[Jewelry making - Article 00794] - Re: [Orchid] Reality Check - The Sarasota Art League

[Linda Frueh]

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    Man, I just can't help myself. This thread has managed to insult
    northerners, rural culture, newbies trying to do their jobs, civil
    servants in general, and let's see, have I missed anything else? 

    I read the original post and thought - now there's a strategy for
    success: 1) conjure up the most condescending tone of voice you can,
    2) take on someone who probably was not responsible for the missing
    application, whom you know is in a position to help grant or reject
    your request, and who is also completely unqualified to assess your
    work, 3) insult her, 4) fling at her your contemptuous challenge to
    assess it anyway, 5) expect her to do the work to unearth your
    history with the show, and 6) be surprised when she shuts you down
    completely! 

    I do not see a lack of intelligence at play here (by Ms Shani.) If
    she had been a bit less green she might have asked for your info,
    said 'I'll see what I can do,', and bumped it upstairs. But she was
    in no position to break the rules herself. And as anyone who's ever
    tried to talk their way out of a speeding ticket will tell you, a
    snide attitude won't help. 

    Why label her lacking in brains? Try 'new at the job.' If a stranger
    attacked you at your new job would you cave in or dig in your heels
    & stick to the only rules you knew? 

    The obvious and sensible observation was made by Silani - when you
    encounter an organizational obstacle that you would like to overcome,
    politely go above its head. And by the by, if you cannot produce a
    record of your requests for the application it is not their
    obligation to believe you - your quality of work and history at the
    show notwithstanding. 

    So, with all due respect.... 

>     was my position unreasonable?

    Maybe/maybe not, but your approach certainly was 

>     was i treated unjustly? 

    No, you were not 

>      was ms shani, with her very recent appearence on the scene,
>     correct in refusing to give me a quiet grandfathering into the
>     artists' section? 

    Yes she was. She didn't know you from Adam and had no reason to (and
    in fact an obligation not to) give in to your pressure without
    explicit permission from her boss/es.

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