Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ >Subject: Re: Re[2]: M6 problem "survey" >Author: Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net> at Internet >Date: 9/4/97 11:39 AM > > >>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. > >- PaulReceived: from ns2.baxter.com (159.198.1.38) by ccmailgw.mcgawpark.baxter.com >with SMTP > (IMA Internet Exchange 2.1 Enterprise) id 001A4424; Thu, 4 Sep 97 12:37:59 >-0500 >Received: from mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [192.147.236.1]) by >ns2.baxter.com (8.8.0/8.8.0) with ESMTP id MAA12844 for <stewara@baxter.com>; >Thu, 4 Sep 1997 12:45:55 -0500 (CDT) >Received: from by mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (5.65/KJV) > id AA25451for mike.sisk@autodesk.com; Thu, 4 Sep 97 08:37:20 -0700 >Received: from eos.eos.net by mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (5.65/KJV) > id AA25445for /usr/local/lib/majordomo/wrapper resend -C >/usr/local/lib/majordomo/config.mejac/majordomo.cf -l leica-users -h >mejac.palo-alto.ca.us leica-users-outgoing@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; Thu, 4 Sep 97 >08:37:14 -0700 >Received: from [205.133.149.203] (port149203.eos.net [205.133.149.203]) by >eos.net (8.7.5/8.7.2) with SMTP id LAA16855 for ><leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; Thu, 4 Sep 1997 11:38:24 -0400 (EDT) >Message-Id: <199709041538.LAA16855@eos.net> >Subject: Re: Re[2]: M6 problem "survey" >Date: Thu, 4 Sep 97 11:39:01 -0400 >X-Mailer: Claris Emailer 1.1 >From: Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net> >To: "Leica User's Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Sender: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >