Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: ben@sybase.com (ben ullrich) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: When You Run Out of Pairs Message-ID: Date: 20 Jul 89 04:43:47 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: sybase, inc., emeryville, ca. Lines: 23 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 248, message 3 of 7 Thanks to Patrick for another nice telecom history tidbit. I did like it. BUT, your sexist, female-disparaging remarks leave MUCH to be desired. > THE LADY INSTALLER COMES TO VISIT (OR, SHE MEANT WELL, I'M SURE...) [...] > Brilliant deduction, lady... [...] > I had to feel sorry for the lady. [...] It is interesting to me that this section is preceded by one in which a male installer who makes a much worse ``blunder'' (disconnecting one of your phone lines) gets nowhere near the demeaning comments that the ``lady installer'' gets. The above (quoted) section sounds to me like this installer was bad simply because she was a woman, and that for some reason women just aren't as suitable for installers as men are. Or that they are, but their blunders are blamed on different sources. Disgusting. ...ben ---- ben ullrich consider my words disclaimed,if you consider them at all sybase, inc., emeryville, ca +1 (415) 596 - 3500 this space for rent ben@sybase.com {pyramid,pacbell,sun,lll-tis}!sybase!ben