On Jul 2, 2009, at 11:21 PM, Adam Moskowitz wrote: > OK, here's one: Don't insult the people you work with. Not to their > face, not behind their backs, not even if you're sure they'll never > see > or hear it. It's rude, unprofessional, and lack of respect for your > co- > workers (if not for their abilities, then at least for the fact that > they're fellow humans) is going to affect you ability to do your job > well.
Ummmm, I know a LOT of accounting folks who would refer to themselves as bean-counters. It's a somewhat common vernacular actually, and none of the dictionaries I just looked at (three of them in total) make any reference to it being a pejorative phrase. I don't think it's a lack of respect at all, nor was it insulting them in any way. I have the highest regard for the folks who navigate rules and regulations so complicated it makes AIX look simple. This mutual respect is exactly why OUR finance folks and myself and our operations management got together to discuss how to make both of our jobs manageable when it comes to asset tracking, because that's how a good company functions. Which is what led to my original post in the first place.... :-) Cheers, D _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
