Frequent swearing can suggest anything from immaturity to chronic anger or a simple lack of professionalism, she says, and yet 51% of workers said they use profanelanguage in the office.
Pernetti's conduct has been the subject of widespread scrutiny in the days since Rice was fired Wednesday after video footage released by ESPN showed him grabbing, shoving and kicking players during practice sessions and berating them with profanelanguage, including gay slurs.