Re: FN-FORUM: OFFFF FORUM: graphic designer/illustrator needing help with website

date posted 2nd October 2006 15:15

It cuts both ways Paul, expect me not to want to do business with
someone that gets so uptight about a friggin email. We're not creating
world peace or feeding the starving here.

I have worked with so many Blue Chip companies I have lost count, and
they ALL use outlook which practically enforces top posting. And yes I
did see what happened to top posters in 1992. It was also 14 years ago.

This list just keeps getting better & better...not.

Paul Robinson wrote:
>
> On 2 Oct 2006, at 12:10, Richard Flack wrote:
>
>> You have your method of posting, they have theirs. It's a difference
>> of opinion, and I think it's highly arrogant for you to expect them to
>> conform to *your* personal standards when it's just netiquette we're
>> talking about here.
>
> That's the same as me saying "Well, I think it's OK for me to turn up
> 2 hours late and call them a bastard when I get there - it's just a
> meeting. How dare they be so arrogant as to expect me to conform to
> *their* personal standards, who do they think they are?"
>
> Politeness isn't about rules, it's just an accepted form within society.
>
> Top-posting, not removing copious quotes off the bottom, etc. is like
> not bothering to learn basic business etiquette. Sure, I'll tolerate
> it, just don't expect me not to call it rude. Expect me to not want to
> do business with you. Hell, if you're trying to sell me something,
> don't be surprised if you've lost the sale right there.
>
> I do 98% of my business online. Why should 'netiquette' not have the
> same importance within my business transactions as personal etiquette
> would have if I did 98% of my business face-to-face?
>
>> There is no right or wrong answer here. Yes, bottom posting is more
>> logical, but that doesn't make it 'right', just more sensible.
>
> If you think I'm being harsh here, you should have seen what happened
> to top-posters back in 1992...
>
>> As for the meetings, well that comparison is just plain silly isn't
>> it? That's like comparing fish to wood.
>
> The comparison holds: politeness is politeness, business etiquette is
> business etiquette. Around 95% of people I know think being late for a
> meeting is rude, around 90% of the people I know find top-posting and
> non-trimmed-quoting rude.
>
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