<VV> Hostile Response to Glove Box Install

[Secular]

  Perhaps some of this could be attributed to a dry (no pun intended) medium called the Internet ;-) 

  I have a very dear friend in town (he's deployed overseas), who on numerous occasions, assisted me with some of the most simple or complicated vair-tasks. Four letter words and brutal sarcasm are his lingua franca.

  If he were to communicate his thoughts via e-mail (unfortunately or fortunately, he's not computer savvy) I would have perceived him atop that "gruff pyramid" simply because I neither hear the voice nor do I see his face. 

  My guess is that some of the folks who appear to qualify for IEC (ignorant, egotistical and counterproductive) in the virtual world, may actually be pleasant and socially evolved in person. 

  Any hooo, I'm reminded of Josh Billings who once said: One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness !  :)

  Regards,


  Tony


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Candish" <scandish at sbcglobal.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 2:46 AM
Subject: <VV> Hostile Response to Glove Box Install


> Thank you to Jim Houston for his civil and polite reponse to my trials installing a glovebox insert  (and my advice to a fellow Corvair enthusiast who was experiencing similar difficulites) based on my experience in following the direction of multiple listers on the subject when I posted my inquiry last month. 
>  I received a rude, terse and profane personal response from a "veteran" VV poster touting frontal installation as if I had personally insulted him by having the timerity to suggest there may be more than one way to accomplish this task. This type of impolite, confrontational and "My way or the Highway" approach to problem solving is ignorant, egotistical and counterproductive to our hobby. My first post on this forum was met with several of these sarcastic, abusive and elitist veteran VV posters. I have since, on the advice of the more civil and socially evolved veterans, grown a thicker skin and will continue to both post questions and respond to inquiries from individuals that are experiencing the same difficulties I have if by doing so I can save them some time or money by sharing what I have learned. 
>   
>  Scott Candish
>  '65 Corsa 180 Turbo (new glovebox installed from behind)
>  UNSAYF
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