Thread topicallity, accuracy and integrity....

[Brad Jones]

* Say "The Heck with it"
* Inform BOTH the original novice and the person who jumped in of the ramifications of the information

If the second novice employee works for someone else, then it might be out of line to correct them.

In my opinion, the person receiving the information is going to have to make a bit of a judgment call on whose information that want to accept and use. They are to take it as advice and not necessarily as absolute truths.

One of the points your argument leaves out is... what if the senior person is wrong and the other novice person actually -is- correct? All of the sudden, where the Sr. person thought they were doing a good deed results in obfuscating the entire issue and making a situation even worse.....