On Tolerance
June 27th, 2005I’ve noticed that the place I work is highly tolerant of the great number of ideas that will float around a place as multicultural as the technology industry. Today I noticed a new, subtle example of this in the bathroom.
By the toilet there are two toilet paper rolls. One is arranged in the blatantly superior “over handed” fashion while the other is quaintly arranged in the wholly awful “under handed” style. Even when the ideals embraced are obviously inferior, we take the extra step to ensure that all feel included. I think it’s kind of sweet to humor them…
In other news, Thunderbird seemed to go a bit wacky today. I typed Ctrl-h Ctrl-h and, for no apparent reason, it sent my message. I’ve tested it since and haven’t been able to reproduce it. Why would I type Ctrl-h Ctrl-h? Because I’m a Unix Nerd