mis information campaigns to attain their goal. It works, and they are generally viewed as superior by the general public not aligned with any interested organization. Their success becomes a source of frustration for those they are negotiating against.
In the end, the public use of profanity or displays of emotion doesn’t achieve a goal of success in negotiations, it diminishes the standing of those using it...kinda like a little boy in short pants demanding a candy bar from his mom in the store.
The company is not your mom.