RE: I just experienced the coolest thing

["Miller, Alan" <Alan -dot- Miller -at- prometric -dot- com>]

I think these guys will respect her for standing up to them... unless they are compleat knuckleheads. After all, they had to be aware of the hard time they had given her. They know they got what they deserved. Personally, I would have laughed about it and bought her a beer. She's one of the team, now.
 
Or not. Keep us posted.
 
Al Miller
"Chief Documentation Curmudgeon"
Prometric, a part of The Thomson Corporation
Baltimore, MD

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
                -- Carl Sagan

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: John Posada [mailto:JPosada -at- book -dot- com] 
	Sent: Thu 1/9/2003 2:38 PM 
	To: TECHWR-L 
	Cc: 
	Subject: RE: I just experienced the coolest thing
	


	Yeah, maybe...
	
	OTOH, she needed to show, even if it was for herself, that she could stand
	up to them as equals. They were pretty abusive to her and when you're close
	to tears and when retribution is handed to you, it's pretty hard to keep
	everything you SHOULD do in in front of you. I don't know that I wouldn't
	have done the same. If she regrets it later, well, that's all part of the
	learning process too, but at least for now, she can walk by them in the hall
	way and look them in the eye. Sometimes, isn't that worth everything?
	
	-----Original Message-----
	From: jgarison -at- ide -dot- com [mailto:jgarison -at- ide -dot- com]
	Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 2:29 PM
	To: JPosada -at- book -dot- com; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
	Subject: RE: I just experienced the coolest thing
	
	John G's Third Rule of Corporate Life: Thou shalt not piss off thy
	co-workers. Even if they really do deserve it.
	
	I would have omitted her last two sentences. Who knows - someday she might
	need those guys for something. But since she has now castigated them
	publicly and been rude in the process, if something ever IS her fault, I'm
	sure they have their ways of making people stand up and take notice of such
	a fact.
	
	
	>>-----Original Message-----
	>>From: John Posada [mailto:JPosada -at- book -dot- com]
	>>Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 1:43 PM
	>>To: TECHWR-L
	>>Subject: I just experienced the coolest thing
	
	<snip>
	
	>>Well...she was thrilled! She skipped off and 5 minutes later, a message
	gets
	>>posted from her to about a dozen different parties, basically saying:
	>>
	>>"I told you the error wasn't my code, but you didn't believe me. The error
	>>is described in the Run book PDF, here's the link if you lost it: xxxx. if
	>>you don't know how to find the error, it's on page 94.  Now LEAVE ME ALONE
	>>AND DO YOUR JOB!."
	>>
	>>It was so cute!!
	>>
	>>John Posada
	>>Senior Technical Writer
	>>Barnes&Noble.com
	>>jposada -at- book -dot- com
	>>212-414-6656
	>>icq: 178047452
	>>aim: jposada1
	>>  "When you only have two minutes to do
	>>  something that takes three, wait until you have three"


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