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- From: wwlk@riscee.pko.dec.com (Bill Licea-Kane)
- Subject: Re: SigGraph, Chicago, and Unions
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.154616.7014@engage.pko.dec.com>
- Keywords: Coffee Break!
- Sender: wwlk@riscee.pko.dec.com (Bill Licea_Kane)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard MA.
- References: <1992Aug14.015500.25529@cmcl2.nyu.edu> <BsyK9q.18s.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 15:46:16 GMT
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- In article <BsyK9q.18s.2@cs.cmu.edu>, claude+@cs.cmu.edu (William Welch) writes:
-
- [stuff deleted...]
-
- |> >At the end of the day they [union workers] are
- |> >just like you, tired and a little bit older...
- |>
- |> Though generally less polite. My favorite story involves a paper
- |> session which began to run overtime, and would thus have impacted a
- |> scheduled AV coffee-break. Supposedly, the crew began flashing a
- |> message on the speaker's monitor: "Stop Talking".
- |>
- |> Yep, they sure showed us.
- |>
- |> -- will
-
- A short lesson on politeness....
-
- Let's change your favorite story just a little bit....
-
-
- A speaker is running overtime. The AV crew, who have been
- working for several sessions now, are "polite" and allow the
- speaker to run over.
-
- The speaker may actually notice many people leaving the session
- and arriving to the session, but continues to talk. Or perhaps
- the speaker is inexperienced, and just doesn't notice.
-
- The next session chair is also polite, and allows the speaker
- to run into a few minutes of the next session. But finally,
- the next session chair gives the high sign, and then very
- politely, the speaker says thank you very much and several
- people follow out to the hallway to continue the discussion.
-
- The AV crew, who are polite, miss their break and continue their
- job for the next session.
-
-
- Out in the hall, the speaker politely discusses the paper with
- several people for a number of minutes. Slowly, people politely
- excuse themselves. Finally, the speaker is left with one or
- two other people, and they continue for several more minutes.
-
- Eventually, the speaker politely thanks the now very small
- audience in the hallway for their long attention and excuses
- herself. She heads for the bathroom, and then to a coffee shop
- where she meets with some colleages.
-
-
- Back in the auditorium, since the session started late, the
- speaker is again running late. He doesn't notice people are again
- leaving and arriving. But the AV crew, who are polite, suffer
- in silence. The sessions run together again, the speaker heads
- out with a small entorage in tow, they talk for a while, and then
- he thanks the remaining and takes his break and heads for the
- bathroom and then meets some colleagues in a coffee shop.
-
-
- Back in the auditorium, the next speaker is starting late. One of
- the polite AV crew finally mutters quietly "I'll be right back" and
- dashes for the bathroom. The speaker, who after a few minutes
- of talking pushes the button for the first slide. But it's the
- wrong button, so nothing happens. The speaker calls out "uh,
- first slide please?" No response. "Uh, first slide please?"
- Still no response. At this point, many people are wondering
- whatever happened to the AV crew.
-
-
- -mr. bill
- -----
- Bill Licea-Kane
- Digital Equipment Corporation
-