Or maybe because the incredible prudery that is deemed "politically correct" nowadays (at least over there on the wrong side of the Pond) is just fucking ridiculous?

Hey, these are just a couple of guesses; maybe you know better how incwedibly FENFITIVE your poow widdle cufty-wuftomerf are...

...but personally, if someone couldn't take an error message like "can't get my zip(per) up", I'd take PRIDE in not doing business with the fucker.

[Edit: Corrected case in "Subject:" line.]