I have a coworker in my office/room/whatever, and he's a nice guy, but he drives me mad -- he can't communicate. Good communication makes things happen. Sometimes I have to tell him to speak up, speak clearly, or re-write an email so I can make sense of what he's saying. He doesn't like it, but he'll be a better worker for it.

Communication is a two way street, ibanix. Look at it the other way around. Reading or listening and interpretting what someone else says or writes are skills just as important as writing or speaking. You can only ask others to go so far in working around your handicaps in those areas.

He doesn't like it, but he'll be a better worker for it.

That, sir, is the height of arrogance. It doesn't even matter if you are right. Stating it is arrogant.

Maybe his future employers will thank me.

That is both rude and immature.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

In reply to Re: polite correction is a virtue by sauoq
in thread How to access results of XML::Simple? by matth

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