how come?
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Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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tiggy - Nov 18, 2007 5:37:13 pm PST #2030 of 6786
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
JenP - Nov 18, 2007 7:21:29 pm PST #2031 of 6786
Could I please get a password reset? I'm logged in on my laptop, so I can post this, but I can't log in on the new desktop, because I can't remember the password. Apparently I changed it last time. What the hell I was thinking, I don't know.
Thanks.
Jon B. - Nov 18, 2007 11:03:30 pm PST #2032 of 6786
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Done.
DXMachina - Nov 19, 2007 2:26:13 am PST #2033 of 6786
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
how come?
Because the person didn't explicitly give us (meaning the admins) permission to post their name online. Lots of folks are hesitant about posting their real names, especially when talking about their jobs.
tiggy - Nov 19, 2007 5:26:54 am PST #2034 of 6786
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
especially when talking about their jobs.
but they're not talking about their jobs, really. they're just thanking us for the survival kits. i mean, i don't mind either way if we don't know who's thanking us, but it seems silly to withhold the info if they signed their name in the email.
Wolfram - Nov 19, 2007 5:45:47 am PST #2035 of 6786
Visilurking
Because the person didn't explicitly give us (meaning the admins) permission to post their name online. Lots of folks are hesitant about posting their real names, especially when talking about their jobs.
I know you mean well, DX, but I think this is misguided. A person wrote a thank you note to a posting board and signed it with a real name. He or she knew it could get posted that way. In fact, he or she probably counted on it, and you're actually preventing that from happening.
Also, I want to know who thanked us.
Steph L. - Nov 19, 2007 5:49:18 am PST #2036 of 6786
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I agree with DX -- unless we had explicit permission, I'd be leery of posting people's real names, particularly given the politics surrounding the strike.
Ginger - Nov 19, 2007 5:55:57 am PST #2037 of 6786
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think it would be okay to post the names here, since no one can google for them and something called "Bureaucracy" is unlikely to be the first choice for a newcomers.
vw bug - Nov 19, 2007 6:02:18 am PST #2038 of 6786
Mostly lurking...
DX made a judgment call, and I think we should just go with that.
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2007 6:02:51 am PST #2039 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm with DX. Real names should be explicitly opt in as opposed to opt out.
A person wrote a thank you note to a posting board and signed it with a real name.
They wrote it to the admins of a posting board. I can say with reasonable certainty that not all the emails we get are for public consumption, so it wouldn't occur to me to reveal identifying details unless explicitly allowed to by the wielder of said details.