--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "But does that mean you have not built close ties
> with Mr. Knucklebiter.
> My experience that workmates often become friends
> because of common interest
> and time spent together. It just evolves naturally
> to friendship."
>
> {That is so, I have no reference point to claim
> knowledge either way. I am
> concerned at his absence, many may misunderstand
> his sardonic remarks as
> insubordination, but his people are 'wiseackers' as
> described sometimes.}
>
> Celine smiled. Considering how the department had
> received it's new chief,
> it was ironic that Shevab was talking that way
> about his assistant. "I am
> sure that he is doing all right. His species is
> not the only one in Starfleet
> that is not quite diplomatic in its interpersonal
> skills."
>
> {My people also, we have a natural revulsion of
> organic things, so to speak.
> To us, organic
> intelligent life is as amazing as we were to yours.
> Some of our people and
> other inorganics severely dislike organics, there is
> even a secret trinary
> pulse/word they use that roughly translates to 'ugly
> bags of mostly water', much
> like the Ferengi word for humans meaning 'bank
> accounts without brains'.}
>
> "I do believe that you have proved my point,
> Commander," she responded with
> a friendly smile. "All the member races of the
> Federation are unique and it
> takes time to get used to those different from
> ourselves, but our differences
> do not mean we cannot work and live together. We
> just have to get used to
> each other's quirks."
>
> {Our thinking processes, as all life forms, vastly
> differ. What is say,
> funny, to one people is not to others. Such as my
> interpretation of Fleet codes,
> such as when I severely had to call down the
> shipping officer, when
> Engineering materials we needed which was marked
> priority, and he held them till his
> shift next day, when he should have had them
> delivered by
> following shift as this is a three shift station.
> Regulations say they must
> be delivered as soon as possible.}
>
> "The question you should ask yourself is were the
> materials held or were
> there things that had to be done before they could
> be transferred. Just the way
> you have phrased the sentence shows that you are
> assuming that he was
> purposefully negligent."
>
{'Purposely' negligent, no I do not believe so.
Indifferent, uncaring, maybe even 'lazy', yes. We are
only talking about a 10 kilo box of pre programmed iso
chips, but when Engineering has none to continue thier
work to the point waiting will set us back days in
scheduling AND the items were clearly marked and coded
for immeadiate priority delivery.}
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