You have me curious at this point, have neither of you worked in an office environment before?
1. I haven't. I work at a university, which isn't exactly office. 2. Trinity mailing list is not an office environment. It's a place created for technical discussion for people using TDE and needing help with it.
I have no intention (or, in fact, possibility) of forcing my opinion here. If things continue the way they are at the moment I'll probably unsubscribe from the list because I don't feel it serves its intended purpose.
Janek