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[goodgrasshopper]

You know, this all sounds really familiar.  Where have I heard this kind of pointless infighting and self-righteous fingerpointing before?  Oh, I remember.  The White Council.  No wonder it feels just like home.

You kids all play nice, now, and enjoy ripping each other to shreds.  I have a potion to clean off my ceiling.

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Hey--you up for a beer?

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[wichita-kansas.livejournal.com]

Hey, tater-tot: shut the hell up. What Stephanie and Howie have both prompted discussion-wise has been constructive and the shit you're spewing is counter-productive and misleading. Way to contribute absolutely nothing of value to the warden community.

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[goodgrasshopper]

We thank you for your time, and your condescension in replying.

My problem isn't with the helpful suggestions. It's with the implication that most of us are doing fuck-all while--forgive the expression--the inmates are running the asylum. We're doing our best, and sometimes? Shit happens. Things slip through. And with approximately half of the population looking for ways to break the rules? It's going to happen. So we have to just keep doing what we can, when we can, and where we can.

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[wichita-kansas.livejournal.com]

...but without discussing anything because it's all pointless finger pointing, right? God forbid we should communicate! Pardon my French, Neil, because I know you're reading this.

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[goodgrasshopper]

All? No, of course not. But some of it? Really yes.

Communication is great. The "you all are useless tools" gist that I keep getting? Not helpful.

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[cisskabob]

Sign me up.

...You do realize this isn't going to make you many friends, right?

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[goodgrasshopper]

Probably not, but I'm kind of tired of the implication that we're all incompetent morons. We're doing our best, here, and things are going to slip. It's the nature of the beast.

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[cisskabob]

Yeah, me too. I mean, there are plenty of wardens who aren't doing their jobs, but they're not going to pay attention to these posts anyway. I don't love feeling like I'm being attacked for not being able to be everywhere keeping track of everything all the time. It's hard enough getting my inmate to respect me, I don't need to feel like I have to prove myself to the other wardens, too.

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[goodgrasshopper]

No kidding. I'm walking a fine line between keeping tabs on my inmate, and giving her space. So far, she hasn't violated my trust, but if something happens, I know everyone's going to be asking "Well, where were you?" I was right here? Trying to foster trust!

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

The White Council?

And people call me a racist for my strongly-held belief that "porch monkey" shouldn't be a racial slur.

[goodgrasshopper]

[long pause, then laughter]

This might be the first time I've laughed all day. White Council--like white magic and white hats, you know? They think they're the good guys, and they are the lawmakers.

Not making it better, Molly.

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

Yeah. All white, all in charge. I get it. Hence my commentary.

Yeah, not at all, but Randall has made her day.

[goodgrasshopper]

Hey, I didn't pick the name. It was around way before me. But you know--valid commentary there.

Maybe they should be the Lavender Council or something.

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[last-kodiak.livejournal.com]

Did you expect much more, considering the population of this place?

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[goodgrasshopper]

I guess I was hoping for better. We're supposed to be the good guys, right?

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[last-kodiak.livejournal.com]

Who said that?

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[goodgrasshopper]

...I guess I just assumed, and we all know what they say about that.

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[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

I do not think the implication is there that you are reading.

If I really did think the high majority of you were incompetent? I would not ask for information to be provided, I would just seek out what I could discover for myself.

I do not think wanting to keep on top of things by whatever means we have avaliable is the same as implying incompetence. I am aware most of us do our best. But I also think a coordinated 'best' is better than everyone doing their individual best. We ought to discuss points where we can improve, nothing more. I do not think I was aggressive or 'finger pointing' in any respect.

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[goodgrasshopper]

I actually was really impressed by your suggestion of a weekly report to all get on the same page. There does seem to be a general lack of communication about important events, and having some kind of news posting is a good idea.

On that note: my inmate (Amanda Young) has been quiet and generally cooperative, if somewhat abrasive. She's performing her assigned duties, and hasn't been making any trouble.

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[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well, thank you.

I think you can probably see why I didn't get that impression from that particular post, though.

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[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

[ Yeah, that didn't go particularly well. ] When did discussing our options turn into fighting each other?

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[goodgrasshopper]

..I've already been called on my little tantrum a few times, so I'm sorry about the way I put that out there.

That being said, a lot of what you said before implied that we've kind of been sitting around with our thumbs up our asses while the inmates are running around doing whatever we want. Whether or not that's how you intended it to come across, it's how it read to me.

So I got a little snippy. Sorry.

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[ichoosefight.livejournal.com]

I really didn't mean for it to sound that way. I just wanted to start a discussion, you know?

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[peektuttut]

It's been worse. This isn't the first time these issues have come up, it probably won't be the last.

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[goodgrasshopper]

Yeah. I've seen some mutterings of it before. I just... lost my temper about it this time.

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[peektuttut]

It happens. I try to lay low through it, usually - wait till the temper flares blow down before joining in.