Posting a message on a public forum invites opinion, whether you like the opinions or not. I don't think anyone has "blamed" you for your managers not listening - I think you have been invited to do a little soul searching.

>>Kevin;
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>>Perhaps those who do not wish to read your message should not respond to it. I think that people that continue to respond to messages they do not want to see have a problem. A serious problem of a personal nature. :)
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>Well yeah, so far I've had 3 people blame me for my manager's not listening to me - I didn't expect that from such a strong community, these people are therfore, not interested and shouldn't respond, as you say.
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>Kev