He apologized quickly, promised he wouldn't do it again, and he didn't.
You know, most of my cursers are women. And sometimes I don't call them on it, 'cause I'm too busy laughing!
Had a customer call me once with a gnarly software issue. We'd been working on it for some time, without success, when I found a possible solution and told her about it, warning her it was risky. She said, "Oh, let's try it for s***s and giggles."
I had never heard that term before (I am sheltered), and I laughed out loud!
On the other hand ... had a woman respond "WTF cares?" to a pertinent question I asked. I warned her about her language. She replied, "What ...? F***? That's not cursing!"
"It is where I come from."
LOL! I agree :) Your description reminds me of a time when a coworker in the office down the hall loudly combined the name of the Lord with that particular curse word, so loud you could hear it several aisles down. I just about got up and punched him out right there in the office, but I restrained myself on the grounds that Jesus probably wouldn't want me putting the guy in the hospital in His name. That really rubbed me the wrong way, though--there is no excuse for doing that in the workplace.