The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #124896   Message #2764407
Posted By: Jeri
11-Nov-09 - 05:46 PM
Thread Name: 'Share this thread'?
Subject: RE: 'Share this thread'?
Crow Sister, the problem with the Willie Wonka bad people eliminator dealie is that we'd all be out at some point and nobody would win. We could have some fun discussing what our individual punishments might be... or not.

I like the whole Star Trek way of complaining/suggesting/improving: people get to voice their opinions respectfully, then when the Captain makes a decision, they support him. If the implemented plan has problems, they then look at how to make the Captain's plan work. We hit snags here, and it's too easy to want to completely scrap the Captain's plan. Instead of 'how do we fix this' we jump in with 'here's what I think we should do INSTEAD'.

I admit I can voice the same opinion (or a similar one) a few times, but I usually give it a year or several in between. I think it's probably better (for me), to just back off for a bit and let those major complaints turn into slight annoyances with some distance-enhanced perspective.