Is using the expression "Where in hell...?" giving someone a cursing?

I’m not offended by it’s use, it’s pretty low key as far as “cursing” is concerned. But it is something said in anger, even low level anger, but anger none the less.

To that extent, as a customer service rep she probably has guidelines for disconnecting a situation.

Depending on ho you phrase things, it can be considered to be cursing someone to hell. That’s one of those things on how it is received, not how it is meant.

You should have responded with “May your children grow tumors on their eyeballs.”
And no, it is not a curse. The above is a curse.

I don’t consider hell a cuss word and it would take a lot more than that to offend me. I live in the Bible Belt, too. Some people are offended by everything. I cuss quite often, and “hell” is one I’d use in front of my mother without feeling uncomfortable. Same with “ass.”

I’m not sure I’ve ever heard “where in hell” before, though. It’s usually “where the hell” or “what the hell.” I guess I’ve heard things like, “where in the Sam hell are you?”...whatever that means.

I was once on the phone with an attorney that represented the Plaintiff in one of our lawsuits (I’m a legal assistant) and was trying to locate something my attorney lost at a deposition. This guy used both shit and fuck in this 2-minute conversation. It didn’t offend me, but it did shock me. Those are words I usually don’t hear during work conversations. He also answered the phone, ”[His name] in the house!” and occasionally cusses in emails as well. Professional? No. Offensive? Not to me.

F**k no! What Shitforbrains Asshole would have their head so far up their butt that the oxygen supply was cut off to that lump of catcrap they call a brain and cause them to imagine that they have been so goddam insulted?

@rojo At least you didn’t say head up their ass. GA for tact.

hey @ibstubro! Saw something on the web just now and it immediately brought this question to mind.

It said:

“HEY AUTOCORRECT: Quit changing my curse words you mother-forklift!”

This is the same rep that I told:
“I just very politely listened to you. Now you need to give me a chance to reply without interrupting me. That infuriates worse than anything, and if you continue to do I, I am going to become furious.”
She interrupted me the next sentence. Guess what? I became furious. Hence letting the word “Hell” slip into the conversation.

My insurance agent and his staff do the same thing. Fortunately, I only talk to them maybe twice a year, or I would have changed agents by now. I know we all do it on occasion, but I’m saying talking over my every single sentence.

Hells bells. Not at all. People like that have a bad case of retinal assholeitus. There retina nerves are attached to their rectum nerves and they get a shitty outlook on life.