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Peter wrote:
>
> Bruce, I never meant my suggestion from a "let 'em eat cake,"
> perspective. Of course ice cream or chocolates, or any other recognition
> token is just another way of showing a recognition that these people are
> people and that you appreciate them as such. It is no different that
> saying "hello." If you are not sincere, the recipients will recognize it
> right away.
Fair enough. Please consider what I had to say a supplement to
what you said, rather than a contradiction or opposing view.
BTW, I like the quote in your signature.
--
Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
Contributing Editor, Maximum Linux
bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com | Tel: 604.421.7189
"Soon you'll achieve the stability you strive for,
In the only way that it's granted:
In a place among the fossils of our time."
-Jefferson Airplane (after John Wyndham)
