[pianotech] Question of Protocol; was: but will it split

[Ed Sutton]

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Andersen 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 2:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Question of Protocol; was: but will it split


  Exactly. If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. For example:
    (DS)

    If you were called upon to do a fine regulation of existing dampers, would you first pull the tray and install capstans? 
    (RN)
    Stupid question. If you had to regulate a system with capstans, would you pull the tray and remove them? That's two stupid questions. Now what, are we done with that crap?


  BOTH questions are stupid---or, more precisely, facetious and rhetorical, purely designed to irritate---and RN is simply, and self-deprecatingly, pointing out the truth by calling both questions, and all of the facetious leading questions that are asked around here, which  in my view you would never ask in person---they would sound aggressive, and mean, and, yes, stupid---crap. One person was not calling another person crap, or stupid. Emotions sometimes cloud our ability to perceive what's really going on. 


  I suggest 1. a closer, more thoughtful reading of any perceived slight, and 2. to just chill the *&%!! out. <g>
  With love and respect---
  David Andersen



  On Dec 26, 2008, at 10:40 AM, Dean May wrote:


    I think the best guidelines are to just develop a thicker skin- eat the meat, spit out the bone. Don’t answer rudeness in kind, but proactively respond with thoughtfulness, kindness and consideration.
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