F*** him, too.

Um, Mr. Man, swearing is part of every industry. In every profession profanity is prominent, whether it be muttered under one's breath or said out right. The latter does nothing for either party--the instigator and the recipient--and in fact it could worsen any given situation. In such a heated (so to speak) environment as a kitchen, I find it especially crucial to keep one's temper. And people like Gordon Ramsay, whose gotten a lot of recent press for filial negligence and profanity, who throw around four-letter words like prepositions really in effect get less respect than those who prefer to handle a situation maturely. In Ruhlman's Soul of a Chef Thomas Keller admitted to having quite a temper in the French Laundry's earlier days, and later came to realize it got him nowhere. It just made both parties angrier. He has come to control his rage and keep it in check, and the restaurant runs much more smoothly. Still, Ramsay is sticking to his belief that profanity is "essential" in this industry.