well, catch-22...if you don't reply at all, you'd end up getting people posting stuff like, "i tried contacting the founder of the conference but he couldn't even be bothered to offer a response" :)
i don't envy the position you were in. separating yourself from the face that is representing something else (in this case, your conference...but it could be a company, a group of people (friends/co-workers) or even your family) isn't an easy thing to do. we all hear the mantra "the customer is always right"...but that's BS :) the truth is "you have to make the customer think they're always right". and *that* is a pain in the ass. btw, just to clarify, i know you never called the guy a "fag" or even used the term (not that i know of, at least). i was just saying that, when broken down, that's essentially what your response seemed to be (which doesn't do much for making the customer think they're right) :) in spite of the shitstorm, i hope the conference goes great. successful conferences bode well for CF, which in turn bodes well for us all. On 10/19/06, Russ Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are absolutely correct, I should never have responded, a lesson learnt > there, don't reply to complaints or it might get twisted and put online. > I am sorry that I did not act more professional, I know I should have done, > but as they kept emailing me back and getting more abusive and then I found > out they have put it online, I just lost my rag. > What has been put online is a completely twisted and fabricated version of > the truth ( and ha snow been taken now). > I did not call the guy a fag, I simply came to the conclusion that his issue > with the girls was because he was gay as that is how his email read to me, > and he didn't actually bother to correct me, just started on me for making an > assumption, but did not say I was wrong. > He and his wife then turned it into a gay discussion, and convenietly left > out a lot of their emails from the threa dthey posted on their site, and just > posted snippets of mine. > If I had received a number of complaints from people on the subject I would > have cancelled the tequila girls. But no-one else has had a problem with it, > and everyone else (apart from the firends of the people who made the post) > has said they think its a great bit of entertainment and not sexist at all. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217970 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
