A timely reminder, CB. Most of us lifers understand and respect the fact that the board owner(s) get to/have to make all the hard calls.
Property rights trumps sentimentality.
Brooke got goaded by a bully. If she hadn't stood up to the bullying it would have kept on, and on, and on...she stopped the bullying, but it cost her. It cost us, too.
When she returns on 7 August, she'll return to a warm welcome by most of us. Alyssa? Not so much. My guess is Alyssa will never cease to be disruptive if/when she does return.
Originally Posted by Don T. Lukbak
I've pretty much stayed away from all this bs drama but I can help myself after reading this one. I respectfully disagree with Don.
On quite a few occasions Alyssa or another newbie has posted and Brooke was right behind them addressing them. If anyone was goaded, it was Alyssa. I agree MOST of Alyssa's post and thread starters were either in the inappropriate forum or ignorant. But Brooke does have an issue with tone and annoyance. I tried to tell Brooke in other threads in a more gentle way. But she just won't learn to tone it down. She IS that neighbor that calls the home owner's association and tattletales on every rules violation. I don't mind it when the authorities tell me I am doing something wrong. But when another member does it in the tone she normally uses, it is just outright annoying. I think the mods being a little laxed on the rules helps give this board a welcoming feel. Another member constantly policing everyone does not. I can see her scaring off newbies especially ladies who read some of these threads. I certainly would not want to join a community where non-mods police strictly and get pat on the backs for it.
I've met Brooke and like her. She was very nice to me. I have never met Alyssa. But after reading all these post, I definitely get an wiff of competition. And it was only a matter of time before someone was going to go off on the other. Just under the current I get the impression this has to do with getting GFE with great massage vs non-GFE with great massage. At least that is my read.
I think the Mods banning them for a month was SPOT ON. Both need to be put in the corner and cool it. They acted like 5 year olds, they deserve to be treated like 5 year olds.
Sorry to Brooke I posted something negative about her. I really did not want to but she needs to learn to play nicer. I'm sure I have a target on my back now. So be it. I probably won't see most the ladies on here anyways now that I know they are carrying lethal and deadly in their purse. That's about the only thing I've learned from this board in the last two weeks. I got my policies too. But that's another thread -out.