tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862143202429811042.post6817498515527062105..comments2023-04-13T02:57:34.350-05:00Comments on Always Swimming Upstream: Don't throw Greek mythology at me - I'll throw it right back at you.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881250248739539363noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862143202429811042.post-76464409507456686222013-06-01T15:32:30.694-05:002013-06-01T15:32:30.694-05:00Anonymous commenter - while I did write the reply ...Anonymous commenter - while I did write the reply email on the clock, I wrote the blog post after work, on my own time. And probably the two together didn't take me more than a couple minutes. <br /><br />You pretty much missed the whole point of the email and the blog post - his email to me was out of bounds, especially since I had told him more than once that I doubted that we would be interested.<br /><br />This came across as some attempt to be cutesy, a pseudo-intellectual marketing tip - one you learn at some bargain-basement seminar or free webinar. <br /><br />The point I was making is before you use an analogy in your communications, be sure you understand the allegory. Sisyphus was a really bad guy - greedy, deceitful, lecherous, untrustworthy and cruel. He deserved his punishment. To turn Sisyphyus' punishment into a metaphor for persistence tells me the sales person didn't have an understanding of the myth at all. Sisyphus wasn't persistent, he was damned forever to be tormented in order to balance the evil he did during his life (and his afterlife).<br /><br />And if you want people to take your comments seriously, don't hide behind an anonymous identity when you post or comment.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881250248739539363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862143202429811042.post-83466362148425702692013-06-01T15:07:02.793-05:002013-06-01T15:07:02.793-05:00But you had the time to write that e-mail to him a...But you had the time to write <i>that</i> e-mail to him and then even make a blog post about it. Sounds like you could have just responded earlier or left him alone instead of being rude when he makes a joke. It's frustrating to not be able to get an e-mail response.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com