Closing Edward's Thread in the "For Sale" Forum

[erikharrison]

Preface: I am BRAND NEW to the board, so I have not quite been briefed on what we do in a situation like this. So I did what my gut told me to do. I will send a PM next time, but his reply was sincerly rude.

[rant]I'll just say this, Ace had asked to post a location. He should have been smart enough to read that all of us pretty much have our location posted next to our name. WE have rules, that EVERYONE must abide by. He was told about those rules, and instead of asking a question about his location, he decided to ignore the post that a Board Member and Vice President of our little .org posted. To me that's like hanging yourself. His answer was short and rude, so I turned around and gave him a dose of his own medicine. If he can't deal with that then ADIOS. It's not in anyway an US vs THEM or WE debate. We all have become friends on this site, and when some random person comes on it and decides that the rules are not to his liking, or that he just doesn't want to read them because he feels that he doesn't really need to... He doesn't need to post on this site. That's just my opinion, and YES, I am biased. I have the right as a paying member of this site to care about it, and the other people that have shown respect on it, to care about them. It was his lack thereof that started all of this. I try as HARD AS I CAN to be VERYYYYYYYYYY active and HELP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. What has this guy done? I can tell you and it's easy. He came on this site and ticked a whole lotta people off, if not by his reaction to Ace's post, but by the "waves on the lake" from his smart alec responses. I personally would have banned him, not because I am trying to pick on him, but for the rudeness that he displayed INSTANTLY. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that we did not want him to post EXACTLY where he is.

Location: In my jammies at my computer at 13000 Vista Del Norte, in San Antonio TX a couple of blocks away from Churchill High School, please come rob me.

^HOW MUCH SENSE DOES THAT MAKE?^
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[greenmako]

sigh.

It was a misunderstanding guys. He misunderstood the rules and the BOD misunderstood the motivation behind his refusal. Rudeness will not get you banned, we are all people...we all get confused and make rash decisions. The only real issue here is

[captexas]

LOL, where's PETA when you need them. Surprised they haven't taken offense to that picture!

OK, so we all learn to give people a chance, not be so quick to jump, better explain ourselves when you want someone to do something, and that it only takes 1 moderator to notify someone, not the mob. Now we just need to do like on Entourage and hug it out!

[BigKGlen]

[tony]

hopefully we can ALL chalk this up as a learning experience and move forward!

[erikharrison]

For sure. The other thing that I agree with is that overall this is a good thread. Sure, we all get heated, but at least we talk it out. We're from Texas, land of quick tempers. They come fast and go fast.

[JimD]

"His answer was short and rude, so I turned around and gave him a dose of his own medicine. If he can't deal with that then"

This right here is part of the problem, as a board member especially, you should be the one to set an example by being above the sarcasm and demonstrate better judgement in order to resolve or diffuse a potentially volatile situation with tact and appreciation for other peoples feelings. The "me against you" attitude isnt helping anyone or the club. I couldnt care less if you're a board member, the president or even God! The golden rule still applies... We all know that its virtualy impossible to read emotion through text. I have a solution to the problem..... Have the location be a REQUIRED field when registering, end of problem...

[captexas]

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[captexas]

I have a solution to the problem..... Have the location be a REQUIRED field when registering, end of problem...

I agree with that idea

[greenmako]

I agree with that idea

The software will not allow you to register or change your info without putting in a location from now on, thanks for the ideas