Why help?

[infoman]

I'm old enough to have spent as many years teaching as some of you have
worked. And in my work, I charge for what I know and what I can do.

If I can't do something, I refer the customer to someone who can do the
job. I don't try and snag an excel job and then run here for help. Or I
bring in help and pay them for their knowledge and work.


Another post calls it capitalism. I don't think so. Capitalism would be
subcontracting to someone who could do the job. I call it using people
if someone charges for something they don't do.

Jealousy? No. Frustration with others who can't stand the idea of
admitting their limitations or maybe it's losing the money. I have my
business and it doesn't rely on guts to ask others to do my work. Maybe
you should reexamine your own work ethics if you think it's correct to
use someone else's work. In some areas it's called plagiarism,
intellectual dishonesty, intellectual theft, or cheating.

I'm not advocating restricting information. There should be an
equitable exchange. That means not taking advantage of others. That
means not giving as much as you get. That means helping as much as you
get help.

As for anonymous? Sure, because this is the internet and filled with
lots of creeps whose first response is to try and identify and harass
me. Listen kiddies, I've been on the net when you were learning how to
type. I'm listed in enough FAQ's. We all knew each other then. And we
didn't use each other. The "takers" didn't last long.


Kassie Wrote:
> I may not be an expert in Excel, but I enjoy the privilege of being able
> to
> help other people wherever I can. <snip>According to you, I shouldn't.
>
> Clearly you are extremely jealous of this guy, who had the guts to
> start a
> business!. Unlike you, he will continue to gain knowledge and
> experience, as
> he is not afraid to ask for help! You on the other hand seem to
> believe that
> since you "went to school", you know everything. I don't think so.
>
> In any case, I've never come across posts from you helping others.
> Why
> don't you rather take your example from people like the Bob,s
> Debrah's,
> McGimpsey's et al, too many to mention here, and live and let live.
>
> <tripe snipped>
>
> --
> [email protected]ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South
> Africa
>
>
>
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infoman

[GeorgeF]

Hi All,
What a topic! Here we are trying to help each other, since there is not one textbook encompassing all these questions/answers, and now we are quibbling because someone is selling the answers. I've been to Border's Book Store many times but have not found any literature on Excel as detailed as the questions found on the Forum. As a rather limited user but avid reader, I look at the Forum as an ever increasing book of knowledge without an Index and with catch-all Chapter headings, since so much is cross-threaded. Reading this book is a great pleasure to see that someone, someplace at some time of day is looking at your problem, perhaps understanding it, and offerring some thoughts, some posssible dialog and eventually, a solution. Any one of these very specific questions can be nothing more than one small, but important, contribution to an overall Excel application for somebody, somewhere. The fact that someone is selling a very few of these thoughts also reflects on the weakness of his/her market because the Forum is available to everyone. I did offer an answer to someone's question. Even if they sold it, I don't want 10%. I think that we are all part of a win-win group. GeorgeF