Subj : Re: What's "lunch"?? (was: Personal connections)
To   : comp.programming,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.lisp
From : rem642b
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 12:00 am

Note: I'm currently seeking work, preferably programming in Lisp or Java.
> From: Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu>
> when you got hungry, why didn't you ask one of your coworkers if they
> wanted to go get something to eat in the cafeteria or sub shop with
> you?

Your question has nothing to do with Java, so why are you posting it in
comp.lang.java.programmer? Where do you want me to answer your question?

> Don't you ever go into your colleague's office/cube to discuss a
> problem you're having?

We were specifically forbidden to do that.

> Some people go out for smoking breaks

I wouldn't want to be within 50 feet of somebody smoking. I get sick
from the smell.

> If you didn't get to know your coworkers, it's really your own fault.

Only one of my co-workers was in any way friendly toward me, and he
moved to San Francisco before the project was finished, so there was no
chance of maintaining social contact with him. Are you suggesting I
should have rummaged around the building harassing people who didn't
want anything social to do with me, repeatedly begging them to change
their attitude and become my friends? If somebody acted like they
didn't want anything personal to do with me, I left them alone. Was
that wrong?

If you have any further questions specific about me, why don't you join
my Yahoo! Group and ask the questions there, instead of posting the
questions to these newsgroups and expecting me to answer here?
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/helprobertmaasfindemployment/

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