Comments on: Checkmate http://davethegrinch.net/2007/09/26/checkmate/ Strange mutterings from stranger people Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: chadwick http://davethegrinch.net/2007/09/26/checkmate/comment-page-1/#comment-774 chadwick Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:14:06 +0000 http://davethegrinch.net/2007/09/26/checkmate/#comment-774 bravo, d, bravo. i shall begin calling you Ruy as you have also taught me a thing or two about how to better an opponent via this "humility" play. navigating the aberration of corporate culture is something you should consider writing a book about. offer it up a la Radiohead's In Rainbows. your wit abounds with commercial opportunities. = c bravo, d, bravo.

i shall begin calling you Ruy as you have also taught me a thing or two about how to better an opponent via this “humility” play.

navigating the aberration of corporate culture is something you should consider writing a book about.

offer it up a la Radiohead’s In Rainbows.

your wit abounds with commercial opportunities.

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]]> By: Aunt Cindy http://davethegrinch.net/2007/09/26/checkmate/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Aunt Cindy Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:14:42 +0000 http://davethegrinch.net/2007/09/26/checkmate/#comment-773 David, love your description of what your position was to be and how you so smartly turned it around. I wish you all the best in your new job, however it turns out and know you'll give the company your best shot. Oh, and Nancy, I doubt anyone thinks of David as a total slacker, but I'm glad you cleared that up for anyone who may think that way. :) Much love, Aunt Cindy David, love your description of what your position was to be and how you so smartly turned it around. I wish you all the best in your new job, however it turns out and know you’ll give the company your best shot. Oh, and Nancy, I doubt anyone thinks of David as a total slacker, but I’m glad you cleared that up for anyone who may think that way. :)

Much love, Aunt Cindy

]]> By: Mom/Nancy http://davethegrinch.net/2007/09/26/checkmate/comment-page-1/#comment-769 Mom/Nancy Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:55:26 +0000 http://davethegrinch.net/2007/09/26/checkmate/#comment-769 I love the chess analogy. I also sympathize very much with the trauma of facing the reality of the corporate world after being away from it as you and Sarah have been. I was depressed for weeks when I got back from my 2-week trip to England, so it must be just that much harder for you right now. The only thing that bothers me about what you've written is that people who don't know you, might not get the right impression.... or maybe it's just me that doesn't have the right impression... but I've known you to be a valued employee who gives his all even in the midst of cocktail hour and what have you. You've always worked in a rather different, more casual and open-minded atmosphere than a lot of us, and that works well for you. But I am thinking of all the times Sarah told me about you going into work on the weekends or working until the wee hours to complete a project. Oh I know that wasn't all the time, but you've kind of given the impression here that you're a total slacker who doesn't care about the responsibility he's accepted when he takes on a job, and that just isn't the Dave I know. (I'll be looking for my check in the mail. Thanks!) I love the chess analogy. I also sympathize very much with the trauma of facing the reality of the corporate world after being away from it as you and Sarah have been. I was depressed for weeks when I got back from my 2-week trip to England, so it must be just that much harder for you right now.

The only thing that bothers me about what you’ve written is that people who don’t know you, might not get the right impression…. or maybe it’s just me that doesn’t have the right impression… but I’ve known you to be a valued employee who gives his all even in the midst of cocktail hour and what have you. You’ve always worked in a rather different, more casual and open-minded atmosphere than a lot of us, and that works well for you. But I am thinking of all the times Sarah told me about you going into work on the weekends or working until the wee hours to complete a project. Oh I know that wasn’t all the time, but you’ve kind of given the impression here that you’re a total slacker who doesn’t care about the responsibility he’s accepted when he takes on a job, and that just isn’t the Dave I know.

(I’ll be looking for my check in the mail. Thanks!)

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