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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 503041" data-attributes="member: 12508">Uncle Martin, you crack me up! You&#039;ve just personally insulted me in several of your posts, and now you&#039;re up on your soapbox again.Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Look, I&#039;ve learned my lesson, which is that I cannot freely speak my mind...it has to be tempered, and the fact that I&#039;m non-UPS puts me on a short leash. &nbsp;As far as the moderator thing goes, let&#039;s drop it, OK? When the FedEx Forums were first introduced, Cheryl asked me if I would be a mod and I agreed. Having little experience with this site, I didn&#039;t know the politics and vagaries of the TOS or the Brown Cafe. Sure, I read it, but it is interpreted very differently by each of you, and once again, I was brand-new to this site. You can keep beating me over the head with it if you like, but it&#039;s getting old. I&#039;d been here one day and was an instant moderator. It&#039;s past history. In retrospect, it was a mistake to accept the job because I&#039;m very passionate about the way employees are treated over at Big Purple.&nbsp;You once accused me of &quot;not caring about this site&quot;, which is quite untrue. The bulk of my posts are quite professional, to the point, and typically involve topics that cross over company lines. Recent examples include executive jet usage, the FedEx RLA exemption, and UPS lobbying for changes to the FAA Reauthorization Act. I like the Brown Cafe, and find most of the discussions worthwhile and educational. When I&#039;ve been attacked, I&#039;ve fired right back, and you don&#039;t like that. As a mod, it&#039;s your duty to do your job according to your interpretation of the TOS. So be it.&nbsp;When I was new to the site I sent dozens of &quot;attack&quot; excerpts to the moderators, which were largely ignored. That&#039;s understandable, because a lot of people hated the idea of anything FedEx on this site, including some of the moderators. Tieguy, among others, was all over me, and I got more than a few nasty PM&#039;s (not from him}. Over time, my encounters with him have become civil and very educational...even when we disagree.&nbsp;At this point, I&#039;d just like to drop this subject and move forward. I&#039;ve come away a wiser participant. You get to check everything I say before it ever gets posted, so there should be no further problems.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 503041, member: 12508"] Uncle Martin, you crack me up! You've just personally insulted me in several of[I] your [/I]posts, and now you're up on your soapbox again.Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Look, I've learned my lesson, which is that I cannot freely speak my mind...it has to be tempered, and the fact that I'm non-UPS puts me on a short leash. As far as the moderator thing goes, let's drop it, OK? When the FedEx Forums were first introduced, Cheryl asked me if I would be a mod and I agreed. Having little experience with this site, I didn't know the politics and vagaries of the TOS or the Brown Cafe. Sure, I read it, but it is interpreted very differently by each of you, and once again, I was brand-new to this site. You can keep beating me over the head with it if you like, but it's getting old. I'd been here one day and was an instant moderator. It's past history. In retrospect, it was a mistake to accept the job because I'm very passionate about the way employees are treated over at Big Purple. You once accused me of "not caring about this site", which is quite untrue. The bulk of my posts are quite professional, to the point, and typically involve topics that cross over company lines. Recent examples include executive jet usage, the FedEx RLA exemption, and UPS lobbying for changes to the FAA Reauthorization Act. I like the Brown Cafe, and find most of the discussions worthwhile and educational. When I've been attacked, I've fired right back, and you don't like that. As a mod, it's your duty to do your job according to your interpretation of the TOS. So be it. When I was new to the site I sent dozens of "attack" excerpts to the moderators, which were largely ignored. That's understandable, because a lot of people hated the idea of anything FedEx on this site, including some of the moderators. Tieguy, among others, was all over me, and I got more than a few nasty PM's (not from him}. Over time, my encounters with him have become civil and very educational...even when we disagree. At this point, I'd just like to drop this subject and move forward. I've come away a wiser participant. You get to check everything I say before it ever gets posted, so there should be no further problems. [/QUOTE]

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