Because of my lack of tolerance for bullshit, I have quit yet another club. Yes, yes. Because I actually expected to get value of some sort for my payment of $35 or, at least, when two non-paying clingers are voted out, to not invite them to the club events.
The new current administration has decided to make all such events open to the public in the hopes of getting new members. Hey, I understand that. But when you have people that know about the implementation of dues, don't pay, and still show up to the events and claiming to be part of the club, that's where I am lost. Add in all the underhanded tricks to get the new prez into power and you see where my patience is waning.
The only events not open to the public are the little member get togethers where they talk about non-attending members behind their backs. Well, I can get together with my friends and do that for free.
What bothers me the most is while my husband and I had the most problems with these members, we were not the only ones wanting them out. Other members voiced concerns especially over them not paying dues. The outgoing administration was also aware of the personal problems my husband and I had with them. So to invite them to events makes me think, well, because I spoke my mind, I am no longer welcome.
You know, there is a much less sneaky way of pushing me out of the club. Ask me to leave. To my face or in a PM where you list the problems you are having with me. Let me know. Don't try to edit something I put on my own site (or in my sig for that matter) and if something bothers you about what I wrote, don't get childish and make demands, ask me about it. Because there is the possibility that what I wrote has nothing to do with you, just like my sig. But if you jump down my throat, I'll have a problem with you and write about it.
I am a WRITER it's what I do! I'm not going to sully my fiction stories with making you a bad guy where you'll have to guess. I'm waaaaaay to honest and upfront for that. I will write a rant in my blog.
And guess what, it's a rant. A bunch of hot air issuing forth because I'm pissed and I want someone other than my husband to hear about it. Do you know how many people read this blog regularly? FOUR, four people.
So I have made a fool of you and the club in front of four people, two you don't know and will never meet. This is much better than my PMing individual members or posting it in the club forum where all 16 dues paying members and lots of others in that community could see it.
You accuse me of "secret PMs?" Some things:
1) I asked five people in person how they voted.
2) You had to read someone else's PMs to get that idea, so I guess privacy is out.
3) You are so ill suited to this position you couldn't even run your own campaign. You had the leaving president be your campaign manager. Additionally you and the current administration broke the standing guideline about sock puppets with Sal's Hairdresser and Sal's Hairpin. If any of the other candidates had tried that, we would have been called down. So I guess when you're buddy-buddy with the leaving president, rules don't apply.
So because of this unfair treatment, Joe and I have left. If you were planning on us to be around to keep the unwanted unpaying members company, well, you'll have to deal with that on your own. Don't expect other people to take up our slack.
Posted by gmwood at March 2, 2006 11:05 AM