Re: Nuts. Was: How about Keeping the List Civil? Was: Employment question

["heidi arnold" <heidi -dot- w -dot- arnold -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Lauren, and others,

those are cool songs.  it reminds me of a small furor among the tech writers
at my first job in college, someone had the nerve to call the technical
writers 'technicians' and we had thought of it as an art, which it is, if
you ask me.  and there are many intangibles...

i will be interested to hear what others might say.

heidi


On 6/27/07, Lauren <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu> wrote:
>
> http://www.boyscouttrail.com/content/song/song-486.asp
>
> I'm sorry that I can't find a Technical Writing tie-in for this, but I
> thought that the "nuts" comment was funny.  Besides, how do you describe a
> person that:
>
> * wants to do a job that is generally under-valued.
> * seems to thrive on working with people that don't have a clue.
> * is sometimes thought of as an over-paid secretary or word processor, but
> is probably not compensated enough for the work that is provided.
>
> I don't know what to say about this person.  "Nut" seems fine to me.  At
> least when the term is used the good humor that was intended.
>
> Lauren
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: techwr-l-bounces+lt34=csus -dot- edu -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lt34=csus -dot- edu -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
> > Behalf Of Jan Cohen
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:23 PM
> > To: Eric Dunn; TECHWR-L
> > Subject: Re: How about Keeping the List Civil? Was:
> > Employment question
> >
> > My apologies, all.  The comment I made was a poor attempt on
> > my part to inject a bit of humor into what many might
> > consider a very serious topic.  If I may though, I'd like to
> > add that I personally see absolutely no place for politics in
> > a technical writing work environment, especially given the
> > nature of what a technical writer is supposed to be able to
> > do.  OTOH, good and bad politics, by nature, are often
> > defined in the eye of the beholder, which can and does lead
> > to an expectedly incredible array of emotionally-charged
> > discourse, both off and online.
> >
> > Again, my apologies to the offended.
> >
> > jan cohen
> >
> > Eric Dunn <dunn -dot- eric -dot- l -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote: Ironic those
> > clamoring for the threads demise are creating substantial
> > traffic themselves. The light to heat ratio is far higher in the
> > original thread, and no one there has resorted to outright insults of
> > any participants. Unlike the crass labelling of all participants in
> > the original as "nuts".
> >
> > If you're somehow incapable of ignoring and deleting a thread that you
> > have no interest in, why create a useless thread for others?
> >
> > Hopefully our benevolent administrator sees the difference between an
> > active discussion and complaining malcontents and shuts down the
> > correct thread.
> >
> > If it wasn't for the uncalled for whining and now the insult, the
> > thread was concluding anyways.
> >
> > On 6/27/07, Jan Cohen  wrote:
> > > A Snicker's Bar won't do.  Like the group that started this
> > thread, it's full of nuts.
> > >
> > > jan cohen
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