OT Re: Naming Computers (strategy, and WHY)

From: Doc Shipley <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Fri Oct 25 18:00:00 2002

On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Gene Buckle wrote:

> > Had a student in California complain to IBM because I kept calling her
> > "ma'am"
> > Seriously.
> >
> > Doc
> >
> That just boggles the mind.

  It was sexist, condescending, and insulting.
  The coordinator who brought me the complaint (she had to, it was IBM
procedure) was laughing so hard she couldn't read it to me. AFAIK, the
complaint is still on my IBM file, but with a note by the coordinator
that it was unfounded and ridiculous, and that the person who
registered the complaint had made no attempt to resolve it. Good thing,
too. I'd have broke up laighing, and been in _real_ trouble.

        Doc
Received on Fri Oct 25 2002 - 18:00:00 BST