Workplace profanity reflects popular culture, the bad manners of some public figures, and an increasingly casual workplace environment, said Michael Alter, President of SurePayroll.

SurePayroll公司总裁迈克尔·奥尔特表示，在工作场所说粗话反映了一种流行文化，也反映出一些公众人物谈吐缺乏教养，以及工作场合气氛越来越随便。

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In this world view, genes are all, so Michael Jackson was still black even though he tried to alter his appearance.

这样看来，基因就是全部，所以Michael Jackson即使试图改变自己的肤色也依然是个黑人。

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Extracting lessons from foul-ups is the focal point of Michael Alter's "Best New Mistake" awards at SurePayroll, a payroll-services company in Glenview, Ill.

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Michael Alter, founder and president of SurePayroll, a Chicago-based payroll firm, says that since the recession at least two or three payroll firms a year have been convicted of tax scams.

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Another possible drawback: In some cases, crowd-sourced workers assigned to short tasks aren't likely to feel any real engagement with a business, says Michael Alter, the president of Chicago-based small-business payroll firm SurePayroll.

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