Keep the faith, one of my favorite sites.

Since you posted it, I guess you too see the humor in it to others. So thanks for sharing.

What a jerk!

But then, our society trains folks to only associate with people their own age. For 13-17 years of institutional schooling, we’re only with folks within a year of our own age.

It’s a shame we don’t respect people that aren’t close to the same number of years as ourselves. We miss out on so much by prejudging and dismissing the opinions, experiences, expertise, learning, talents, gifts, and insights of others. That’s true whether we do it because of age, gender, nationality, personality, religion, skin color, accent, grammar, marital status, number of children, crooked teeth, bad breath, the car we drive, the sports team we prefer, the color of our socks, etc. EVERYone has SOMEthing to offer.

And EndUserSharePoint is a great proof of that. Here, we enjoy the insight of folks who dare to share what they’ve learned: regardless of any other factor except that they’re willing to share and we’re stuck making SharePoint do something we’ve been asked to make it do.

The Apostle Paul told his young protege Timothy: “Let no one despise your youth.” King Solomon said, “The silver-haired head is a crown of glory.”

Of course, the man in your graphic was young, though dead.

“When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, ‘Don’t cry.’
Then he went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. He said, ‘Young man, I say to you, get up!’ The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.” —Luke 7:13-14

So, don’t cry, Mark. You aren’t dead yet! (And Richard, don’t wish to be older. Your young age means you will be able to be of service to this community even longer!)

Mark, you have tons to offer this community, and you serve it up everyday. And despite this young man’s poor judgment, SharePoint isn’t so easy that ANYONE is “without excuse,” just because someone else is able to do XYZ with it!

Keep on keepin’ on!

Blessings,
Jim Bob

Just a thought on top of what you said:
On the other side of it all I often get a surprised expression of being called too young, have been called a baby (this one wasn’t a compliment), and often experience challenges with being young and in a role of leadership/management. It’s hard for many people to guess that a young individual might have a large amount of experience or knowledge.

Sometimes I wish I was older to avoid some of the issues listed above (though they are uncommon and relatively rare). Interesting to see how age perception effects some people.

Thank you for sharing your story,
Richard Harbridge

I doubt this guy ‘larned’ a thing. See — he already knew it all.

[BTW, he would be able to understand this response. The Grade level on it was 3.8.]

It doesn’t justify the behavior but he might be alluding to how open minded you are for doing so much with a new tool. Just a thought. In any event you run an awesome site and are a key member of the community.

Best,
Jeff