Hi there!
On 21 Nov 99, at 5:00, Steve Lamb wrote
about "Re: (No Subject)":
And now, Steve, could you please go and *translate* this to
proper (i mean, literal) English? I confess, this time I didn't
understand good half of words you used, although I (and my
dictionary) really tried hard!
Or else please send me privately a list of your favourite words
together with their translation. I've already received 5 off-list
messages supporting my thought (recently posted here) that
*many* people on this list *do not* understand your American
slang, and have more interesting things in front of them to do
then to *learn* it (especially taking into account that to get a
visa to USA is a real trouble almost everywhere I know, so your
language isn't the thing we would likely need anyhow).
> Good comparison. Let me run with it. Microsoft got to the top because of
> its good looks and butt kissing. Once on the top everyone below them came to
> realize they weren't the best for that position. However, now there they are
> very hard to displace with an entity who, while a little less good looking and
> a little less skilled at brown-nosing knows what they are doing, does it
> right, listens to the public but not to the point of killing what they are
> trying to make to appease those who know not of what they ask.
>
> John Doe got to the top because he wears nice suits and is good at
> butt-kissing. Once he became supervisor all the people below him came to
> realize that he wasn't the best man for the position. However, once he was
> there it was very hard to displace the man who could fire you with a man who,
> while his suits aren't as pressed and he's a bit less skilled at schmoozing
> than the guy presently there at least knows the field he is in and isn't
> demanding that you destroy the system you're working on just to save it.
>
> Given the two choices of bosses, I'd rather take the one who knows what he
> is doing and is a little rough around the edges than the one who doesn't know
> what he is doing, makes my life and job hell, but, damn, can he state it
> politely.
>
> Personally, I think politeness at the expense of accuracy of thought and
> communication is a detriment. It throws up illusions that everything is
> hunky-dory when, in fact, it is not. When the party in the grips of the
> illusion realizes that, it is far, FAR worse than just coming out, up front,
> and stating the case instead of pussy-footing around.
>
> Society has gotten a little *too* polite and it is time for it to change.
>
SY, Alex
(St.Petersburg, Russia)
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