At 11:20 PM 4/29/04, Julia Thompson wrote:
Robert Seeberger wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julia Thompson" <julia-ZgY6uBjK2T4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <brin-l-r0TUnz/JSrZWk0Htik3J/w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:42 PM
> Subject: Re: March for Women's Lives
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> > and how do you know he's not just playing with your head, anyway?
> >
> Exactly what trolls do.
With a troll, you have a number of options. One of those is choosing to
be amused. I'm trying to go with that one as much as possible this
week. :) (Ignoring is another, getting one's panties in a wad is yet
another.)
And, if trolls really are Neanderthals, and Neanderthals really do live
fast, die young, and leave good-looking cave paintings, then at least you
can look forward to the day you will finally be rid of the troll . . .
That receptionist comment is rankling a bit, though, due to the
ludicrous incompetency I've heard about in a number of receptionists.
(And had to deal with personally in a rather stressful situation.)
Though to be fair to the other side, anyone in academia knows who really
runs the department and who to go to when one has any problems or needs
anything done. (Hint: it *ain't* the department chair, who is generally
just another faculty member who was unlucky enough to get stuck with all
those pesky extra duties, meetings, and paperwork for a term of several
years. Last time I specifically needed the chair, I had to spend the
better part of an hour first calling various people to find _someone_ who
had some idea exactly where the meeting he was supposed to be in was being
held, then going over to that building and interrupting his meeting, which
left me about ten minutes before class started to do all the other things I
had to do to set up for class that I had planned to do with that hour . . . )
(And, yes, I realize that in many business situations the "receptionist" is
a different person from the "secretary," with different duties and probably
different skills, while in academia if you're lucky enough to have a
separate person with "receptionist" duties, that person is probably a
part-time student worker who is primarily doing that to help pay for school
rather than a full-time employee . . . )
-- Ronn! :)
