In a message to Anthony about Comment From Dieter, Alan said:

AW> I was a supervisor before I left the Navy and the underlings all hated
AW> my guts. I hated the Navy and took it out on those that couldn't fight
AW> back unfortunately. Strangely enough one of them runs a BBS nowadays,
AW> but he has completely ignored my attempts at civility.

I happened across a navy guy earlier in the year when I bought some
simms off him - Mark Farnan I think.  Lived with a bunch of other navy
guys too, in Artarmon.  Strange people... ;)

AW> I used to hate the fact that I could pedal in to Watsons Bay from
AW> 25k's away, have a shower, eat a bowl of soggies, get dressed in work
AW> gear, read the SMH, and still be ready to work before 8:30. The slacko
AW> underlings lived on board and couldn't make it to work on time even
AW> though they lived on board 80 metres away.

Dunno if you subscribe to the idea, but I'm not a "morning person" -
in fact, I hate getting up earlier than I absolutely have to.  I also
go to bed no earlier than 11:00pm, somewhat later usually.  Other
people seem to _like_ getting up at 6am or earlier.  One guy I know
gets up at 4am ever morning to feed and look after his horses and
stuff, and doesn't seem to mind.  God, I think I;d sooner shoot
myself!

AW> It sounds as if your workplace ticks along fairly well the way it's
AW> organised so my "sackem if they're 7 minutes late"
obviously wouldn't
AW> work in every case. I've only worked for 3 companies in 12 years, so my
AW> opinions are limited by the viewpoints developed from that.

Geeze Alan, I left two very opinionated and one-sided messages for you
and you've taken both of them on the cheek!  What do I have to do to
get a bite out of you?  Praise the QPF?? ;)

AW> That last comment is essentially the gist of it. If you decided to work
AW> to rule, the company would be the big loser time wise.

It's often tempted me!  But I like and usually enjoy what I do too
much to treat it like a strictly 9to5 job.

'tnt, Amfony.


--- Maximus/2 2.01wb