On the importance of saying nice things
Just jotting this down between toddler wrangling and chopping wood. It's going to be messy and a bit long, because I don't have time to edit it.
Was looking on the Boxcutters Podcast website and saw a comment by someone who said, "And if all I seem to do is complain, it’s probably because I don’t really feel the need to say anything about the ( Read more... )
Was looking on the Boxcutters Podcast website and saw a comment by someone who said, "And if all I seem to do is complain, it’s probably because I don’t really feel the need to say anything about the ( Read more... )
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Then applauds some more.
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could not agree more.
and, thank you for writing this.
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That person's comment really irked me, because it feels like such a common attitude. The irony being that the people who don't compliment will be the first to complain when something vanishes.
I remember clearly all the fans who complained about the lack of fan-run conventions in Melbourne. So I start Continuum, and so far I can name two of the original complainers who have come to one. One of whom keeps whingeing about it, but has never once offered assistance or suggestions of who could come and help out to achieve the things they want. Or offered to pay for it.
Then there was the complaint after C1 that upset me so much, even after the near universal compliments, that if I hadn't already announced C2, there would never have been another Continuum. When I told them that, they were rather surprised ( ... )
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I believe that's the terminology for saying that you have hit the nail right on the head.
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You have said this almost perfectly! Thank you.
The only think I would like to add, is that when people have a valid complaint, they need to address it properly - let the appropriate people know exactly what the issue is, rather than just whining publicly about generalisations. Nothing will get fixed that way.
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