Well said... -----Original Message----- From: Hurd, Richard [SLCUS] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] The Cries of the Clueless
Taking off my moderator hat for a minute, and speaking as a list subscriber... I've been following the cries for help from the clueless "new to EDI" people and also the responses that we've offered. (Myself included, so don't think I'm assuming a sanctimonious attitude or anything like that.) On a visceral level, it feels good to taunt the clueless, especially because "we all know" that they just got an engagement from Accenture or Wipro or some other firm to do "EDIs" for a client at a tenth of our salary and another one of us is now looking for work because of this. But are we really sure? Remember that old saw, "On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog?" (Am I dating myself?) Is this too many questions for one paragraph? :) However, to be serious for a moment I'm wondering whether or not responses like what we're giving are putting the readership of EDI-L in, shall we say, a less complimentary light than before. We are doing the equivalent of poking fun at the village idiot. Remember, this sword cuts both ways; your next gig may be from a communication that you make on EDI-L, or it may be broken by a "dogpile" that you participate in on EDI-L. How can you be sure? And is this the brush you want to be painted with? I invite everyone who is reading this, and who reads the next Srinivas' or Sathya's pleas for help, and do one of two things: * Emulate Mr. Douglas' measured, thoughtful and entirely appropriate reply -- for my part, I plan on copying this back to any individual who uses the "speed talk" method of gentle speech; or * A stony silence. Art, your reply is genius and I would like permission to add it (with attribution) to the welcome message for EDI-L - not that anyone reads it or anything. :) Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age, but the verbal barbs are making me a tad uncomfortable. Any thoughts? Rich Hurd IM Technology Lead, SAP (Mercury) Integration/Portal Development Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies North American Consumer IM 908-874-1523 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
