RE: Respect

[L_K_II_Les_Aldrich@RL.gov]

Erin,

You had it right the first time.  While there are a few individuals on
RADSAFE who do not always respond the way we would like them to, most of
us are on RADSAFE to learn and to help others learn.  I've been a health
physicist for over 30 years and have been certified for 16 years, and I
don't remember ever thinking a question was trivial or not worth
answering.  And there are still a lot of things discussed on RADSAFE
that I know nothing about, so it isn't just "new" people who need to ask
simple questions!  Hang in there - pretty soon you're going to be the
one who is answering questions for the new "new" people.

Someone suggested that once you identify a person as being condescending
or disrespectful, you should just delete any messages from that
individual.  Be careful!  The individual who is impolite one day may be
the one who provides a polite enlightening answer to your next question.

Les Aldrich
l_k_ii_les_aldrich@rl.gov

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Erin Lambert [SMTP:eclare@purdue.edu]
> Sent:	Thursday, September 03, 1998 3:13 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	RE: Respect
> 
> When I joined RADSAFE as a senior studying for a B.S. in 
> Health Physics, I was not told that you had to be "experienced"
> in order to post to this forum.
>  I think that Melissa intended this to be a place where Health
> Physicists 
> and other professionals interested in the field could talk about
> topics 
> relating to this common interest.  Being a "brand new" graduate and
> "brand new" HP, there have been manytimes that I have been too
> intimidated to ask a question for fear that I overlooked
> something simple and I would be humiliated by someone with a big ego.
> I hope 
> that eventually this will become more relaxed and people will feel
> comfortable asking
> any type of question (related to the nuclear field, of course).
> 
> 
> Erin Lambert
> 
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