Cans Etiquette. One of the biggest can of worms in existance. The ideal cans etiquette would be to not say anything you wouldn't be prepared to say to every member of the cast (ie keep it to "LX1 Go", "Chookers", "Lovely entrance", "Geeze that girl has a voice" etc). That said, it never happens that way.
My work has a large male percentage (ie the only female works in the office as secretary) and conversations over cans can get quite... indecent. For some reason, a lot of men, when they put on their headsets decide they can voice their inner monologue safely - and when a lot of men voice said monologue the testosterone flows. Scenario: There is a camera man on cans who knows everyone working the shift. The other people working the shift are in the bio each with a cue monitor showing the camera feed. Nothing much is happening. What does the camera do - it goes looking for T&A. Cans conversation follows. It's rude, indecent, and objectifies women - and I am against that, however I will not deny I my guilt in the matter (after all, we do have people like Miss World Australia at the events)
We deal with corporate events, as well as things like weddings, engagements, school breakup parties etc. So in addition to an overabundance of testosterone, we spend a lot of our time bagging the clients over cans - often for good reason (if you think some directors are pains in the rear end, try dealing with people who run charities, and expect the world for next to nothing), and generally, it does not come back to bite you in the rear. But occasionally, it has.
And if you think the "If three women were put on an island, two would go away and bitch about the third" stereotype is true... Males are MUCH worse.
Thankfully, cans etiquette is such that what is said on cans, stays on cans. It does not excuse the behaviour of people on cans, but it does help to keep the working relationship between people cool and collected.
Appologies for rambling.