Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

["Andrew C. Oliver" <acoliver AT buni.org>]

BTW I think any organization needs some equivalent of this: 
http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/rbarip.html

and once HR shuts it down or complains that someone used the "f word" 
then it is a clue to the clueful to move on and a clue to the recruiters 
that hiring will now take place via HR and recruiters ;-)

One man's whining is another man's constructive criticism.  However the 
most fun and most building are often the useless rants.  It does require 
enough maturity on the part of the reader to not take it personally or 
seriously when their sacred cow is vivisected in front of the whole 
company and its user experience compared to sitting on a Japanese toilet 
with the pressure turned on maximum 
(http://linuxintegrators.com/acoliver/travel/2005/09/08/x-0065.html).  A 
good rant is an art-form worth appreciating.  Some have meaty 
informational content (like WTF do we distribute with a cluster 
configuration that always crashes the server with Out of memory 
exception on even the most pristine network) others are all on style and 
short on non-fecal substance.  However the sufficiently intelligent and 
self-actualized person can read them with enough emotional Kevlar on to 
not be negatively impacted :-)

-Andy The Whiner

Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
> My three year old can out-whine your friends cats any day.  That's why I 
> rent an office.  The only problem is the folks in the office next door 
> who pee on the toilet (and other parts of the bathroom).  I know it is 
> them because it only started once they moved in...  Of course my three 
> year old...
>
> esther-l AT mailsnare.net wrote:
>   
> > I don't experience this, because I cannot work from home at my job.
> >
> > However, a friend who works at a home office has cats. 2-3 hours before feeding time in 
> > the evening there's a lot of whiny meowing from fat cats - "I am starving, feed 
> > me". sometimes it is operatic. I understand it can be more annoying than a 
> > neighbor operating a leaf blower.
> >
> > It's very important to have a door on your home office.
> > Esther
> >
> >
> >   
> >     
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jonathan Cox [mailto:jcox AT newsobserver.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2007 02:27 PM
> > > To: 
> > > Internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org:\http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> > > Subject: [internetworkers] whiners
> > >
> > > Hello All - I'm working on a story about whining in the workplace, why 
> > > we do it, whether it's on the rise and how to deal with it. 
> > >     
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