Memo to all Latin employees

Memo to all Latin employees

Several visitors to our office have brought to our attention that our Spanish-speaking employees commonly use offensive language. Such behavior, in addition to violating firm practices, is highly unprofessional, offensive both to visitors and employees, and will not be tolerated.

Therefore, we have decided to implement a series of rules in our office and would expect them to be applied. It is expected that ALL employees immediately adhere to these rules:

1- Words like coño, carajo, pinga, cojones and other such expressions will not be used for emphasis, no matter how heated the discussion may get.

2- Non important matters should not be addressed to as "pendejadas" or "mariconerias".

3- You will not say "la cago" when someone makes a mistake, or "se cago en su madre" if you see someone being reprimended. All forms and derivatives of the word "cagar" are inappropriate in our environment.

4- Lack of determination will not be referred to as "falta de cojones" or "mariconerias", nor will a person with lack of initiative be referred to as "pendejo, mamao, comemierda or comepinga".

5- No Manager or Supervisor, under any circumstances, will be referred to as "zangano", "hijue puta", "ese cabron", "bola de fana" or "ese maricon".

6- When a good proposal is presented, the term "esto esta de pinga" or "empingao" must not be used.

7- Unusual or creative brainstorming meetings will not be referred to as "pajas mentales".

8- Do not say "como jode" if a person is persistent, or "se jodio" if somebody is going through a difficult situation. Furthermore, you must not say "que jodienda", or "esto esta del coño e' su madre" when matters become complicated in your line of work.

9- When asking someone to leave you alone, you should not say "vete pa'l carajo", nor will you substitute "que carajo quieres" for the customary "may I help you?".

10-When leaving the office, using the term "me voy pa'l carajo" is not proper.

11-When any office equipment fails, it must be reported as it broke down, not "se descojono", or "se jodio la mierda esta".

12- When attempting to use any defective equipment and something goes wrong, you break a nail or the paper gets stuck, you may not say "ay repinga" nor "ay recojone"

13-Last but not least, after reading this memo, please do not say "me voy a limpiar el culo con esto". Just keep it clean and file properly.


Until next time....
Management