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Open Apology
As I mulled over this exciting week in the “Cove” it has become apparent, thanks to Martin’s no frills charge relating to my 30 years of incompetence in the Quality Profession, that he may be right. But, I wasn’t always incompetent. When I began as an Inspector in 1966, things were different. You learned all you could about the product, the system as it was then and moved on. The key to success was to do a good job, show some ambition and through normal progression, you advanced. Times have changed. We now have certain educational requirements, which cover the whole spectrum of what a good Quality Professional should be. Books, courses, certificates, etc. With these changes came a new breed of Quality Professional with respected credentials that over time become a necessity to excel in the field. You no longer just have to learn the company culture and fit in, you are tasked with the almost impossible task of changing it to meet more specific requirements. My entire working life can be summed up as A Quality professional with ever increasing roles of responsibility in the Quality arena. That’s it. No plan, it just happened. The Cove members are made of many individuals who have those “proper” credentials or other experience that have put them on top of their game. Kevin, Db, Lucinda, E. Wall, Steelmaiden, ISO Guy, Carl, all the other Daves (including the Aussie Bloke) all the other moderators, and many more too numerous to mention. Your posts are serious, thought provoking and certainly do not indicate incompetence in your field. Don’t be offended if I left you out. But, I can’t leave out MG. MG has all those things mentioned above, plus the stubbornness of some you other members. That’s a good thing.
I was one of the first to welcome this young gentleman from across the pond. We exchanged some private messages and e-mail. There were some private jokes. Basically, while I had to have it pounded into my incompetent head, I agreed with his subsequent posts. But, more importantly was what did I do to change this relationship to what it has become?
My time here in the Cove has been one whereby I gained, and will continue to gain, the knowledge to keep up with the latest interpretation problems with the new standard. My posts, for the most part, HAVE shown disdain for the tie wearing, narrow minded, manicured, polished, egotistical, holier than thou Quality Professionals that I’ve run across in my travels. I have also been sarcastic and engaged in very unprofessional behavior when I sensed someone was exhibiting some of those traits I mentioned above. But I felt I was meeting their fire with my kind of fire. What I felt doesn’t matter. What matters to me is that someone posting to a thread should not have to worry about getting boiled in oil by someone who probably misread the intent of the post and decide to chime in with some criticism or ill placed humor. It stops here. It will be difficult. I subscribe to all the threads, so when there is a new post, a “new message” pops up on the screen. All work ceases and I read it. When I see it’s a thread in which I was actively engaged, I just had to fire off my two cents.
So - to all offendees, if my posts made you feel uncomfortable I apologize. Grampy is hanging up his whips, darts and barbs. Because I’m not as competent as I should be, I’ll be doing more posts reading and less posting. But, I’m not leaving. And, I may still post a joke in the humor thread when I feel like it. So there. Oops, watch that you Knuckle Head!
As I mulled over this exciting week in the “Cove” it has become apparent, thanks to Martin’s no frills charge relating to my 30 years of incompetence in the Quality Profession, that he may be right. But, I wasn’t always incompetent. When I began as an Inspector in 1966, things were different. You learned all you could about the product, the system as it was then and moved on. The key to success was to do a good job, show some ambition and through normal progression, you advanced. Times have changed. We now have certain educational requirements, which cover the whole spectrum of what a good Quality Professional should be. Books, courses, certificates, etc. With these changes came a new breed of Quality Professional with respected credentials that over time become a necessity to excel in the field. You no longer just have to learn the company culture and fit in, you are tasked with the almost impossible task of changing it to meet more specific requirements. My entire working life can be summed up as A Quality professional with ever increasing roles of responsibility in the Quality arena. That’s it. No plan, it just happened. The Cove members are made of many individuals who have those “proper” credentials or other experience that have put them on top of their game. Kevin, Db, Lucinda, E. Wall, Steelmaiden, ISO Guy, Carl, all the other Daves (including the Aussie Bloke) all the other moderators, and many more too numerous to mention. Your posts are serious, thought provoking and certainly do not indicate incompetence in your field. Don’t be offended if I left you out. But, I can’t leave out MG. MG has all those things mentioned above, plus the stubbornness of some you other members. That’s a good thing.
I was one of the first to welcome this young gentleman from across the pond. We exchanged some private messages and e-mail. There were some private jokes. Basically, while I had to have it pounded into my incompetent head, I agreed with his subsequent posts. But, more importantly was what did I do to change this relationship to what it has become?
My time here in the Cove has been one whereby I gained, and will continue to gain, the knowledge to keep up with the latest interpretation problems with the new standard. My posts, for the most part, HAVE shown disdain for the tie wearing, narrow minded, manicured, polished, egotistical, holier than thou Quality Professionals that I’ve run across in my travels. I have also been sarcastic and engaged in very unprofessional behavior when I sensed someone was exhibiting some of those traits I mentioned above. But I felt I was meeting their fire with my kind of fire. What I felt doesn’t matter. What matters to me is that someone posting to a thread should not have to worry about getting boiled in oil by someone who probably misread the intent of the post and decide to chime in with some criticism or ill placed humor. It stops here. It will be difficult. I subscribe to all the threads, so when there is a new post, a “new message” pops up on the screen. All work ceases and I read it. When I see it’s a thread in which I was actively engaged, I just had to fire off my two cents.
So - to all offendees, if my posts made you feel uncomfortable I apologize. Grampy is hanging up his whips, darts and barbs. Because I’m not as competent as I should be, I’ll be doing more posts reading and less posting. But, I’m not leaving. And, I may still post a joke in the humor thread when I feel like it. So there. Oops, watch that you Knuckle Head!
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knucklehead, but aren't we all?
to be found here to nail quite a few of us to the wall regarding our sometimes run-away fingers posts! We're all (supposed to be) grown-up enough to handle a little critism (even if we feel it is unwarranted) without throwing nails, darts, or books out of pure temper tantrums - But hey, sometimes the little kid in us has a way of sneaking out!