Wouldn't write that now

Approximately 30 years ago, the conductor of a youth orchestra in which I played asked the bassists not to play a short passage in a piece.  Instead of just crossing out the passage he mentioned, I penciled in, for good measure, "No damned bass!"  I don't remember if I was in a bad mood or just feeling punchy that day.  To any professional musicians who may have used that score later and had to erase that excessively profane reminder, my apologies.  Please know that I wouldn't do that today.