Originally Posted by
carybrevard
Is there an assumption here that there is no level of communication between silence and confrontation?
If so, let me be the first to encourage you to try open, friendly and direct conversation. From years of experience, I can assure you that it most often works really well.
Pardon my overly aggressive word choice. I am sure we could have worked something out if necessary. I meant the issue was trivial enough to simply take the path of least resistance: namely, ranting on FT