HG and the concept Schadenfreude
Scadenfreude is pleasure derived from another person's misfortunes. In previous posts I spoke of my screening process before a person arrives at my door. I have a point of view that most men do not, and that is the point if view of someone who will, in all but rare cases, be physically overpowered by men. And the nature of my activities requires me to be locked in with someone who I cannot outfight. Therefore I must use the information I have to obviate the need to fight by utilizing wit. I suppose mankind has done this for eons or lions and tigers and bears would rule the world. I get my information through observing how I am treated prior to the session. Any sign of disrespect or possible bullying behavior and I won't go through with the session. After the session I read the reviews. If they are negative but honest AND apparently motivated by a desire to benefit the hobby, I am the first one to send the reviewer a pm, guaranteeing I will make the requested changes. Look back on my reviews from a respected senior member who crowned me most improved. But if I get a review that is honest, which is always useful, but is unnecessarily mean, contemptuous, disrespectful, and generally hurtful, this indicates, to me anyway, a delight in hurting me. I will not see that person again for I will not reward Scadenfreude. Am I an alarmist, perhaps overly cautious and sometimes downright wrong? Evidently, yes. But I know no other way to protect myself other than to attempt to discern ill will and avoid it. If I have erred and pulled the plug on a person unecessarily, I'd love to hear from you, if you would like to attempt a fresh start since I really don't know you. In these cases, I am sorry. But if you have a history of gratuitously mean posts, I will exercise my right to refuse anyone service.
So you see, there might be more to "flaking" than meets the eye.
HG Agrees with you--and accept what she cannot change
Yes, absolutely, I cancel appointments. Back in January I was in a bike accident (I don't drive) and with the injuries and upheavel I am certain things got away from me. I cannot discount the possibility of human error. When I introduced my welI known "practice sessions" in December 2015, the amount of people who contacted me increased 10 fold. More people contacted me than I thought even read my posts / ads. I was absolutely astounded and totally unprepared to convert the flood of demand into face to face contact. A rough, but rewarding winter, especially after the reviews of my new promotions came out. I take full responsibility for any slips. Believe me, I had nothing to gain and everything to lose by missing appointments. If that happened to you, contact me. I believe no one us perfect, but everyone should try to fix errors of imperfection.
There is another factor at work in these recent posts. I have learned that people I don't want to see, or see again, do not go quietly into that good night. I am powerless over individuals who post damaging misinformation because I refused to even make an appointment. I wonʻt name names because no good comes from putting people on blast. Moreover, it is impossible for anyone to deserve negative exposure because I don't have the right to cause people harm. How others treat me is irrelavent to my personal standards for interacting with others. Can you imagine providers getting even with hobbyists who rightfully exercise their discretion and choose different women? What an absurd idea! Welcome to my world. Yet, I think there is a definite bright side. Interested hobbyists will look over the history of the chatty posters, and they will see. Well, I will let them tell you what they see. I just love nerdy types like me who revel in research and who learned the meaning of the word "archive" years before knowing how to pronounce it!
Flaking Defined, Pure and Simple
[QUOTE=HonoluluGirl;3002035]Scadenfreude is pleasure derived from another person's misfortunes. In previous posts I spoke of my screening process before a person arrives at my door. I have a point of view that most men do not, and that is the point if view of someone who will, in all but rare cases, be physically overpowered by men. And the nature of my activities requires me to be locked in with someone who I cannot outfight. Therefore I must use the information I have to obviate the need to fight by utilizing wit. I suppose mankind has done this for eons or lions and tigers and bears would rule the world. I get my information through observing how I am treated prior to the session. Any sign of disrespect or possible bullying behavior and I won't go through with the session. After the session I read the reviews. If they are negative but honest AND apparently motivated by a desire to benefit the hobby, I am the first one to send the reviewer a pm, guaranteeing I will make the requested changes. Look back on my reviews from a respected senior member who crowned me most improved. But if I get a review that is honest, which is always useful, but is unnecessarily mean, contemptuous, disrespectful, and generally hurtful, this indicates, to me anyway, a delight in hurting me. I will not see that person again for I will not reward Scadenfreude. Am I an alarmist, perhaps overly cautious and sometimes downright wrong? Evidently, yes. But I know no other way to protect myself other than to attempt to discern ill will and avoid it. If I have erred and pulled the plug on a person unecessarily, I'd love to hear from you, if you would like to attempt a fresh start since I really don't know you. In these cases, I am sorry. But if you have a history of gratuitously mean posts, I will exercise my right to refuse anyone service.
So you see, there might be more to "flaking" than meets the eye.[/QUOTE]HG baby, what you wrote is nothing but fucking long-winded beside-the-point bullshit obfuscation, in Cosmic Kid's most groveling and humble opinion. I mean, honey-pants, you conclude your circuitous meandering driveling commentary with, "So you see, there might be more to flaking than meets the eye. " Well, no, not really! Actually the definition of "flaking" is straightforward and not psycho-twitch at all: If you agree to see someone, and the two of you agree to an appointment time, and then subsequently you ditch without explanation or warning, THIS is what is meant by "flaking", pure and fucking simple, none of the shit you said about lions and tigers or whatever else metaphors applies here. If you of your own free will agree to do something with someone, then you bail on them, this is a clear breach of TRUST on your part. It's like that old Peanuts cartoon. You guys remember that one? Lucy holds the football for Charley Brown and he runs to kick but that ***** pulls the ball and Charley Brown falls on his ass? No matter how many times Peanuts ran variations on that cartoon theme it was always funny! End of story. I'm done with this convo.
CK out!