I want to run something by the folks here. I'm trying to figure out if what this woman did is just the height of pettiness, or if I'm seeing something more than what actually is there. I told you all about the insane accusations made about me by a former AOL chat host, Jill. She claimed I'd said some things about her that were truly vile and totally outside of my personality to say. She kept claiming she had been contacted by someone on the internet, or a long time online buddy, or several people, the story kept changing. The one thing that would not change was that she refused to believe anything but the nasty lie. Any attempt on my part to try to reason with her was deemed me "playing games" and "trying to be clever." Ok whatever, nothing I can do if she chooses to be like that right? I made it clear that I would still be coming to chats on AOL because I do have friends there and I wouldn't allow her to drive me away. I told her I had her emails blocked, so that she couldn't harass me via email any longer. I'd said two weeks ago in the chatroom, that with my work schedule the only chat I could now make it to was the Friday afternoon one. Here's the part I'm needing feedback on. Last Friday morning, she sends out an email to select people who come to chat. It announces that she won't be using the old chatroom, and gives out a link in this email to the new private chat room. For those without AOL, private chatrooms are just that, nobody can see them or those in them, nor can they enter without the link. Obvious, I didn't get the email, and it didn't end up in my spam folder either, unlike some other emails she sent. Clearly she'd taken the time to remove my name from her usual mailing list. Now, am I being paranoid, or is Jill actually being as vindictive and petty as I think she is? I don't want to believe she'd go that far to try to cut me off from my other friends in chat. And yet, I can't help but think she's attempting to do just that. I'm sure some...

Just ignore it, Caryn, she is being petty, but after all she`s not a "friend" you`re ever likely to live next door to, is she? Just forget her and don`t let her be of any more importance than that. If your other chatroom friends are worth having as friends, they`ll contact you as usual, I`m sure.Pat P

Mostly OT: The Height of Pettiness?

Sep 23, 2005 42 Replies

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clark krunt 20 years ago

Darla , published in message.

It is not unusual to see the bad habits of AOLers migrate to Usenet. It is the opinion of many that the abuse by their own clientele is causal to AOL abandoning the Newsgroups as a service.

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crzy4xst 20 years ago

There are a few here that are getting a bit ridiculous tho. Any time a post is 2/3 sig, I think it's gone too far! lol

Caryn

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Pat P 20 years ago

Definitely - I always cut them off replies and forwards.

Pat P

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