Professionalism

Most of the people I work with I consider to be professionals. I work in a white-collar field with people that, for the most part, conduct themselves with professionalism and dignity.

Most.

One particular person that I don't often see in person (because he works on a different continent) is an enigma to me. Let me state up front that he's brilliant. He has no formal training in Computer Science, yet he's an incredibly good software engineer. He knows his stuff and his results speak for themselves.

But this guy has a MOUTH on him. Whoa!

Edited excerpt from a work-related chat today:

Me: (I explain the error message I'm seeing)

Him: f***ity f***ing f*** f*** f***
Him: that's f***ing retarded
Him: don't know what I was thinking

No, he didn't use asterisks.

When I have worked directly with him in the past (I got to spend a whole week with him in October), it's a never-ending stream of this profanity. If I were writing a review of the week for screenit.com, I'd rate "Profanity" as "Extreme." It would read something like "At least 169 "f" words, 63 "s" words (27 used with "house"), etc."

I just have to shake my head. I'm sure he doesn't even realize it. These words have become such a part of his language that he doesn't even realize that it might be considered profane.

I'm just glad I don't have to deal with him more often. Not that I don't like working with him, because without him, I'd have a much more difficult time doing my job. It would just be much better if EVERYTHING were kept on a more professional level.