Re: You know what...

From: haggis (haggis58_at_comcast.netnospam)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:37:28 -0500

Donna in Texas wrote:
> Sounds like you're in the right place, then. How pathetic that you have to
> go hunt for someome to abuse and have no coping skills. You should be
> having lots of fun here. Have a good time in the mudpit.

I didn't say I was scoping out someone to abuse, I said I was sick of
people who couldn't handle plain talk. I don't enjoy political posturing
or second-guessing what people REALLY mean when they say something.
Life's to short not to cut through the crap! All the forums where people
try to enforce sweetness and light are much more sinister, IMHO. I find
it hypocritical to flame people because they aren't being "nice" and
contending that by reinforcing feebs with affirmations they're doing a
great service to newbies who are too emotionally fragile to cope with
the real world of MT. (Great example is the recurring "grammer" debate
on the school forums, wherein some nasty person will point out that the
same lack of care by spelling GRAMMAR incorrectly bodes ill for someone
hoping to make it in a career with language as a backbone. In no time at
all, you've got the mother of all flame wars because some people don't
want to hold themselves to any standards unless they're being paid--and
don't grok that they're making asses of themselves in a public place
that EMPLOYERS frequent.) The ability to handle criticism is way up
there on the MT job description, isn't it? Right up there with educating
yourself in the most economical fashion by listening to a voice of
experience when you hear one, remembering what you learn so you don't
have to look it up again, and keeping your eyes open to things that will
save you time in the future. I'm one of the most opinionated people I
know--but I know when to set my ego aside and avail myself of others'
experience. Sometimes they may be wrong, but when they're right it cuts
a huge chunk off the learning curve.

As for my lack of coping skills, I'm afraid you don't know shit about
me. Some day I'll take the time to whine about all the personal
tragedies I've had the privilege of surviving--some I'm still working
on--and then maybe you can top me. No, wait--part of my coping skills
involves not dwelling on the crap because they have little to do with
the present or future, except that they've given me the scar tissue to
hold up under the crap to come. Suffice to say I've earned the right to
appreciate a good bitch when the opportunity presents itself.

jeanne
*still trying to catch up on the origin of this soap opera, but I see
now I've been cast in the role of the über bitch, so will do my best to
ad lib*

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