[geeks] addressing incompetence in the workplace

[Peter L. Wargo]

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, alex j avriette wrote:

> we have a solaris admin here who insists that to change a machine's 
> hostname and ip address, the OS (solaris 8) needs to be reinstalled.

Aaaaagh!  Idiot alert!

> is there a way to suggest to upper management that an employee who has 
> been around for greater than ten years might not be the right person for 
> the job?

Send me their email address...

> gently?

Oh, I see.  Gentle, huh?  You could approach the idiot and show him.  Or
tell him to send me email.

Geez...

-Pete