March 30, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)
GSquared (3/30/2010)
Data Geeks:I have an urgent problem with my interview. I don't know anything about much of anything, and I'd like one of you to disguise yourself as me and do the interview for me. I won't pay you, nor even say "thank you", but I need this urgently.
Have a day.
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Thank you Dear, but I wait reply Steve Kass. TIA
Steve Kass is your Auntie?!? :unsure:
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March 30, 2010 at 4:46 pm
CirquedeSQLeil (3/30/2010)
Those don't grate on me nearly as much as changing my name.i.e.
Thanks Jase
That to me is akin to calling Paul
Paulster
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Hey, hey, it's all cool Jasonimo!
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March 30, 2010 at 4:53 pm
GSquared (3/30/2010)
GilaMonster (3/30/2010)
I take it I'm not the only one irritated by the odd salutations around here.Data Geeks:
I have an urgent problem with my interview. I don't know anything about much of anything, and I'd like one of you to disguise yourself as me and do the interview for me. I won't pay you, nor even say "thank you", but I need this urgently.
A good start Gus, here are some refinements you might consider:
Dear sweetest Data Geeks:
I have an urgent problem with my interview. I don't know anything about much of anything, and I'd like one of you to disguise yourself as me and do the interview for me.
I won't pay you, nor even say "thank you", but I need this urgentlyMVPs only. Do not respond if you are not the expert. This required immediately. I keep all monies.Answer now or not helping or at all.
Bless all you most entirely.
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March 30, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (3/30/2010)
That to me is akin to calling PaulPaulster
Never do that again. I will find you.
:w00t:
A little intense there hey, Paulie? 😀
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March 30, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Jack Corbett (3/30/2010)
Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (3/30/2010)
That to me is akin to calling PaulPaulster
Never do that again. I will find you.
:w00t:
A little intense there hey, Paulie? 😀
Careful - he knows the dark side of the force.
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March 30, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Lynn Pettis (3/30/2010)
Okay, it's getting mighty deep in here. Time to get the hippo to clear out the tent! 😛
Jeff's "fastest way to clear a table" springs to mind....:hehe:
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Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part...unless you're my manager...or a director and above...or a really loud-spoken end-user..All right - what was my emergency again?
March 30, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Matt Miller (#4) (3/30/2010)
Lynn Pettis (3/30/2010)
Okay, it's getting mighty deep in here. Time to get the hippo to clear out the tent! 😛Jeff's "fastest way to clear a table" springs to mind....:hehe:
Pun intended 😀
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March 31, 2010 at 2:16 am
Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (3/30/2010)
tosscrosby (3/30/2010)
Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)
WayneS (3/30/2010)
Fellow Threadizens, if I can get you to check out this link about a sql login permission issue that I'm having, I would really appreciate it!You should have marked it 'Urgent' :laugh:
and "experts only plz!" 😀
And started it off with Friend...
Or...'dear' :sick:
Ooh don't...one of those really ticked me off a few weeks ago :blush:
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March 31, 2010 at 3:01 am
Jack Corbett (3/30/2010)
Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (3/30/2010)
That to me is akin to calling PaulPaulster
Never do that again. I will find you. :w00t:
A little intense there hey, Paulie? 😀
Don't you start, Jacqui 😛
March 31, 2010 at 3:04 am
Chris Morris-439714 (3/31/2010)
Ooh don't...one of those really ticked me off a few weeks ago :blush:
Grates on me like fingernails on a blackboard. Did you vent on-thread? Link please!
Never seen a thread where you went off on one. Intrigued.
I am pretty sure 'dear' comes down to a translation thing, but that doesn't reduce its irritation potential one iota.
March 31, 2010 at 3:12 am
Chris Morris-439714 (3/31/2010)
Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (3/30/2010)
tosscrosby (3/30/2010)
Paul White NZ (3/30/2010)
WayneS (3/30/2010)
Fellow Threadizens, if I can get you to check out this link about a sql login permission issue that I'm having, I would really appreciate it!You should have marked it 'Urgent' :laugh:
and "experts only plz!" 😀
And started it off with Friend...
Or...'dear' :sick:
Ooh don't...one of those really ticked me off a few weeks ago :blush:
Had one this morning that started "Gentlemen, ..."
