From: Jay Hennigan (jay@xxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Oct 25 2000 - 16:29:04 GMT-3
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, DOWNEY, BRAD (PB) wrote:
> I took the ASET and enjoyed it, also I just passed my CCIE lab (first try).
Nice. Congratulations!!!
As networking professionals, we really should try to convince corporate
suits to abandon the following Pointy-Haired-Boss-and-Catbert-on steroids
nonsense. Look what followed this one line sent to a publicly archived
mailing list.
First, the pointy-haired boss:
> > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are the property of SBC
> > Communications and/or its affiliates, are confidential, and are
> > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this
> > e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or
> > otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message
> > in error, please notify the sender at 925-803-6165 and delete this
> > message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention,
> > dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is
> > strictly prohibited.
OK, so I'm supposed to make a TOLL CALL to let someone know they sent a
message in error? And Brad's passing the CCIE is property of SBC? Hey,
Paul! Be on note that SBC Communications strictly prohibits the forwarding
or retention of this. Are you scared yet? Did you call them? If it were
an 800 number, I'd encourage *everyone* to call. Do you think we should
all call collect? They sound like they really want to hear about this!
Then Catbert the Evil HR director has to spew on at length about political
correctness.
> > Throughout this e-mail, personal pronouns are used to refer to
> > co-workers, management, and any other individuals. This was done to
> > improve readability and is in no way intended to discriminate against
> > persons of either sex. Nothing in this material should be construed to
> > indicate any discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age,
> > national origin, handicap, marital status, disabled or Vietnam Era
> > Veteran status, or sexual orientation.
Of course the only personal pronouns used were "I" and "my", which don't
refer to co-workers or management and are gender-neutral. And it goes on
to spew about discrimination against Vietnam era veterans. Hey, how in
the heck could the ASET lab be discriminatory? And is SBC condoning
discrimination against other veterans? They weren't mentioned. SBC also
failed to mention spotted owls. And what about the chillll....drunnn?
Please ask the idiot suits to stop this insanity, or not to start it in the
first place.
-- Jay Hennigan - Network Administration - jay@west.net NetLojix Communications, Inc. NASDAQ: NETX - http://www.netlojix.com/ WestNet: Connecting you to the planet. 805 884-6323
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