Just weighing in--smonster emailed her privately as well, and let her know about it in-thread. AFAIK, she received no response.
So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?
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amyth - Apr 13, 2003 6:16:22 pm PDT #9601 of 10001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Daisy Jane - Apr 13, 2003 6:19:13 pm PDT #9602 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I don't think Zoe's malicious either. I mean I don't think she's sitting there trying to disrupt. I do think she comes off as thoughtless, which to me, is pretty bad too.
Maybe we're talking past each other because I am talking about this situation, since it's the problem at hand. I see that people want to have firmer procedures in place, but right now I just want to figure out a way to handle this.
PaulJ - Apr 13, 2003 6:19:28 pm PDT #9603 of 10001
I agree that the person in question doesn't strike me as deliberately malicious in the same way that mieskie/Schmoker was. She is more like a child who hasn't learned manners.
Which doesn't mean that she shouldn't be dealt with, or that we should put up with her because of that. IMO, an official warning to her is long overdue, and if that ends up subsequently in banning, then... with all the sadness of our hearts, we'll have to do it.
(Which doesn't excuse actions like Allyson's vicious attack on her either, and much less the later bragging. But that's another subject, so I'll just leave it at that).
Burrell - Apr 13, 2003 6:24:24 pm PDT #9604 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
She is more like a child who hasn't learned manners.
She's an adult.
PaulJ - Apr 13, 2003 6:25:40 pm PDT #9605 of 10001
But isn't behaving like such here. *Like*.
As I said above, I'm not excusing her, I'm just drawing distinctions between different types of unpleasant posters.
(Edited to avoid confusions between "here" and "her).
erikaj - Apr 13, 2003 6:30:32 pm PDT #9606 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Like Fay And Trudy, I'm more inclined to feel for her...identifying with the underdog or something.She's young, if she's twenty, I'll eat my socks(Of course, there's Ms. Liz, but imo, she's a genius.) Other Boards are like that, more often than not(of course I do come here more to escape it)I would feel sort of terrible pulling away from someone, if, say, we were her only non-family contact in a week...and, dude, I'm making both points at once...I hate that. I think I know why I don't post here often.
PaulJ - Apr 13, 2003 6:32:38 pm PDT #9607 of 10001
She has mentioned in the past that she is 25 or something.
amyth - Apr 13, 2003 6:33:28 pm PDT #9608 of 10001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
In her User Profile, she says that she's 26. We should probably take her at her word.
erikaj - Apr 13, 2003 6:37:16 pm PDT #9609 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
OK. That's my mistake...do I really have to eat my socks? She posts young, then.
Daisy Jane - Apr 13, 2003 6:37:44 pm PDT #9610 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I'm going to take Cindy's advice and stay away from anything about her personally. I'm concerned only with the posts and those are what bothered me.
There are ways for a buffista to act no matter their age.