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I had a painful out-of-hours support call from a COBOL developer a couple of days ago (I'm a Linux/AIX sys admin, though more Linux than AIX). It went a little like this:
Developer: <initiates converstaion via mobile phone> Me: <accepts call>Hello. Developer: problem blah blah whine blah Me: Have you tried Developer: <sends SIGINT followed by detail not relating to current conversation> Me: Have you tried Developer: <sends SIGINT followed by explaination of what the system did several years ago> Me: Have you looked at Developer: <sends SIGINT followed by detail not relating to current conversation> Me: <sends SIGUSR1 to self causing deep breath and hold temper>Let me log in and Developer: <sends SIGINT followed by question as to why this occurred> Me: <wants to send SIGKILL to developer> ... grrr In reply to Re: My interpersonal communication protocol/style is the most like...
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