Rude Australians

The Courier-Mail has an article how Australian workers were less offended by swearing than workers in other countries such as the US and UK. From the article:

Swearing was the issue that most divides Australians from their international business colleagues. A quarter of Australians say it is perfectly acceptable to swear while doing business, while almost all of the English and Americans surveyed found it deeply offensive.

Given that nearly ten percent of the Australian workforce is overseas as part of the diaspora, I wonder how much cultural clashing that causes even within the anglospheric nations where business and social culture are assumed to be similar. Anecdote du jour; I know I swear more than most of the people I work with, more so, the quality of word I drop, in terms of offensive, is also often consistently higher.
John Barrdear: Anecdotal as well, but I've had similar experiences here in London. The British - especially white-collar workers - become extremely awkward in the presence of more colourful language
cam: Yeh, I had one issue where I suggested to someone that they email me saying, "Stop being such an asshole." They said no, that is a horrible way to deal with it, but from my point of view I would find that totally inoffensive and it would make me laugh and then ask why/how/where I had been an asshole. I guess I should handle things differently, or make HR train Americans to be culturally sensitive to Australians - after all Australians are an extreme minority in the US.
ranomatic: I had a large amount of trouble today over offensive language in an email one of my team members sent to a customer. There was quite a fuss. He isn't Australian, he's from North Carolina, but he does have a good command of the colorful English language.
adam: I've never noticed. You guys must work with a bunch of softcocks :)

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