I resisted temptation (mostly) and answered it.
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March 31, 2010 at 3:42 am
Paul White NZ (3/31/2010)
Chris Morris-439714 (3/31/2010)
Ooh don't...one of those really ticked me off a few weeks ago :blush:Grates on me like fingernails on a blackboard. Did you vent on-thread? Link please!
Never seen a thread where you went off on one. Intrigued.
I am pretty sure 'dear' comes down to a translation thing, but that doesn't reduce its irritation potential one iota.
Yep, on-thread, and it wasn't pretty. HR reamed me a new one.
Thing is, the OP's manner was chillingly similar to a guy who I was unfortunate enough to have worked with some years ago, on a migration contract. He'd written an app in Clipper which was one small part of a larger SQL Server DB I was migrating into. There was a huge gaping hole in his schema which he tried to fix by fudging, pre-handover to me, and it wasn't working for him. So, while referring to me (briefly 😉 ) - and others - condescendingly as 'dear', he stalled, bought time, and openly lied through his teeth about the data problems. The worse they got, the more it seemed he called people dear. He was of course caught out and dealt with. What really got to me was that in his own complex hierarchical culture, addressing junior colleagues as 'dear', passing the buck and condescension with work colleagues, even at the expense of the project, was perfectly acceptable.
Not in Glasgow is wasn't.
When I see overuse of this adjective from an OP of the same background, I feel, now, that there's a very good chance that (s)he is using it knowingly and deliberately as a means of expressing their position of authority, and that it's less likely to be a language quirk.
I'd value a second opinion, though, because it could also be an industry thing.
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March 31, 2010 at 5:42 am
Chris Morris-439714 (3/31/2010)
Thing is, the OP's manner was chillingly similar to a guy who I was unfortunate enough to have worked with some years ago, on a migration contract. He'd written an app in Clipper which was one small part of a larger SQL Server DB I was migrating into. There was a huge gaping hole in his schema which he tried to fix by fudging, pre-handover to me, and it wasn't working for him. So, while referring to me (briefly 😉 ) - and others - condescendingly as 'dear', he stalled, bought time, and openly lied through his teeth about the data problems. The worse they got, the more it seemed he called people dear. He was of course caught out and dealt with. What really got to me was that in his own complex hierarchical culture, addressing junior colleagues as 'dear', passing the buck and condescension with work colleagues, even at the expense of the project, was perfectly acceptable.
Sounds like a real dick. You are lucky he was 'caught out'. My experience is that all too often the person in question gets away with it.
Not in Glasgow it wasn't.
LMAO
When I see overuse of this adjective from an OP of the same background, I feel, now, that there's a very good chance that (s)he is using it knowingly and deliberately as a means of expressing their position of authority, and that it's less likely to be a language quirk. I'd value a second opinion, though, because it could also be an industry thing.
All I can tell you is that I would not react well if someone used that form of address to my face.
HR read your posts???
March 31, 2010 at 6:07 am
GilaMonster (3/30/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (3/30/2010)
Those don't grate on me nearly as much as changing my name.i.e.
Thanks Jase
You're complaining?
You know how many ways there are to misspell either a 4-letter name or a 4-letter nickname (which, incidentally, are just different spellings of each other)
I just like the times when someone addresses me by my "number of points title".
On the other hand, only a very few people ever misspell "Gus".
(Edit: Which, of course, might as well be throwing down a gauntlet to get everyone on The Thread to deliberately misspell my name. "Guess" we'll see who can "gussy" it up the most, and who has the "guts" to really go over the top on it.)
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March 31, 2010 at 6:20 am
GSquared (3/31/2010)
GilaMonster (3/30/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (3/30/2010)
Those don't grate on me nearly as much as changing my name.i.e.
Thanks Jase
You're complaining?
You know how many ways there are to misspell either a 4-letter name or a 4-letter nickname (which, incidentally, are just different spellings of each other)
I just like the times when someone addresses me by my "number of points title".
On the other hand, only a very few people ever misspell "Gus".
(Edit: Which, of course, might as well be throwing down a gauntlet to get everyone on The Thread to deliberately misspell my name. "Guess" we'll see who can "gussy" it up the most, and who has the "guts" to really go over the top on it.)
I'm sureThe Jaster will have a go.
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