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Subject:Re[2]: more #$ -at- %#^&$# secretary stuff... From:Michael Burke <miburke -at- WSICORP -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 12 May 1998 14:19:08 -0500
Would you sell the grenade or use it?
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Subject: Re: more #$ -at- %#^&$# secretary stuff...
Author: Scott Miller <smiller -at- corp -dot- portal -dot- com> at INTERNET
Date: 5/12/98 11:10 AM
>>>>>
> Went to talk to a potential client today. Talked to the Project
> Coordinator, the lead engineer....got past them, apparently, because
> they brought in the Project Manager. He asked a few relevant questions
> (no cannonballs, no grenades) and then said, "Are you willing to take
> meeting minutes and make copies?"
>
> Does this *happen* to you gentlemen?
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>
No. Sounds like a good time to bring out the grenade.