Mladen Well, from the manager's point of view it probably seems like "challenging your knowledge", but that isn't my usual reaction. Just ask my boss. But my point is that when the secretary misunderstood you, your reaction at the time probably wasn't sincere sympathy for her plight. With years of distance you are probably able to laugh at it. Well, being a manager means that you must often deal with issues you have little experience in. We've probably all had managers that didn't understand DBA work but could still work past that and make us productive. And then we've had klutzes that couldn't.
Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 3:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 15:29, DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: > The manager feels awkward in being forced to hire an expert in an area > he/she knows nothing about. Tries to make suggestions in order to flush out > whether this "expert" really knows anything. And you call a guy who makes suggestions about something he knows nothing about "inexperienced"? Nice euphemism, sort of reminds me on my 1st working day in US, when I went to the admin who had the keys of the stationary (and she was a young and attractive female, which is important for the further story development) and asked her for a "rubber", instead of "eraser". In the English language they taught me at school, that little rubbery implement used to erase what someone has written down was known as "rubber". I was extremely annoyed by her reaction (she was actually shocked and started speaking very fast, so that the only words I was able to discern were "sexual harassment") and I didn't think much of her, to say the least. Today I dread to even think what did she think of me. A DBA manager who doesn't know anything of a database is, essentially, in the very same position as a big east European klutz in desperate need of office stuff. Inexperienced isn't the word I'd use to describe him. Note: This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Wang Trading LLC and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Mladen Gogala INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
