On Oct 18, 2010, at 08:47:33, Nicholas Sanders wrote: > I wish somebody a merry christmas …
It's pretty clear that you weren't wishing him a merry Christmas any more than he was wishing us one. If you were, that wasn't clear. I'll admit: I enjoyed it. But Chris is right: We all need to hold stuff like that back, or email it to nobody instead of the group. Sending pretty much anything but The Link does not help the user. > … I am happy to apologise as many times as you like for the upset I have > caused to you or anyone else on this list. Problem solved, as far as I'm concerned. Just remember—as we all should—not to send messages like this. I like humor, but when you're dealing with somebody who is *pissed off* because they think we've invaded their hard drive, that isn't the time. The first order of business is to calm them down and as quickly as possible get them the information they're after. Anything else is only going to anger them more, and we *really* do not need that. > And what about Steve C who offered the clearly offensive "I'm sure can we > express ourselves better [than] a 2 year old" and yet received no rebuke from > you at all. His (second) message was a bit more than that, attempting to address the actual problem. I think he might have decided to expand on it after seeing your and Chris's initial exchange. Also, even his “offensive” remark was also good advice. Your message, conversely, had nothing but the “merry Christmas to him, too!” remark. Anyway, you've apologized for it, so as long as you don't send something like that again (and the same goes for everybody else here, of course), problem solved. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
