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when you hear someone take the Lord's name in vain?    I have a question.At work today, a rep asked another supervisor for a certain product code.   That code was "G. D."   He told her the code, and then I was joking around more to him than to her and said "Here's your G. D.  product code!"   (I said G.  D., not the actual words.)    And she got WICKED pissed!   She was sooooo offended!  I apologized but she kept going on and on so finally I walked away.So, if you're someone who gets offended when others take the Lord's name in vain, would that have offended you?   Be honest, I won't get mad. 

well yeah I do and I could see where the joking around was IMPLYING  what could be taken and Gods name in vainedited to say...I wouldnt  kill ya or go off the deep end...maybe said shame on you!

I can see that too........I was very sincere when I apologized to her.....the first five times or so.   After that, I felt like she was being a bit overbearing about it. 

She needs to lighten up!I would have probably said the same joke as you - warped sense of humor I guess!

well I think 5x way like 4 too many...You did plenty now she needs to let go

Oh man, I would be in big trouble in that place. 

Umm . . . she needs to lighten up.Oh, by the way, I'll let you know when I ship your G.D. package.

You GD better. 

i would've taken it in the context it was meant for..a joke. lol i probably would have had the over the top surprised face though and followed you with a "you're going to hell!" lol but then i have a warped sense of humor and don't worry about much. sorry

GOOD DAY to you too!

LOL Wendy!

You are going to go straight to hell you know.

now that making baby Jesus cry thing is really bad!

I don't use language like that, but I hear it.  I try to just ignore it.    I always ignore it if the person using it is not talking to me.   If people use it in speaking to me, I generally just pretend they didn't.  If it were to get excessive, I'd simply ask them to refrain from that expression during our conversation.  But I've never had to do that.

I would have taken it the way you intended it, as a joke. Geez, Deloris!  LOL

So Kathy, if I somehow perceived that I offended you and apologized, you'd have been a human about it?   Novel!

Oh, yeah.  Absolutely.  would have put it all out of my head..........  

Well, for Pete's sake---I'm sure the Good Lord forgave you WAY before she did! Is she His keeper, or something?See, people like that need to chill the eff out.   I would've taken it in the context that you meant it, too. 

We don't use language like that either, but I would have thought this was funny.  Kind of like a....what's the word....like irony?  I also wouldn't have apologized profusely because super-sensitive people like to see you grovel.

It's kinda like "you can take all the dam pictures you want", referring to a hydroelectric dam tour.  It makes me , but, I would chuckle, too.  You didn't say in anger.