RE: Writing Corrective Actions for customers?

Subject: RE: Writing Corrective Actions for customers?
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
To: "Ned Bedinger" <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:22:09 -0600

Ned Bedinger wrote:

<snip> for most months of the year the work was in wild places, and
> most days had that characteristic wild place lack of walls,
> roofs, and break rooms! Having a technical base of a ship or
> seafarm is great, being outside is great, and I guess any
> jaundiced perceptions of the office park and the controls I
> work under there just naturally follow.

Never worked outdoors, except for some menial temp jobs. But I used to
do a fair amount of wilderness backpacking (often solo, and often to
decompress from work), so I think I understand how you feel.

<snip> that it isn't hormones that make we this way. I suspect it
> has to do with my being raised by wolves--the wolf milk made
> me growly. I think it's good ("builds character"), but not
> the fact that most offices I've worked in don't accomodate my
> quasi-lycanthropic proclivities it very well. I have to wear
> a shirt that says "Don't shoot--I can write!"

Raised by wolves? Why, then you should be by nature a pack animal, and a
perfect fit for the cube farm! Just determine who the alpha male is, lie
on your back, and expose your underbelly. Everything will be fine after
that. ;-)

Richard


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Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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