no argument or problem withy what you have written. i am well aware that many in the TMO acted pompous and superior. as you said: OK. done. next.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal <l.shad...@...> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM, enlightened_dawn11 > <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > ...cue the violins... > > > > Or join the club. I hung out with the well heeled citizens who > donated money, facilities and time and we were treated like shit. > Flew all the way from Alaska to FF for a Christmas WPA. Was told /on > Christmas/ that I needed another recommendation to go on the course. > Showed up to a residence course in another state only to arrive at an > empty facility: the course had been cancelled. Of course there's the > famous "This is the course office. Our hours are 1 PM to 4 PM Central > Time Monday thru Thursday" at 2:30 PM at a time when there weren't > mobiles and there are some places still where getting a phone with > long distance or international access isn't that easy. > > And being talked down to. > > I have forgiven these people. I believe that the lack of real world > experience had something to do with it. That plus they were living in > their own cult, like the lady on the Taste of Utopia course check in > who was practicing the Mother Divine "witnessing" while checking us > in. > > It has been very pleasant sitting back here listening to the tales of > woe about treatment from other people and how people here treated > other people "fuck you, I was in this dorm first". Nice to see people > got their comeuppance because IMO they were part of the problem, not > part of the solution. But that's over, done and gone. >