> "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 isolinear chips, but when Engineering has none to continue their work to the point waiting will set us back days in scheduling AND the items were clearly marked and coded for immediate priority delivery.}
 
<ooc: Did this short-coming get GM approval?  I only ask because it seems like a bizarre thing to happen with Starfleet personnel overall.>
 
Celine could definitely see the frustration.  She was a bit surprised to hear that a Starfleet distributor would do such a thing, but she saw no reason for Shevab to lie.
 
"Well, it seems like, the department overcame that deficiency  since our numbers are proving that we can compensate for such shortfalls and still improve things around here."
<response?>
 
Ray
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