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

date posted 2nd October 2006 16:31

Did some one say world peace ;) 'Street Party Iraq 2007' It's the way
forward. Combine a holiday with a good cause.

I need around 200 scheduled flights for a week. Around 1,000,000 do
gooders (formerly known as the anti war in Iraq protestors)

I have written to RB at virgin but no reply as of yet.


Andrew


Lee Fogarty wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Paul Robinson
>> http://vagueware.com
>>
>>
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