Comments on: I feel incredibly alienated at work. Really. http://blog.lokonopa.com/i-only-tried-to-help/ You live and learn. At any rate, you live. Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:09:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Lokonopa http://blog.lokonopa.com/i-only-tried-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-6002 Lokonopa Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:01:26 +0000 http://blog.lokonopa.com/?p=1812#comment-6002 Both of you, thank you for your words. Dougomite, welcome to my Google Reader. Both of you, thank you for your words. Dougomite, welcome to my Google Reader.

]]> By: Nick http://blog.lokonopa.com/i-only-tried-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-5991 Nick Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:12:26 +0000 http://blog.lokonopa.com/?p=1812#comment-5991 There is absolutely nothing wrong with what you did, but anyone gullible enough to buy into this hoax without doing any amount of research is stupid, so don't expect too much from these people when you remind them of that. There is absolutely nothing wrong with what you did, but anyone gullible enough to buy into this hoax without doing any amount of research is stupid, so don’t expect too much from these people when you remind them of that.

]]> By: Dougomite http://blog.lokonopa.com/i-only-tried-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-5990 Dougomite Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:33:19 +0000 http://blog.lokonopa.com/?p=1812#comment-5990 What I'm going to say you already know but I'm saying it anyway. These people are computer and internet illiterate and you reminded them of that so they took it personally. They were momentarily excited by thinking they'd found some secret internet freebie that people would praise them for having shared. So it's got nothing to do with what you said or how you said it, their egos were just hurt because they were publicly shown to have fallen for a trick. You handled it the best way to ensure that people were informed, it's their problem if they took it so personally. I guess since you work with such sensitive people, next time you could email just the employees and let them know they should warn anyone that also received it. What I’m going to say you already know but I’m saying it anyway. These people are computer and internet illiterate and you reminded them of that so they took it personally. They were momentarily excited by thinking they’d found some secret internet freebie that people would praise them for having shared. So it’s got nothing to do with what you said or how you said it, their egos were just hurt because they were publicly shown to have fallen for a trick.

You handled it the best way to ensure that people were informed, it’s their problem if they took it so personally. I guess since you work with such sensitive people, next time you could email just the employees and let them know they should warn anyone that also received it.

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