The docs that I work with are educated and mature, yes, but not always above making fun of collaborators with unfortunate names during meetings. Take Choo Choo (rearranged to protect my privacy), for example, it's a Nigerian name.
DocQuery: Choo Choo?
Doc Whitecastle: Don't make any culturally insensitive comments. We have a Kenyan president now.
Chief: Say, Query, why was Choo Choo in Boston for last month?
DocQuery: Training.
If I was ever given the resources and authorities to designate Christmas presents to those in my office, I would simply separate the office into good and bad. Those who use EndNote to make theirs and my life easier will be on the good list. Those who don't go on the bad. Goods get goods. Bads get energy-inefficient coal. Today, I'm working on a grant application written by both those who fall in both sides of the camp. One doc has everything cited nicely in EndNote and included a library attachment. The other doc used footnotes with citations like: "XX's book." "YY Report." And my favorite: "The Dutch Guys." It's going to be a cold, long winter for some of us.
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