In <da2b203b-f8f5-439d-a16e-2a338b033...@comcast.net>, on 09/17/2014 at 11:03 PM, Ed Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net> said:
>It was second nature to speak (with respect) back to people that >had a higher rank. My section head would have roasted me had I found out that I knew he was making a mistake and didn't speak up. Part of respect is honesty, and he wouldn't have tolerated holding back critical information for the sake of politeness. Which is not to say that I sassed him; I wouldn't have done so even had I been able to get away with it. I was there on TDY and wanted to stay as long as I could; he was a good man to work for. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN