On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Antoon Pardon <antoon.par...@rece.vub.ac.be> wrote: > Op 03-07-13 02:30, ru...@yahoo.com schreef: >> If your going to point out something negative about someone >> then do so politely. Ask yourself if you were pointing out >> incompetence to your boss (or anyone else where impoliteness >> could have real consequences for you) if you would say, >> "you're incompetent." > > And so we shift from no problem speaking bluntly or clearly > to wording it in a way that wouldn't antagonize your boss > too much. > > Off course that would also mean throwing out remarks like: > > ] You have betrayed the trust of all your customers. > > Which seemed to be accepted on this list without a problem.
If my boss gave a random stranger from a mailing list the root password to one of our servers, I would say to his face that he had betrayed his (our) customers' trust. I would say it with strong emphasis and a raised tone, too, and no small heat. The words you quote above are perfectly factual and, in my opinion, business-like language. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
