[Info-vax] VMS-based InfoServer

[BRAD at rabbit.turquoisewitch.com]

In article <IpWdncjLIJUbnsfRnZ2dnUVZ_j2dnZ2d at giganews.com>, 
Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>BRAD at rabbit.turquoisewitch.com wrote:
[...]
>> When I took a VMS job in a Windows-centric shop, I was taken to task by the
>> Windows weenies and non-IT types, when I insisted on replying to emails on
>> Outhouse using fixed-width font, trimming, and bottom-posting.  I was even
>> accused by one administrative business type of being "rude" by doing so!
>> [...]
>
>Customs differ!  Ignoring custom will win you few friends among the 
>people whose customs you are ignoring.

I learned quickly, but I didn't appreciate the "rude" comment before I even
KNEW what the "customs" were.

Even in my current (non-IT) job, it took me a while to get used to the "custom"
of posting the answer to a query in the "SUBJECT" line of the email reply.

Once again, I was treated as if I came from another planet.  And no, I
don't follow custom anymore - I stand up for myself, and respond rudely to
rudeness.  Some folks have actually caught on, and have begun to interact with
me in a civilized manner.  Hope springs eternal...