[ale] Newbee needing help #6

[Bruce Jones]

Dan,

"...when I was growing up, it was pounded into us that you treat people with respect and courtesy, until
they prove that they are not worthy of it...."  Interesting idea, I was taught that up North too :-)

Transplant,
Bruce

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Lambert <danlambert at bellsouth.net>
>Sent: Jul 18, 2006 12:36 PM
>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Subject: Re: [ale] Newbee needing help #6
>
>James,
>
>I couldn't be any further from being irritated. I'm not in the least.
>
>I only associate with about 6000 people who send their email from their
>email addresses which are first (full) name dot last name @ whatever dot
>com. Of those that I know personally, I know 95% of them by their
>informal names, some by their nicknames. Not many of them go by their
>formal name. I'm sorry if I've offended you, but that wasn't my intent.
>
>The biggest problem with these boxes is that you can't see the person at
>the other end of the wire, nor see their body language, etc. It's a
>common problem with email and chatrooms.
>
>My problem was the poor response to a newbie's questions. That's all. I
>guess I'm odd, but I expect people to be courteous and welcoming to a
>newbie, just like I expect them to be courteous to anyone else. It's
>just a southern thing. Some of the guys on here that know me will
>confirm that I'm not a spring chicken, and when I was growing up, it was
>pounded into us that you treat people with respect and courtesy, until
>they prove that they are not worthy of it.
>
>Sorry for any misunderstanding.
>
>Dan
>
>On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 16:17 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
>> 1) I would appreciate it if you get rid of the attitude. If I wanted
>> to be called "Jim" I would send my emails under the nickname and sign
>> them with it as well. Don't get pissed off when I, kindly, correct you
>> for calling me a name I am not known by.
>> 
>> 2) I haven't read a word of the voting thread. Why? Because it is one
>> thread with an accurate subject line. ONE thread versus six. Which
>> would you rather delete, in addition to the ones you already delete,
>> one thread or six?
>> 
>> On 7/18/06, Dan Lambert <danlambert at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> > Well, EXCUSE ME! JAMES.
>> >
>> > If you can endure twenty or so postings about voting, you can damned
>> > sure endure six from a new guy that needs help!
>> >
>> > If you don't want all the posts, get the list in digest form.
>> >
>> > If we, as enthusiasts, can't help a new guy, and cut him some slack for
>> > posting questions in WHATEVER FASHION HE CHOOSES, we need to reevaluate
>> > our priorities as a group. That's the kind of attitude I expect from a
>> > Microsoft techie, not a Linux enthusiast.
>> >
>> > This whole OS, and all of the affiliated groups, are about COMMUNITY. We
>> > all help one another to learn and progress.
>> >
>> > Of course, I might have made a mistake and accidentally posted this to
>> > the MicroStinks Tech Support forum.
>> >
>> > Dan
>> >
>> > On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 15:47 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
>> > > I will use your email to reply to everyone that thinks I was out of line.
>> > >
>> > > In my opinion, it would have been better for the poster to gather up
>> > > all his questions into one well written email. Putting each question
>> > > into its own individual email gets very annoying for those of us who
>> > > may not be interested in answering the questions.
>> > >
>> > > I think I waited long enough to make my issue known. I didn't send my
>> > > bitch on the third, fourth, or event he fifth email. When it hit six
>> > > straight emails is when I decided to voice my problem with the way the
>> > > questions are/were being asked. I'll agree that I wasn't very kind, or
>> > > even clear, in the way I voiced it.
>> > >
>> > > As for the off topic posts. At least they are one subject per thread.
>> > > This is the same box with all the problems. To me, that means one
>> > > thread not six.
>> > >
>> > > (And my name is not Jim.)
>> >
>> >
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>> 
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