[TLUG-ANNOUNCE]: GTALUG Meeting on Tuesday 10th April, 2012 at 7:30 pm

Ori Idan ori-RdxWQVHs3mjDN57Tih+YPw at public.gmane.org
Thu Mar 29 06:27:01 UTC 2012


On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Scott Sullivan <scott-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 03/28/2012 09:30 PM, Mel Wilson wrote:
>
>> On 03/28/2012 03:43 PM, Christopher Browne wrote:
>>
>>> There is merit
>>> to the idea that those that attend should, before speaking up about
>>> something, take a moment to ask themselves if they:
>>> a) Have something to say that others want to hear;
>>> b) Are trying, perhaps without being quite aware of it, to upstage the
>>> speaker who was, after all, invited to come and speak, and whom is the
>>> person that *OTHERS* came to listen to.
>>>
>> And c) Whether the burningly salient issue that has leapt into one's
>> mind is actually something that the speaker will deal with in a minute
>> or two.
>>
>
> That last one is why I find "I'll talk about that later." should be one of
> the first things speakers should be taught.
>

And I thought that Canadians are more polite and not shouting things at the
face of that speaker.
I thought such things happen only where I come from (Israel). :-)

-- 
Ori Idan
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