Re: Do you have end-users like this?

rgaffuri_at_cox.net (Ryan Gaffuri) wrote in message news:<1efdad5b.0306300937.66f8d877_at_posting.google.com>...
> hap_at_mikomi.org (Adam Hapworth) wrote in message news:<a6cb04db.0306300648.43337078@posting.google.com>...
> > Jonathan1234 <member31800_at_dbforums.com> wrote in message news:<3054936.1056849647_at_dbforums.com>...
> > > Very funny!
> > >
> > > I've definitely has the IT wannabe end-users and they drive me nuts.
> >
> > Here is the perfect t-shirt for those meetngs with the Users
> >
> > http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/coder/595d/zoom/
> >
> > Adam
>
> i think a negative view users is a real detriment to a project. Ive
> found that most end users are reasonable.
>
> As if you are an expert in everything? I think that is a real flaw
> with alot of technical people. The holier than thou arrogant view
> towards users. Ive also found it problematic on projects where people
> who are specialists in one thing are arrogant about that skill and do
> not like to discuss it with people who are specialists in something
> else.
>
> The way I look at is that end-users pay my salary. If they get
> intolerable its time to find a new job. If not, then I have to deal
> with it.

Obviously you haven't been exposed to the real morons. I can assure you : there are LOTS of them in the REAL world. I have found that way too many users are *un*reasonable, installing crap applications with NO RI defined, always blaming the DBA when *anything* goes wrong, often blaming the mess *they* caused on the DBA. Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Tue Jul 01 2003 - 09:42:40 CEST