what's by the book about finding cause for offense in JRR Tolkien? Way too much of that stuff going around.
Dana On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:09:02 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm the opposite. > > People who go "by the book", even when that flies in the face of common > sense, annoy me quite a bit more than those who are a bit more easy going > and interperative of company directives. > > > > > I am sympathetic to this man. Granted he didn't handle it very well, > > but I think his intent was to follow best practices and do the best job > > he can. Having worked with various people, I prefer to work with > > someone that is too by the book then less by the book. The by the book > > people are generally more predictable and it takes little to assuage them. > > > > The things I'm not sympathetic to though are a) jumping to conclusions > > about something he didn't know and b) the rude manner in which he tried > > to resolve a non issue. > > > > Perhaps you can show him the error of his ways over some beers and > > cocktail shrimps. Of course he picks up the tab. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144169 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
