17th November 2005, 01:38 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by troll
Guys-calm down!Was meant to be tongue in cheek.If we really do feel the need to warm up on this one-here goes....
Please don`t make the mistake of assuming that all field archs are pig ignorant diggers. Please also don`t assume that they have always been in that job.Plenty of us have come from "grown-up" jobs in archaeology and found the desperately pitiful office politics/pantomime way too much to bear. My outburst was related to yet another scenario where the tiny fragile emotional make-up of suited types overides the clear need to consult a site specialist. It`s not always non-archs who behave in this manner.For people who work as professional archaeologists-I`m constantly bemused/amused by just how little some know about people/behaviour and even themselves. Seeing as I`m on a roll here.....I have seen too many examples of bad practise where individuals ego is put before the archaeology. Again and again.So Roy-thank you for your response-have`nt heard from you in a while and it`s good to hear from you but,my "attitude" as you call it is my business.I`m not so shallow as to make judgements on appearences-thats the role of bad consultancies when writing method statements. And it`s "child-like"-not "ish".
Understood Troll, but I have to agree with 1man1desk, in that juvenile attitudes work both ways. I've seen my fair share of digging staff having temper tantrums and prima donna-like moments on and off site. Fragile egos are not the preserve of the besuited classes and should not be equated with office-based staff, whether archaeologists or not. I was a field archaeologist until the summer and encountered an inordinate amount of chest-beating machismo and ego-driven idiocy from field staff. I'm afraid there are unpleasant tempermental people everywhere, the issue of whther they wear a suit or not is just irrelevant.
Personally I don't think suits, as a "class", make asumptions about anyone who is a non-suit, for the reasons I mentioned in my last post.
That is just my attitude.