• ... there might be a legitimate complaint, but often we need to discard this one form as an outlier.

    Chances are it seemed legitimate to the person who wrote the complaint.

    As an IT manager, I found I dismiss 'outlier complaints' - from my staff and from my customers - at my own risk. There is often wisdom to be had from such complaints.

    I'd rather have the one complainer than a thousand yes-men.