An Open Apology to R.A.P.

Let's put it in terms you're closer to: I've never run a hotel, but I
watched a lot of Newhart and Fawlty Towers years ago, and I played
SimCity, too. I'm going to have a discussion with you--a professional
hotel manager--about running a hotel. In that discussion, I'm going to
argue with you about EVERY SINGLE THING YOU SAY, because what you say
isn't how they did it on Newhart, and my other research backs me up.

I know you intended this to be a compliment, Buck, but it's truly
hilarious. Mary and I were FAR from "professional hotel managers"
when we bought the business back in 2002. I'm a newspaper guy, Mary's
a medical technologist -- and our only hotel experience prior to
buying the place was as disappointed guests in other hotels.

We, in fact, learned a lot about what people want in a hotel by simply
asking people on this newsgroup.

But I get your point.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Feb 14, 8:42 am, "BDS" wrote:
As far as worrying about potential pilots getting bad information from him
is concerned, anyone who has spent more than 10 minutes on the internet
knows how much weight to put on the information that you find there.

Indeed, you quickly figure out who's worth listening to, or not.

It's a bit insulting when a few people think that they have to "warn"
everyone else. Inflated egos at work ! As if they're the only
readers smart enough !

Quite often it also turns out that one of his responders is dead
wrong. They should be thankful that they're not treated in kind,
even though they deserve it.

The majority don't defend Mx, the person. We just abhor the wasteful
methods used against him. Do the people posting insults or goodbyes,
think that makes them look more manly or something? Because it sure
does the opposite.

Kev

On Feb 13, 8:37 pm, Buck Murdock wrote:
Let's put it in terms you're closer to: I've never run a hotel, but I
watched a lot of Newhart and Fawlty Towers years ago, and I played
SimCity, too. I'm going to have a discussion with you--a professional
hotel manager--about running a hotel. In that discussion, I'm going to
argue with you about EVERY SINGLE THING YOU SAY, because what you say
isn't how they did it on Newhart, and my other research backs me up.

Okay, so you're saying that someone without direct experience should
not constantly argue a topic ? Let's run with that hypothesis:

Those of us with lots of experience being moderators of large groups,
have said many times, that it's the whiners who are being most
disruptive and who would be censored first. So unless they have
experience with moderating a group with thousands of members, they
should stop and shut up, right?

Oh yeah, we could only wish ;-)

Cheers, Kev

On Feb 13, 5:05 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
Hell, anyone with any social interaction will
find annoying characters in face-to-face encounters. At least in real life
they have to go home (unless the person annoying you is the bartender or
barber - then you go home or find a new place to socialize).

Maybe that's why I don't find MX so bothersome -- I deal with every
possible aspect of humanity, from the poorest of the poor, to the
wealthiest of the rich, every single day. I did it for years in
newspapers, and I've done it for almost five years in the hotel.



I have to agree with Jay. As a university professor, I too face lots
of questions from all types of people. I try to live by 'there are no
stupid questions, only stupid answers'. Most of the questions which at
first seem trivial or stupid are often due to a lack of our own
understanding.

Most of the posts that involve mxsmanic goes something like this. He
might ask "what makes an airplane turn?". Someone answers: "when you
bank the airplane, the horizontal force makes the airplane turn'. Then
he responds with 'but a horizontal force can't make an airplane turn,
it only makes it fly sideways". This annoys the other pilots. "Why do
you ask trivial questions and then argue with the answer?" And so it
goes.

On 14 Feb 2007 15:53:19 -0800, "Andrew Sarangan"
wrote:


. . .As a university professor, I too face lots
of questions from all types of people. I try to live by 'there are no
stupid questions, only stupid answers'. Most of the questions which at
first seem trivial or stupid are often due to a lack of our own
understanding.

Well, besides:

"Will you be grading us on the curve?"
and
"Do we need to know this for the final?"
which probably do not arise from your own lack of understanding. . . .

There's:
"So what are you going to do about it, biker scum?"
"Would you mind if I slept with other women?"
"I shouldn't have been speeding, should I?"
"Who's gonna know?"
"Why can't we all just get along?"

Don