As someone who coaches IT people on the importance of words and vocabulary -- and how important it is to make our brains stop and think and try to take things people say in the best possible manner, let me try to look at this from an outsider's perspective: The human resources office in my state agency has turned over 100% since the last time I needed HR assistance. On Friday I met one of the new employees and felt like several red flags were raised in the process. So let me try to play... um... angel's advocate? This feels like she wanted to engage, realized she made a sour face and didn't know how to say, "Well, I root, root, root for the Cubbies." Seems pretty harmless. This was her response, instead of saying, "Yeah, it's a bit crazy, and it's been complete chaos." She said, "Yeah, and the new boss is way worse than the old boss." Again, comes off as someone who doesn't have a whole lot of social know-how. Again, seems to stem from a lack of ability to tone down the language. A bit more of a red flag, but still not overly horrible. All those things combined though, makes them sound like someone who is not happy with their job, and might not be long for the position.