Interesting point. And I agree by the way. Whatever you think of the war in Iraq, it is not within that soldier's power to stop it, and he is making a routine non-political business enquiry which should have been met with a courteous non-political answer.
In fact, the ideal response to this email should have been "How many do you need? If it's within out means, we'd like to donate them," Think of the goodwill that would have generated. Actually, this email should be shown to any CIO/CEO who thinks of customer service as a cost center. On 1/19/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the person that wrote it is an idiot. > (S)he is an idiot for the statement. An idiot for not realizing that the > soldier hasn;t a lot of choice. And an idiot for using the company's email > to make that statement. > I think the company of the person that wrote it are idiots for employing > him.her. (since (s)he is not enough of a professional not to get the company > in hot water). > > So on a personal level, I dislike the action. > > But, I always try to learn something from other people who are on fire. > > So, the question I asked is: Could this happen to me. Could this happen to > my company. What would happen to me if this happened to my company. Right > back to the selfish, I always come. > > So, with that in mind, our company should create a "Stupid Email" disaster > recovery plan. Which I am now suggesting in an email I am typing, using this > and a true disaster plan we executed for our New Orleans paper as examples. > > > > > > > On 1/19/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > By the time they figure it out, it will probably be too late. > > > > .... > > > > Companies just have not yet grasped the speed of these Internets. Your > > reputation can be trashed in a day or two of non-response. > > > > For me, this is a lesson to be taken seriously. > > > > .... > > > > Not much argument there. But that is a different reason to be ashamed > > then the one that I formed from the connotation of your first e-mail. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225229 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
