Re: Re[4]: M6 problem "survey"

[Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net>]

LUGgers:

Thanks for responding. I was reacting to his tone, which may well have been
his translation from German. It's tough enough to be diplomatic in your
native tongue. I must plead guilty of being one of those ugly americans who
had forgetten that the whole world doesn't speak english.

Tom

At 12:59 PM 9/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>     Paul,
>     
>     you're right-on. I thought Sonke's initial response was measured and 
>     appropriate.
>
>Alistair
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>Subject: Re: Re[2]: M6 problem "survey"
>Author:  Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net> at Internet
>Date:    9/4/97 11:39 AM
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>>Is it just me or does this response strike you as not much different than 
>>the kid at 7 eleven telling you he doesn't have time to check the dates on 
>>the bottles of milk when he restocks the shelves?
>     
>     
>Tom,
>     
>     
>What is the problem? He promised that he would find out the answer to 
>Alistair's question when he got back from his business trip.
>     
>The other part of the letter asked Alistair not to give out his email 
>address, explaining how he doesn't want to become every LUG member's 
>personal pen-pal. I think he was trying to be very polite about this. As 
>he took pains to explain, tech support and one-on-one customer relations 
>are not his job. In spite of this, his is helping.
>     
>To use your analogy, the fact that the kid doesn't want his address given 
>out to thousands of 7-Eleven customers is a separate issue from whether 
>or not he is checking the dates on milk bottles. If the kid is going to 
>do his job, being called up by large numbers of people who want to chat 
>about the butterfat content of the milk or discuss the bokeh of bottle 
>glass is not going to be welcome. 
>     
>I don't see any reason to complain yet. Give him time to answer 
>Alistair's question, as he promised, before you jump on him.
>     
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