Article: 130585 of alt.peeves From: eeo@email.com (Eric O'Connor) Newsgroups: alt.peeves Subject: Re: Fuck Macrovision and the Pencil Dicks They Rode In On Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:48:23 GMT Organization: www.myboot.com Lines: 43 Sender: eeo@email.com (Eric O'Connor) Message-ID: <3834a926.416597332@news.mindspring.com> References: <80k68u$ns5@llama.swcp.com> <80nno0$tpj$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> <3830707c.336543924@news.mindspring.com> Reply-To: eeo@email.com (Eric O'Connor) NNTP-Posting-Host: c7.ae.c0.e2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 16 Nov 1999 00:44:21 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 Path: news1.meer.net!news3.best.com!news2.best.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mindspring.net!firehose.mindspring.com!not-for-mail Xref: news1.meer.net alt.peeves:130585 Glen Quarnstrom said: >[Sparky's wife makes small boo-boo, Sparky insists on abject apology >and/or monetary compensation] > I'd lay odds that she'll be your ex-wife before long if this is your typical >attitude. Promises, promises. She turns 40 next month, I was thinking of trading her in for a newer model anyway(1). I'll be sure and kick the tires next time. I just wanted her to acknowledge that she created a hassle for me, I don't see why this should have been an issue for her. I may not be an Alan Alda, but I do apologize if my actions cause another grief. I merely consider that being polite. The money (chump change, less than $10 I imagine) was just an out for her to not apologize at all. An abject apology wasn't what I was asking for, more than a shrug would have been fine. I don't expect anyone to be perfect or feel guilty for minor fuck ups, but I really resent having crap delegated to me off the cuff like I'm one of her employees. I wouldn't put up with that crap at work(2) and I sure don't want to come home to it. I don't believe for a nanosecond that anyone at the Quarnstrom household would either. (1) I'm 31 and looking at life from a very different perspective than she is. Not to imply that my perspective is any better than hers. We most likely would have gone separate paths, but along came the "Acquired Infant Dependency Syndrome" Kenny once mentioned, that has pretty much made us refocus our plans. A pleasant surprise BTW. (2) not much, and not without special circumstance. Performing your job and completing task as they arise is quite different, than being handed other people's mistakes and offering no objection. -- Eric O'Connor eeoc@mindspring.com Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits, nevertheless, calmly licking its chops. -- H.L. Mencken