At 09:44 AM 8/16/2005 -0500, you wrote: >Well, we have run the gamut, so to speak. No harm in it--but I think the >original gripe was folks overstepping sensible boundaries and not allowing >us to get our work done. Yes, of course, there are times for kindness and >listening--but not <every> time! > >Although I sent out memos asking to not be disturbed while I worked, I >still had very good rapport with the faculty. Maybe that's the difference >in working for a small university. I talked with faculty members enough >that sometimes I felt a little like a bartender. I never repeated what I >was told--except once when there were hard feelings escalating between two >of them and I went to my closest friend on the faculty and told him what I >knew about the situation. He took it from there and the situation improved. > >Now, at this huge auditorium, I find myself in situations where I'm >working and the union stage hands will come in to do some job. One time, >they arrived to do some sort of backstage maintenance job, I smiled and >said hello and got back to my work. I was regulating a piano and I had a >lot to do. Occasionally they would walk past, make a comment and I would >respond, but I didn't pursue more conversation since I was intent on >getting my work done. In the meantime, they finished their work, but >before they left, one said, "You were pretty quiet while working there and >I know what that means!" Well, I didn't know what he meant, but I smiled >and said, "See you next time!" > >Hmmm, what <did> it mean?! > > >Barbara Richmond, RPT mai bee con-cen-tra-shun? Conrad Hoffsommer It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object realize that you are in a hurry.
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