My thoughts are this. If someone is looking for help, and you offer it, that's it. If you want to get paid for your time, make sure you are honest and upfront with it.
Quote from: derekmac on February 17, 2014, 06:59:54 PMMy thoughts are this. If someone is looking for help, and you offer it, that's it. If you want to get paid for your time, make sure you are honest and upfront with it.That pretty well summarizes my thoughts as well...
I've been sitting on the fence with this and trying to remember back to when I first joined.I've dealed with GigHz in the past and he's a top bloke. What's gone off here I don't really know, and I sure as hell ain't gonna take sides.However I'll say this.. I think we all need to remember the time differences when offering to help other members out. Here in the UK we are 5hrs in front of our friends in the USA. When they cone in from work we are probably heading upstairs to bed. Like ships that pass in the night, we can easily miss each other.The floods that were mentioned here in the UK have been catastrophic. People here in the UK are not used to natural disasters in the way that our international friends are. And at the moment the UK is facing some of the worst flooding seen in centuries. Witnessing first hand a relative or loved one losing everything must surely put things into perspective.... Multitools and SAKs have their place, but in times of disasters are they really so important??.I think the best thing here is that the mods remove this entire thread. And let us all forget about it and move on.No ones gonna win this...its better of being removed.
A misunderstanding can occur. Did it happen here? Yes, it did! In fact, there has been a misunderstanding. People solve or tackle to solve misunderstandings in a variety of ways, in short: trying to solve the problem or swept it under the carpet. The second one don't solve the problem, but hide it, right?! so we'd consider only the first option: solving. In most cases when solving occur there is at least initially attempt of opposite sides to solve issue insisting on their own positions. Since the misunderstanding arose because of at the time occupied positions, it is clear that the existing problem can't be fixed if someone or both insist on the positions, which caused the misunderstanding. I hope that the matter is quite clear up to here. Now, if such a petty matter like this happens on the street, at work, in the pub ... the solution is a "piece of cake": one pays a drink, usually both, and laughs their own current nonsense and often even in this way they would put the foundations for in-depth friendship. Is there anyone to whom it has not happened yet? Almost impossible. As you can see, the case is somewhat different on the internet, but still not so different, as just a different interpersonal communication occurs and it is just necessary to resolve the misunderstandings within the framework of the given possibilities, of course, if you would like to solve the problem and not swept it under the carpet, as we have already said. Probably all would agree, if for no other reason because this are the simplest facts. This was therefore the easier part, now comes the hard one: a practical solution to the problem.(Image removed from quote.)There are many possible solutions, and one of them is also "third party intervention", i.e. the proposed solution of community members, that both sides would agreed and would take into account.So, here we go, I would suggest that you repeat the process in which misunderstanding occurs, as now both of you know each other's expectations and this time the interaction will certainly be a pure pleasure. Simple as that. C'mon guys, you're SAK knights, give each other a second chance.(Image removed from quote.) (Image removed from quote.) (Image removed from quote.)
Quote from: NutSAK on February 17, 2014, 07:11:22 PMQuote from: derekmac on February 17, 2014, 06:59:54 PMMy thoughts are this. If someone is looking for help, and you offer it, that's it. If you want to get paid for your time, make sure you are honest and upfront with it.That pretty well summarizes my thoughts as well... Totally agree with that as well.
Quote from: NutSAK on February 17, 2014, 07:11:22 PMQuote from: derekmac on February 17, 2014, 06:59:54 PMMy thoughts are this. If someone is looking for help, and you offer it, that's it. If you want to get paid for your time, make sure you are honest and upfront with it.That pretty well summarizes my thoughts as well... +1