Ben, you are always able to make me laugh. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:31 am Subject: RE: What should I do?
> Don't insult Muppets! > > In my opinion, you should pick some grouping of which he is the > only member > present -- it doesn't even have to be rational -- and each time he > sayssomething offensive say something equally offensive and > spurious about his > group. > > Like: > People who wear white shirts to work are simply expressing an > innate hatred > of those of different races. > > Or better yet: > People who use the Dvorak keyboard scheme claim that they are > improvingperformance, but their real goal is to form an artificial > niche for them > based on their one useless skill: typing on a Dvorak keyboard. > > The wierder and more pointless and stupid the better. Drive him nuts. > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Mark Smyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 3:46 AM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: RE: What should I do? > : > : > : get a pair of headphones? > : > : everytime he starts spouting, switch on some Jimi or maybe > : something heavier > : > : He will probably find that rude, which will help you and he will > probably: carry on talking to himself, which will be amusing. > : > : Even if he doesn't, you get to listen to some good tunes and > don't have to > : listen to the muppet > : > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Matthew P. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: 13 March 2003 06:46 > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: RE: What should I do? > : > : > : >>he recommended to our boss that we switch to MS Access for all our > : development, because it can make charts. > : > : Heehee, that made me giggle for some reason. ;) > : > : Seriously, though, I can kind of understand. With the brains > that you > : encounter in the "coder" world, you also get a generous > sprinkling of > : eccentricity here and there, that doesn't always translate in a good > : way. Some super smart people don't quite have the people skills > many of > : us take for granted. I would hate that you had to quit because > of an > : uncomfortable environment, but if you've had all you can... > : > : But you've got a house, loans, etc, so if you can make it, go > for it. > : Sucks though... > : > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Kwang Suh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:19 AM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: Re: What should I do? > : > : > : I'm not trying to make a statement. I find this person to be so > : offensive that I don't think I can handle it anymore. To give > you an > : idea of this guy's thinking processes, he recommended to our > boss that > : we switch to MS Access for all our development, because it can make > : charts. He's supposed to be a "solutions" architect. My co- > worker had > : to beg to the boss not to do this (yes, our boss was actually > : considering the recommendation seriously). > : > : Like the idea about the keyboard. Will have to file that one. > : > : > Well, personally I see no need to screw yourself over financially > : > simply to make a statement that will seemingly fall on deaf ears > : > anyway. > : > > : > If you get no satisfaction from official channels try staying late > : > some late and crazy-gluing his space bar down. I'm pretty > sure that > : > you won't here any political rants that day. > : > > : > Personally I'm an atheist... We make our own Karma. ;^) > : > > : > Jim Davis > : > > : > > : > > : > > : > : > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
