From: kudut@hamp.hampshire.edu
Subject: "Universal Reply to any Comment to the Sysop"
Organization: Hampshire College
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 07:33:00 GMT

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                 |           Kenneth Udut's           |
                 |  "Universal Reply to the Comment"  |
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                 |   Version 1.00    April 7, 1992    |
                 |       (c) 1992 Kenneth Udut        |
                 |        All Rights Reserved         |
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                 | Internet: kudut@hamp.hampshire.edu |
                 | Fidonet : Kenneth Udut @ 1:107/952 |
                 | PO Box 151  Roselle Park, NJ 07204 |
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Dear User,

        I'll answer your questions and respond to your requests as best
I can.  However, there are a few things I'd like you to keep in mind:


        * This is only a hobby for me.

        * I'm not getting paid to do this.

        * It costs me money to run this BBS.

        * As much of a pain this BBS may be to you at times,
          sometimes you, the user, can be abomitable!  :)

        * I am only human.  Therefore, I am sometimes easily offended
          and you'll have to forgive me if I get a little hostile at
          times.

        * I'm trying my best under the circumstances.  You have to
          remember that it's more than likely that I have a life outside
          of this BBS and I can't be devoting my entire time to it.

        * Some policies may seem unfair (locking out low baud callers,
          upload/download ratios, message post ratios, time limits,
          required bulletin readings, whichever may apply) but I'm doing
          what I think is best to make this system what I want it to be.

          It's possible that I really don't care much for the low baud
          callers because my BBS ends up being tied up for long periods
          of time.  Besides, if you -really- want to get involved with
          BBS's, you should save up your pennies and get at least a 2400
          bps modem.  :)


I'm not saying "You'd better be grateful, gosh-darnit".  However, it's
more than likely that this BBS is free for you while it's not for me.
Heck - I have my share of problems with the users...

|  Shutting off the modem without properly saying "(G)oodbye".
|  Being a file sponge, taking/taking/taking without putting anything
   back.
|  Uploading crappy files.
|  Assuming that I am your slave and will do what you wish.
|  Being ungrateful for my volunteering work (i.e. - running the BBS is
   a voluntary effort on my part).
|  Cursing all up and down the message bases.
|  Hanging up in the doors (which is a REAL pain at times!)
|  Playing games (doors) all of the time without participating in the
   message bases.

Most of the time, most of the users are good people.  But sometimes the
jerk comes out in ALL of us (including us sysops, I'm ashamed to say ;D)
and we don't do things right.  We're all selfish at times, too, and only
think of ourselves ("We" meaning users and sysops alike).  That's normal,
again, because we're human (well, User #17 sometimes makes me wonder....
but that's another story };-> ).

So - let's make a deal.  You post in the message bases and upload some
halfway decent files on a regular basis, and I'll attempt to be just as
civil, so that we'll BOTH be happy.  Deal?
                                                      --System 0perator


(*  My thanks to the sysops of the Union County area of New Jersey, USA.
    In three days since I posted the "Universal Comment to the Sysop"
    ver 1.0, I have received MORE THAN enough material for the
    "Universal Reply".  I have not issued a disclaimer for the
    disclaimer should be obvious...  you know.... "The Author shall not
    be held responsible for any discord among sysops and users, nor for
    any systems shut down in disgust after reading the Universal
    Comment/Reply.  These files, as all other files by Kenneth Udut,
    were written for entertainment purposes first, and to make a `point'
    second."  If that pseudo-disclaimer pleases you, then so be it.
    However, I -still- maintain that a disclaimer should not be a
    necessity.  *)
                         Let the Flames Begin!

(c) 1992 Kenneth Udut   All Rights Reserved.  Freely copy only in full.
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