I'm the opposite. People who go "by the book", even when that flies in the face of common sense, annoy me quite a bit more than those who are a bit more easy going and interperative of company directives.
> > I am sympathetic to this man. Granted he didn't handle it very well, > but I think his intent was to follow best practices and do the best job > he can. Having worked with various people, I prefer to work with > someone that is too by the book then less by the book. The by the book > people are generally more predictable and it takes little to assuage them. > > The things I'm not sympathetic to though are a) jumping to conclusions > about something he didn't know and b) the rude manner in which he tried > to resolve a non issue. > > Perhaps you can show him the error of his ways over some beers and > cocktail shrimps. Of course he picks up the tab. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144167 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54