Disturbed...

Posted By: mamamtof2 on 2008-02-24
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I have been reading the posts on MT Stars for several months now. I have read the ones on the main board and the ones on the Newbie board. Being a newbie myself, I have even posted a time or two. I am bothered a little by what I'm reading. A lot of posters forget that people are asking for help. They are not asking to be made to feel like less of a human being, they are not asking to be lectured, and most of all, they are not asking for someone to be outright rude to them.

Not everyone knows everything. I just feel like some of the posters who reply should try to remember what is was like to be in that persons shoes before you comment. I know everyone gets frustrated from time to time, but when someone is down and out, scared about a problem they are having, or looking for someone to lean on, you only make it worse by being mean.

These boards were created for us to help one another. No one else is willing to help us sometimes, and it is nice to have a fellow MT to talk to sometimes, ask advice from, or even vent to occasionally. One of the rules of being an MT, I thought, was to be professional and compassionate. That is what makes us who we are. Lately, I am not seeing either of the components in a lot of these postings, and that really breaks my heart. How can you transcribe to the best of your ability, when you can't even feel compassion for your fellow MT's? It's just something that has been bothering me.

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Disturbed... - mamamtof2
- Newbies....... - Marcia Santos
  - I was banned from other board for posting diff. - opinion than clique. Consider it badge of honr.
  - OOPS meant 'learn' not lean - sorry! NM - Marcia Santos
- Yes, totally agree. - I have found it helps to just
- Just remember... - mamamtof2
- Welcome to anonymity on the Internet. - Sad, but learn to ignore. sm
  - One's idea of mean is not everyone's idea of - mean. Mean is just a just matter of opinion.nm
- I would say your post bothers me, but - Sadie
- Compassion often is term for enabling. Often a - "Poor U" wont help, just says ok to be victi
  - and ridiculing someone instead of showing--sm - anon
    - Personally I dont ridicule, but have no patience - for one who wont help themself. SM
      - everybody needs a helping hand some times--sm - anon
        If I were in bad situation, I would want friend - encourages me to help myself and give me SM
        sm - anon
        Wanting encouraging, up-lifting friends who - encourage me to ge help myself does not SM
        you need to have sympathy or compassion--sm - anon
        I have compassion and I have belief they can - make life better. I think the most SM
        you talk out of both sides of your mouth--sm - ps
        Having compassion is not the same as joining - poor you crowd.Can be helping 1 to move up.
        Right...and of course, it's someone else's fault you were - banned. At it again I see.
        What?? What was I banned from? - nm
        A helping hand, sure. Not encouraging MT to - get proactive and help self is not helping hand.
- Yes... - shawna
  - This board is like your television - Nelly
  - Explaining my occasional bitter-/crankiness - YetAnotherMT

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