<p>undisclosed, I appreciate your response. I acknowledge it’s an age gap, but I (and my age peers) tend not to write anything, even on an anonymous website, that we would not be willing to say face-to-face. On behalf of my age peers, it is fair to say that we deeply regret the “dumbing down” of communication brought about by email, Facebook, messaging, etc. Typos, no initial caps, statements made behind the anonymous curtain, etc. We believe that the bifurcation of “communication while at work” vs. “everything else” is insidiously destructive. But it is not our world emerging. It is yours. (By the way, I respect your respect for my old-school views regarding initial caps…)</p>
<p>I also understand the spinning of yarns through the anonymous internet. Perhaps Columbia2002 is a Machiavellian Yale (or CUNY) alum? And I’m a legal secretary? (By the way, the CEO comment was not about gravitas, it was about hard knocks, and in these times, I feel them.)</p>
<p>Finally, let me just say I have a different definition of “politeness.” But I also enjoy reading these threads!</p>