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The Independent
6 days ago
- Health
- The Independent
Chef who launched swear-laden rant at colleague paid £13,000 after incident blamed on anxiety
A junior chef who unleashed a profanity-laden tirade in front of spa guests has been awarded over £13,000 after a tribunal concluded her outburst was triggered by anxiety. Abbie Garner was fired after she was overheard shouting 'you f***ing made me love you then you cheated on me, you c***' to a colleague. However, a tribunal ruled the outburst was linked to her disabilities, which included anxiety and depression. She has since been awarded £13,455.91, with £11,000 designated to reflect "the injury to the claimant's feelings as a result of the discrimination found." The incident occurred in front of guests near the spa reception at the four-star Thorpe Hall Hotel and Spa in Peterborough on 9 August 2023. It was sparked by a personal argument with a fellow chef she had been in a relationship with, the tribunal heard. Complaints were made to reception and the chef was called in for a disciplinary. During the disciplinary she gave abrupt responses and asked whether her ex-partner would also be punished. Notes from the hearing recorded her saying: 'I have apologised – what else do you want?' The tribunal ruled that she was disabled under the Equality Act and said her inability to control her anger 'arose in consequence of her disability'. It said: 'The claimant is disabled by virtue of anxiety, depression, and polycystic ovary syndrome. 'The claimant relies on her conduct on August 9, the incident, and August 18, her abrupt responses in the disciplinary meeting, as things arising from her disability. 'Namely an inability to regulate her mood or control her anger due to her disabilities.' It added that Ms Garner 'was put at a substantial disadvantage compared to someone without her disability'. Employment Judge C Lewis concluded the hotel failed in its duty to make reasonable adjustments by not seeking medical evidence before dismissing her. 'We are satisfied that it would have been a reasonable adjustment for the respondent to have sought medical evidence,' the tribunal said. 'We find that there was a reasonable prospect this could have led to a different outcome.' The judge found her 'continued employment posed a risk to the respondent's reputation' – but said this did not justify failing to properly consider whether her conduct was linked to her mental health.
Telegraph
26-05-2025
- General
- Telegraph
Britain is world's second most potty-mouthed nation
Data show that Americans use profanity for 0.036 per cent of all words, 44 per cent more often than Britons do, with a rate of 0.025 per cent. However, Australians, known for a wide acceptance of swear words as normal parlance, came only third, at 0.022 per cent. 'Some may find it disappointing, but the research found the United States and Great Britain ranked ahead of Australia in terms of using vulgar language online,' said Dr Martin Schweinberger, the Australian study author. 'One possible explanation is that Australians are more conservative when they write online but not so much when they are face to face. Australians really see vulgarity, swearing and slang as part of our culture – we're very invested in it.' 'Vulgarity very sparingly' Bangladesh, Ghana, Tanzania and Hong Kong were found to be the most polite, with less than 0.01 per cent of all words studied being classified as swearing. However, the study also found that while the overall use of swear words is less than one in 4,500 on average, they are found almost everywhere at least once. In the UK, for example, one in 10 web pages studied contained at least one form of swear word. 'This finding is quite notable, as it suggests that while people use vulgarity very sparingly, the use of vulgar elements in language is highly common with speakers being aware of the discursive functions that the use of vulgarity fulfils,' the study authors wrote. Analysis also found that the US is the biggest proponent of the f-word, with it coming into use more than 80 times per million. Britons were again second, at 60 uses per million words. The study also found unique variants of swear words that were more popular in some countries than others. 'Deep national attachment' For example, the misspelt version of the f-word used in Ireland was found to be used 10 times as often as expected, making it the curse used the most often of any nationality. They add: 'The present results, while confirming high rates of vulgarity in Australian web data, do not support the view that the role of colloquialisation in Australian English is stronger in Australian English compared to British and American English. 'In fact, the United States, often associated with protestant puritanism, Christian fervour and prudishness, shows the highest rates of vulgarity in online discourse, followed by Great Britain.' Australians might well be disheartened when they discover that they are not the top users of profanity among English-speaking countries. 'Their deep national attachment to the vernacular dates back to the original mix of slang, dialect and underworld jargon that gave rise to Australian English — fuelled by anti-authoritarian sentiment, the colloquial part of the language expanded to become the feature that best distinguished the established citizen (or old chum) from the stranger (or new chum). 'Australia's love of vulgarity, and swear words in particular, is very evident in the offline public life of these words.' The scientists argue that it is possible Australians speak more swear words than they write, so the extent of their oral bad language may not be seen in the study. The study was published in the journal Lingua.
