Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sun Dec 7 15:36:28 CST 2014
Chill girl! :-) Art's quip about "users" and "dealers" is an old joke in the software development world - I'm sure he didn't mean any disrespect. We all have a tremendous amount of respect for what you do for your readers. Love, Stuart On 7 Dec 2014 at 16:11, Susan Harkins wrote: > I don't know what Arthur intended, I can only respond to how it made > me feel. It felt like an attack on my professional reputation. We all > depend heavily on our reputations and the idea that I feel anything > but respect and regard for the people who read my articles and are > able to use them is just... I was floored by Arthur's insinuation. > Comparing them to drug addicts was insulting -- thinking that I might > compare them to drug addicts was appalling to me. > > I didn't ignore your post. I had no questions and nothing to add to > it. Over the years, we've all learned that the casual "thank you" > posts are frowned upon. One of the things that I try to do is give a > general "Thanks to everyone ..." at the end of a conversation. I > didn't set out to ignore you or show any disrespect. I wasn't done > yet! If you found my lack of immediate response to be disrespectful, > I'm sorry -- it wasn't intended that way. > > Susan H. > > > On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Bill Benson <bensonforums at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > This is out of control. I was joking that you went on the defensive > > so quickly relative to courtesy users, meanwhile were ignoring my > > post. Charity begins at home and so does courtesy. But it was all in > > fun. And I should let Art speak for himself, but I really felt he > > was kidding too Susan. > > > > I don't think anyone wanted you to feel bad, we love you. > > On Dec 7, 2014 3:34 PM, "Susan Harkins" <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Arthur's comment really stung -- still stinging. Not sure why I'm > > > the bad guy for calling him out on it. > > > > > > Susan H. > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Tony Septav <TSeptav at uniserve.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hey Susan > > > > Boy oh boy! > > > > You are becoming like the rest of us, just another old fart. > > > > > > > > Tony Septav > > > > Nanaimo, BC > > > > Canada > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >