Post Azuhaod4Ud83GRn5nc by davemosk@mastodon.nz
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 (DIR) Post #AzuhHlHci1F7Nvfmu8 by davemosk@mastodon.nz
       2025-11-04T20:48:15Z
       
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       "We can't play PDF's can you send it as a PowerPoint?"I'm presenting at a conference next week. The conference management company asked me for a copy of my presentation. I told them I'd be sending them a PDF. They responded "We can't play PDF's can you send it as a PowerPoint?".WTAF?Luckily I can bring my own laptop with an HDMI port. To "play" a PDF.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzuhHmZNvT2pNIzUEC by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-11-04T20:49:09Z
       
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       @davemosk embarrassing for them. How inept. Sigh.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzuhI1wyk1pX4p92aO by davemosk@mastodon.nz
       2025-11-04T20:49:45Z
       
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       @lightweight I had to repress a universe of snarky replies.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzuhVfTp59BdRO0hay by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-11-04T20:52:13Z
       
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       @davemosk why suppress them. They should be held up to scrutiny for being bad at their jobs.
       
 (DIR) Post #Azuhaod4Ud83GRn5nc by davemosk@mastodon.nz
       2025-11-04T20:53:08Z
       
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       @lightweight It is my experience that offending people is rarely the path to success.
       
 (DIR) Post #Azuhdl2uGvw51HHIKu by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-11-04T20:53:42Z
       
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       @davemosk yes, I know you think that. But when people aren't capable of doing a job, pretending they are doesn't result in change...
       
 (DIR) Post #AzujvCTLkoTSue5jUm by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-11-04T21:19:15Z
       
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       @davemosk seems to me that explaining to that conference organiser is failing you is the decent thing to do - how are they otherwise supposed to improve? You're giving them important market research. Confronting the problem isn't rude. I"d argue it's respectful. And more likely to result in positive change that complaining about it on a channel they don't follow. (fwiw, when I complain about our gov't & media here, it's because they don't follow any channels I'm willing to participate in).