TLA fucks up BIG TIME

[chadknowslaw]

Remember, its innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until proven innocent

Only in the criminal courtroom. In the business world, it is the other way around.

[A_DeAngelo]

Cam is so pissed at some of the responses Chad, that he has made me promise to take him to Chez Panisse for dinner next week when we're in Berkeley!

god that's gonna cost me.... at least we'll get to hang with our old friends and ask Alice about their latest world-wide boycott of Evian and other imported bottled waters (no coincidence that Alice "Waters" name is Waters...!

She / they are always in the forefront of good, earthly movements - did you know that it takes a cup full of oil to ship one bottle of evian from france to berkeley? and you know how I can go on about the price of gas....!

[chadknowslaw]

Cam is so pissed at some of the responses Chad, that he has made me promise to take him to Chez Panisse for dinner next week when we're in Berkeley!

god that's gonna cost me....

You could just take me to Home. It would cost less than the tip at the fancy restaurant, but I probably have too much gag reflex to make you happy

[XXXWriterDude]

The boards have long been used to get issues taken care of, and for that, they can serve a valuable purpose. However, there is also a certain responsibility inherent in using the boards. As this thread proves, it's far too easy to over-react and jump to conclusions. Despite the fact that the issue has been taken care of, there is now a seed of doubt placed in the air about one company's professionalism. No matter what the outcome of this thread, people will remember, "Oh, weren't they the ones who screwed over those guys a while back?"

Negativity is the downfall of this industry. And there are just far too many negative people in this business.

There was a way to bring this issue to the board in a way that may have given TLA the benefit of the doubt. Had the initial post been one more along the lines of "Hey, we're having this issue, and we're not sure what to do about it. Does anybody have any advice? We really like TLA, and we're so happy to be with them, but right now we're a little unclear of what's going on there" etc. etc instead of a post that was full of innuendo and speculation, a lot of the hostility that has come through in the responses to the thread could have been avoided. It's an old saying, but just count to 10 and take several deep breaths before posting stuff like this here. It's all about how you present your issues that defines the reputation you will have in this industry. But if you're quick to fly off the handle at a moment's notice and point fingers and make unfounded accusations, that creates an air of uncertainty and instability that could come back and bite you in the ass.

Don't mean to lecture. That's just my $.02. Feel free to ignore it.

[Lee]

but boy do I wish that these kinds of things didn't go on here. It just makes me cringe to see it.

But you always seem to make time to reply to these types of threads, guess you cant click a thread, read it, and leave

So hows the new job treating you?

Regards,

Lee

[XXXWriterDude]

But you always seem to make time to reply to these types of threads, guess you cant click a thread, read it, and leave

So hows the new job treating you?

Regards,

Lee

That's the great thing about a board, Lee. If you want to post and put in your $.02, you can.

The new job rocks. Thanx very much.

[Baghdad Bob]

i think you should have checked with your office before posting abotu this