[CAUT] Water/Alcohol on Yamaha Hammers

[Alan McCoy]

Actually Wim I don't think I said that he shouldn't put up with it. I said I
wouldn't be able to tolerate that kind of political BS. The difference being
that I wasn't offering him any advice, just what my feelings might be if I
were in his place. Even though I know some of the folks there (my wife is an
alumni, as is my musician daughter) I certainly don't presume to know all
the factors. 

Working on the piano is the easy part.  The people though............yikes!

Alan 


> From: <Wimblees@aol.com>
> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:31:33 -0500 (EST)
> To: <caut@ptg.org>
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Water/Alcohol on Yamaha Hammers
> 
> Jeff
>  
> I think you mentioned that his father bought the piano, and that he (or his
> father), went to the dean to get someone to work on this piano, even paying
> for  it. I wonder if his father is also "paying" to get his son to teach.
> When 
> I say "paying," I mean is his father making a sizable contribution to  the
> school, with the understanding that his son be allowed to teach. (Or is  this
> guy that good that he is indeed a qualified professor?)  In  either case, as
> you 
> mentioned, this is pure politics, and there is not a hell of  a lot you can
> do about it. Mike said lay low. Alan mentioned that you should not  put up
> with 
> it. I am recommending that you do that, too. As a form of  protest, tell the
> chair you no longer want to work for the school, as long  as this adjunct is
> teaching there. 
>  
> Wim