Tosser or Bully

[Yelta]

I thought you were pretty restrained Andy, the clown is simply an argumentative idiot.

I voted tosser.

[PGH]

What a wanker. CS is not the place for political spewings, please keep them to yourself.

[Stan]

I believe that he was after a response so he could sprout his opinion. He is a Tosser.

[richbrew]

For those old enough to remember "Leo Wanker" was a class act

This "Leo" is an actual classless wanker and has probably accidentally strayed from his usual perverted forums. Though he'll probably or has already resurfaced on this forum under another alias.

[Yelta]

he'll probably or has already resurfaced on this forum under another alias.

If he has, which I very much doubt, he's learned a lesson.

If he has chosen to abandon ship completely then the members of Coffeesnobs are the winners.

Either way the guy acted like a fully fledged jerk.

[Magyar0300]

Tosser definitely. I don't understand why people become so offended by people's tone in an email and by this I mean the tossers reaction to Andy's email. I have found over recent years staff and others that are readily offended by short and to the point emails.

it seems as though people expect a whole heap of diatribe to accompany written communication. As a business manager I do not have the time, and a few that have had a go at me because of short to the point instructions I send out in their small minds perceiving this to be a slight of person, I simply remind them that I am the boss and to Google Email etiquette and read it. Quite often I get a single line reply.........."Sorry".

Bloody iPads

[Rocky]

I don't know what age Magyar is but I think the issue is often a bit 'generational'.
People of my generation (Boomers) came to electronic communication later in life and had often developed their communication styles based on the 'good manners' that was so important when they were young.
My business emails were always similar to a written communication of the previous era and would start and finish the same way - i.e. "Good Afternoon, I refer to ..." / "Thank you for your assistance..."
I never quite got used to business emails that were full of bad grammar and incorrect spelling.
Having said all that, I was never offended by an email that clearly did not intend to give offence, however blunt.

[Magyar0300]

Rocky I am a late 70's vintage and I understand exactly what you have mentioned above I was raised in a country town in WA where old school is still alive and prospering.

If you read Andy's email it was blunt and to the point and if it was me in the end of the first communication I would have thought "must be having a bad day or he gets thousands of these issues and is time poor" but in the same token I would have taken it for what it was a communicative to change my user name as someone has taken offence. Not tried to argue my point with the owner!!! Each to their own opinion, mine is above.

[b3no]

Hi Andy,
100% agree. A tosser with little to add to this community, other than self gratifying annoyance.
B3no

[wherevubean]

Leo needs to get out and meet people. Just another keyboard warrior. Yawn

[ax72]

The moderator is entitled to his own standards, and users are entitled to either accept those standards or abandon the forum, thus passing ultimate judgement on the forum. As a new user myself, who previously lurked as an unregistered user, it seems to me that this forum does generally run well (although I have questions about rules related to Sponsors, such as posting links related to non-Sponsored products under discussion). In this specific matter, it seems to me that both parties took positions that were at times unhelpful. On the one hand, the new user was clearly being a smart-arse. On the other hand, the moderator need not have bothered about the quirky user name in the first instance. Sure, the proposed user name was not a wise choice, and it was suggestive, but it was not profane and I suggest it was not worth the effort of dealing with it. I submit that most people who suffer from unbearable discomfort arising from reading "CremaMyPants" probably do not suffer enough real problems in their lives. The moderator also seemed to be inexplicably impatient at one point, barely giving the user a day to respond to a message before renaming the account. Meanwhile, although the new user did allude to some pertinent considerations (e.g. about censorship) he did not help matters by attacking the forum at the end, leading me to wonder about the motivations of the user for joining the forum. In any case, the new user could simply have walked away, as I have done when faced with what I believe to be an unreasonable forum in the past. Life is larger than one's computer screen!

[Arcade]

Regardless of the PM banter here, I've got to ask who is offended by Leo's username? I had a little chuckle and imo if you find that offensive, I honestly don't know how you survive in this world. There's far more shocking things going on than a witty username that may be misconstrued…..but isn't that the point (for a laugh)? How many advertisements can you count on a daily basis that have sexual connotations? Plenty.

[TC]

Regardless of the PM banter here, I've got to ask who is offended by Leo's username? I had a little chuckle and imo if you find that offensive, I honestly don't know how you survive in this world. There's far more shocking things going on than a witty username that may be misconstrued…..but isn't that the point (for a laugh)? How many advertisements can you count on a daily basis that have sexual connotations? Plenty.

Rather than being witty, it was just in very poor taste. Not funny, just stoopid. It would appear that about 94% of CS'ers who responded to the poll agree.

I'd suggest there are plenty of websites more appropriate for lowbrow gutter humour- perfectly suited to people like him.

I didn't notice anyone mourning the loss.

[Arcade]

Our opinions were asked for and I gave mine. Disparaging personal remarks removed by Mods.

[TC]

...and your point? Seems you are in the 6%