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Subject:Re: Yahoo has no staff tech writers From:Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 11 Oct 2002 09:55:02 -0400
On Thursday 10 October 2002 18:44, John Posada wrote:
> Kevin..
>
> >This reminds me that, when I think back,
> >I'm positively amazed at the number of
> >really, really fine bosses and cow-orkers I've
> >had over the years. May the streak continue. :-)
>
> Really fine bosses and cow-orkers....(cow orkers?) are
> often a reflection of the type of person they are
> managing or working with.
Well, I *have* been subjected to a couple of backstabbing
martinets in my time, but literally all the rest have been
just excellent people. When I think back, the contrast is
actually astonishing.
"Cow-orker" is a long-standing joke on the Copyeditors
mailing list. I *like* it. It's deliberate.
So there. :->
Oh, and I use a spell checker about one per year.
(Hey, bite yer tongue.)
/kevin
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