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Subject:Re: Stupid Question of the day From:Ken Poshedly <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net> To:Deborah McNally <tig -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>, "Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com>, Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:15:50 -0800 (PST)
As an native-born American (tech writer) employee of a China-based company with its U.S. office right here in metro Atlanta, I myself am facing that problem, which means no answers to some very important technical questions I need answered so I can get a parts manual for a 3,000-ton crawler crane out of here by end of February.
Except that's when they return from holiday.
<sigh>
-- Kenpo
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From: Deborah McNally <tig -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Leonard C. Porrello <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com>; Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Thu, February 11, 2010 2:06:14 PM
Subject: Re: Stupid Question of the day
You forgot to mention China who is currently on a major hiatus for the
Chinese New Year.
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Deb McNally
Measured Progress
Technical Documentation Specialist
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Leonard C. Porrello
<Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:
> Welcome to IT in America! Just imagine, Kat, if too many companies were
> to observe all of our national/state holidays, we'd end up with the same
> horrible quality of life as people in terrible places like Germany,
> Austria, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, and Sweden (to name a few). Thank
> gawd we have a culture and worker bees that support companies in keeping
> benefits, holidays, and PTO to a bare minimum (compared to other
> developed nations). Thank gawd.
>
> Leonard
>
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