You laugh :) this was actually a major point of contention at a software shop where I worked once; that I really really wanted to use Eudora not Outlook. I was told that I had no option because quote, we are a team, and besides we can share files that way endquote.
A month or two after I left (in part over this) the Iloveyou virus came out; I very politiely emailed the prevention steps to the company postmaster about three hours into the first day the virus was out and spent the rest of the week laughing myself silly :) Sometimes the last word is very sweet. Dana Matthew P. Smith writes: > >>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
