http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/04/15/a-pointed-question-for-the-boss/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 18 May 2012 23:35:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/04/15/a-pointed-question-for-the-boss/#comment-60560 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:38:14 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/04/15/a-pointed-question-for-the-boss/#comment-60560 [...] No kidding. Here is Howard’s rationale (which is similar to the explanation he provided here two days ago): I told Joe I’d paid $210 a night. In a follow-up email, I also mentioned that I had checked prices before coming to Raleigh, and the downtown Sheraton where I usually stay quoted us $179. Since I spent most of the day at McClatchy Interactive, which has offices closer to the Umstead, I’d have spent more than the difference on cab fare traveling back and forth from downtown. [...] […] No kidding. Here is Howard’s rationale (which is similar to the explanation he provided here two days ago): I told Joe I’d paid $210 a night. In a follow-up email, I also mentioned that I had checked prices before coming to Raleigh, and the downtown Sheraton where I usually stay quoted us $179. Since I spent most of the day at McClatchy Interactive, which has offices closer to the Umstead, I’d have spent more than the difference on cab fare traveling back and forth from downtown. […]

]]> http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/04/15/a-pointed-question-for-the-boss/#comment-2540 Wed, 28 May 2008 23:14:06 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/04/15/a-pointed-question-for-the-boss/#comment-2540 I think Joe was pretty darned brave to ask the question in the first place. And, I can certainly understand the frustration he and the other N&O staffers are feeling. I think Joe was pretty darned brave to ask the question in the first place. And, I can certainly understand the frustration he and the other N&O staffers are feeling.

]]> http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/04/15/a-pointed-question-for-the-boss/#comment-1941 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:06:57 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/04/15/a-pointed-question-for-the-boss/#comment-1941 Talk about pressure under fire! I thought Weaver had a terrific response. Talk about pressure under fire! I thought Weaver had a terrific response.

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