Telegraph
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Telegraph
Watch: Tyrrell Hatton spits at driver as ‘C-word' controversy goes viral
Tyrrell Hatton will almost certainly be fined for his latest tantrum that has landed him in a 'C' word controversy. It will not help Hatton's cause that his astonishing outburst was heard live on US national TV and was in the process of going viral on social media. Having started on the 10th, Hatton had advanced to within one shot of the lead when he reached the 18th tee. But then the LIV rebel's progress was suddenly derailed and, as it does, his temperament boiled over into the ugly. He pulled his tee shot into the creek on the 18th and let forth. He pulled the driver to his head, spat at it and seemingly said: 'Piece of s--- c---.' He was asked after his second-round 73 about the profanity and what he said exactly. 'You tell me,' he replied. 'Well, either way, it wasn't my finest moment on the course. But I mean, yeah, running hot in the moment. I'm pretty good at sometimes saying the wrong thing. So yeah. I'll leave it at that.' Hatton went on to make a triple bogey on the 18th, and carded a two-over 73 to sit one under for the tournament. He is not the first player driven to distraction and infraction by the 'Green Mile', the nickname for the final three holes here at Quail Hollow. On the first day, the field was a combined 85 under for the trio of holes from the 13th to 15th. For the Green Mile, the field was 171 over. The finish should provide an exciting finale on Sunday evening, although the networks will pray for no repeat of Hatton's X-rated scene. Alas, this was merely standard for Hatton. At the DP World Tour Championship in November he was sanctioned. After missing a short birdie putt in Dubai, he shouted, 'f--- you, f-----g s-- greens' before banging his putter down on the green. Hatton misses a putt from a foot! 😲 We've all been there 😅 — Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf) November 16, 2024 A DP World Tour spokesperson later revealed that he would be punished: 'Tyrrell Hatton's behaviour breached the DP World Tour's code of conduct within the members' general regulations and he will be fined as a result.' Hatton's short fuse is renowned, but even by his standards his reaction to pushing his approach on the par-five 14th at the Earth Course in Dubai was beyond the pale. The 33-year-old forced his nine-iron into the turf, ensuring that it was beyond repair and in the commentary booth, Sky Sports lead commentator Ewen Murray had seen enough. 'Oh no, no, no... it's time for change I'm afraid, that's a terrible influence on the next generation,' Murray said. 'I'm sorry to say it, I'm his biggest supporter as a golfer, but just have a look at this. Why? Why would you do that?' "Why would you do that?" Tyrrell Hatton snaps his club after a bad iron shot 😬 — Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf) November 16, 2024 The incident left a stench, with Paul McGinley, the 2014 Ryder Cup captain, also declaring that Hatton must quickly alter his conduct. 'Tyrrell is not the bad guy he comes across here,' he said. 'All of us who know him behind the scenes know a different Tyrrell to what we see on the course. His behaviour is not acceptable and I think tonight when he cools down and his team, his wife have words with him, there will be a lot of humble pie. 'He will know, like a lot of people who have any kind of issues in their life, that you almost hit rock bottom before you decide I've got to do something about this. I think this could be a day when he may well realise that he's got to a level where this is not acceptable. He has to have more respect for the game and his fellow competitors. As tough as it is to watch, imagine the playing partners having to play with him and listen to him the whole way round. I think Tyrrell will realise that it is time to change, I hope he does.' Hatton has become well accustomed to sending in cheques to the disciplinarians. When asked last year how much he had been forced to pay out in terms of punishment he replied: 'How much I've been fined? I think you'd actually be shocked.' Quail Hollow... a literal snake pit? There was another fright on the course after former champion Shaun Micheel shrugged off an unwelcome encounter with a snake on the fairway. Micheel, who lifted the Wanamaker Trophy in 2003, was pacing off the distance of his third shot on the 10th hole, when he came across a snake crossing the fairway on the par five. A HUGE snake disrupts play at the PGA Championship! 😲🐍 — Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf) May 16, 2025 Micheel was happy to give the snake a wide berth before a tournament volunteer stepped and used his foot to help usher the reptile out of the way and into the rough. Out-of-town spectators were worried, but were assured by a local marshal 'that is a good snake'. 'It's a black king and they do not attack humans,' he said. 'They are useful to have around as they kill the bad snakes. They are immune to the venom of cobras and those lot and just choke them out. They're good dudes and are common in these parts.' After hitting his third shot to 12 feet, Micheel converted the birdie putt and also picked up another shot on the 11th as he battled to make the halfway cut in the US PGA for the first time since 2011. The 56-year-old won his sole major title at Oak Hill, beating Chad Campbell by two shots after a birdie on the 72nd hole. He also finished second in the same event at Medinah in 2006, five shots behind Tiger Woods.
Wall Street Journal
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Our Swear Words Have Lost Their Shock Value
Regarding Dr. Robert C. Hamilton's op-ed 'Guess Who's Cussing at Dinner' (May 6): I am continuing to fight my lost-cause battle against F bombs. Mr. Mason, my ninth-grade English teacher many years ago, bemoaned what he then observed to be the increasing use of profanity. He summed up the issue neatly: 'Profanity is ignorance made audible.' Kurt O'Keefe
