People have reacted negatively when we include any strong “effing and jeffing”, as my grandmother used to put it.
As I get older (I’m 40) it certainly makes me cringe a bit.
I wonder what the pros and cons are of a sweary brand.
Maybe that’s why this particular event series has a swear word in its name. That is going against the grain too.
In the case of Fuckup Nights, to me it feels like it is just inviting friendly banter. To share something that's generally seen as shameful requires us to let our guard down and be less serious about ourselves.
2) I think they're carving out signing up for this from your work account... you should sign up for it from your personal account. Also, if you're that conservative about it, you're probably not the audience for participation or attending.
3) Loosen up, get radically honest, have a laugh.
I try to keep it clean for professional discussions. Definitely customer facing, but still mostly so for internal discussion.
Probably a lot of people curse under their breath at work during problem triage. Thus, it comes off to me as being more legitimate being sweary.
It's weird to make a list of words that are banned simply because they succintly convey honest strong emotions.
But some companies won't hire because of lower class accents (like what historically has occurred in the UK.), so it's not surprising that people have disqualifiers around language that signal status outside of the persons merit and work.
The policy seems arbitrary and in need of first principle justification, it seems like this word policing has an external agenda/root cause that is seperate from being passionate about solving a companies core problem.
It needs a proper defense in the face of research indicating it has a net positive impact.