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Subject:RE: Tina the Techwriter Reopens the Great Debate From:"Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:23:22 -0400
I was thinking of some others I've seen in the past where she wants to
put smart-alec remarks to the user in the manuals.
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Subject: RE: Tina the Techwriter Reopens the Great Debate
"Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com> wrote on 06/10/2004 10:43:56
AM:
> Sometimes I wonder whether the folks who don't like Tina are
> displaying a bit of sexism. Maybe they feel that it's okay for a man
> to have an abrasive personality but not a woman.
What?!? Are you reading the same comic strip I am?
Alice is difficult/abrasive/aggressive. She's also hilarious.
Tina is hysterical, ineffective, and obsesses over pointless minutia.
She
also never seems to be concerned with any of the real work at hand.
Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer
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