In-house criticism

[slappy4428]

Tell him Boots slept with his wife.

Fixed

 

[JakeandElwood]

Try to have a respectful conversation with him in person. If that doesn't work, tell his boss it didn't and completely ignore him. Guy sounds like a real doofus anyway.

 

[slappy4428]

Try to have a respectful conversation with him in person. If that doesn't work, tell his boss it didn't and completely ignore him. Guy sounds like a real doofus anyway.

Nope... after a respectful conversation, this guy's going to walk away bragging how he got under his skin.... eithe go over his head or through the hole in it.

 

[Write-brained]

Go in early on the weekends. Take every angry call that comes to the newsroom from people who didn't get their paper. Email the list of people to that guy and cc it to his buddies.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Well, the right answer is already in here.

 

[slappy4428]

Or, you complain to one of his circulation buddies (or him) that you're getting these anonymous emails and it's really driving you nuts because the person doesn't have the guts to come forward.
Then you explain to your boss.
And that way, when he sends you the next email laughing at you about it, you're locked in with proof and have a little chat in the publishers office...

 

[slappy4428]

Well, the right answer is already in here.

Upper deck him?

 

[John Taylor]

You know, you'd think he'd have his hands full with that whole circulation thing, Hustle. ...

 

[Keystone]

Go in early on the weekends. Take every angry call that comes to the newsroom from people who didn't get their paper. Email the list of people to that guy and cc it to his buddies.

Knowing what I know about Hustle's shop, bingo!

 

[HejiraHenry]

Well, the right answer is already in here.

Upper deck him?

Heh. No, I'm a chain-of-command guy.

Get your boss to upper-deck him.

 

[mike311gd]

Send him a picture of your junk with his team's helmet on it.

 

[The Granny]

Send him a picture of your junk with his team's helmet on it.

CC it to me.

 

[greenlantern]

Let your boss take it up with his boss. See if that fixes the problem.

If not...

Make friends in the IT department.

Go from there. Those people are the low-yield nuclear weapons in every building. The **** they can do, monitor and find is amazing.

Mr. Asshole will be in HR before the sun goes down.

Where the **** did your paper find your IT guys? They just don't give a **** here.

 

[John Taylor]

Let your boss take it up with his boss. See if that fixes the problem.

If not...

Make friends in the IT department.

Go from there. Those people are the low-yield nuclear weapons in every building. The **** they can do, monitor and find is amazing.

Mr. Asshole will be in HR before the sun goes down.

Where the **** did your paper find your IT guys? They just don't give a **** here.

The IT guy at Hustle's shop (if it's the same one) is gauranteed to have worse on his computer

 

[Drip]

Hustle, I know you may have heard this before but opinions are like noses. Everyone has one. You're not going to please everyone so why worry about what some guy in circulation has to say?
If your information is factual, and there are no glaring errors, your SE should have your back. If your SE throws you under the bus, then its time to look elsewhere for employment.
Don't worry about. Enjoy your career and if the guy in circulation thinks you're a jerk, so what? Ask him if he doesn't like the column, why does he keep reading it?

 

[rpmmutant]

Why don't you just remind him he works in the circ department and ask him how that's working out for him?

 

[Oggiedoggie]

Find out which areas of your distribution the circulation guy is responsible for.

Pick out a couple of dozen of the more influential folks that live in area 9perferably friends of the publisher, city officials, etc.). Find a neutral telephone and call the circulation desk to say "you're" going on vacation for a week or so.

That might keep him busy.

 

[WildBillyCrazyCat]

We had a situation here where a advertising employee was on a fanboi web site posting about what one of our sports reporters was wearing in the office, and being generally critical of his work all while identifying himself as an employee of the BFE.

That was stopped.

 

[dixiehack]

Somebody in circulation can read?

 

[Write-brained]

Hustle, here's what I would honestly do. I'd send an email to him at his anonymous address and let him know you know who he is. Tell him simply that you don't appreciate it and if he has a problem with you in the future, he can walk down the hall or up the stairs and tell it to you in person.

That will shut the coward up.