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Some people are very sensitive to certain words. I remember there was one time during a certain company all hands, where one guy said something along the lines
by omoikane 3y ago
Some people are very sensitive to certain words.
I remember there was one time during a certain company all hands, where one guy said something along the lines of "employees violating these policies will be terminated." And then the person next to him immediately jumped in and said "fired." There was some puzzled look from the first person.
This happened a few minutes later when the first person said "terminated" again, and the second person again followed up with "fired". The original speaker now understood what's happening: "I meant to say their employment will be terminated, I don't mean we were going to kill them or anything."
I don't think I heard the word terminated used after that.
- nicbou 3y agoThis is because you terminate employment, hopefully not people. Services do get shut down. It's the correct term. As a non-native speaker writing for non-native speakers, I use idioms, expressions and euphemisms very sparsely. They obscure the message and increase the mental burden on users. This is fine when you want to entertain your readers, but not when you want to communicate important information clearly.