In a message to Paul about Comment from Dieter, Alan said:

AW> When someone comes in late, it's always going to be an important excuse
AW> rather than just "I felt tired and slept in", or "I
try and squeeze the
AW> most amount of sleep in by catching the last possible train, and if it's
AW> 10 minutes late, then I'm late". And when someone comes in late, then
AW> it's taken as an excuse for others to come in late.

Would you prefer it if someone said "well I just felt tired and slept
in instead of whatever else it is they come out with that probably is
grossly exaggerated?

AW> The best thing about the Navy was the fact that  you could be
AW> charged if you were so much as a minute late.

Nothing quite like controlling the masses with a few threats of
punishment.  What's the point of it all?  More to the point, what the
relevance of that attitude to the real world where people DO have to
catch unreliable trains, cars, busses, ferries, bring up children,
rescue that cat from the dog next door, etc etc etc.  Military
*ideals* are not natural for a majority of the population, and are not
the way people like to be treated, given a choice.

'tnt, Amfony.


--- Maximus/2 2.01wb