Op 03-07-13 11:45, Chris Angelico schreef: > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Antoon Pardon > <antoon.par...@rece.vub.ac.be> wrote: >> Op 03-07-13 02:30, ru...@yahoo.com schreef: >>> If your going to point out something negative about someone >>> then do so politely. Ask yourself if you were pointing out >>> incompetence to your boss (or anyone else where impoliteness >>> could have real consequences for you) if you would say, >>> "you're incompetent." >> And so we shift from no problem speaking bluntly or clearly >> to wording it in a way that wouldn't antagonize your boss >> too much. >> >> Off course that would also mean throwing out remarks like: >> >> ] You have betrayed the trust of all your customers. >> >> Which seemed to be accepted on this list without a problem. > If my boss gave a random stranger from a mailing list the root > password to one of our servers, I would say to his face that he had > betrayed his (our) customers' trust. I would say it with strong > emphasis and a raised tone, too, and no small heat. The words you > quote above are perfectly factual and, in my opinion, business-like > language. > > ChrisA
But the real question of course is, would your boss see it that way? Maybe your boss would, but talking about a random boss, I wouldn't bet any money on it. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list