Quote from: anatora on July 10, 2011, 10:54:09 PM
I received a message from Sally which I thought the answer would be appropriate here since this is the thread she responded to:
Quote from: anatora on July 09, 2011, 04:39:06 PM
....(Unlike most Brits, I don't like theme park vacations anyway - too crowded, to0 expensive, too far to travel...) ...
hope this wasnt a dig at us for letting my brother take us away on holiday last year..?
I thought a general answer here would cover all other UK people who might have reacted to my statement based on their own experience. First and foremost, I seldom read posts on any forum at any website. Sometimes I have a morning with a 2-hour window to enjoy my coffee and check out some of the forums' news. Second, I have no idea whom has visited Disneyworld from the UK, so I am unaware that Sally has every been there. Thirdly, my husband works in the UK and flies home every four months or so. He has to change planes at one of the U.S.airport hubs to catch the only flight into our nearby airports. Both his last flight home and his flight out in June, the flights were completely full of mostly tourists from the UK. He asked why so many were present and the flight attendant told him that it was the only flight to Orlando, FL for people going to Disneyworld. She said all summer most of the flights would be mostly UK tourists going to Disneyworld. Again, to each their own, but large theme parks have never been my cup of tea even though we took our kids to many of them when they were growing up.
anatora
"I am at a loss as to why a simple question sent in a personal message would be published on open forum?"
The tone and words of the "simple question" were out of line. If it had been followed by a smiley, I wold have taken it in a light hearted manner. As it was, I could only feel that you were upset at the statement.
"I tried to ascertain if i had done anything to p**s you off in private"
That was where I was confused as well on reading the message since nothing I said to Andy was directed at anyone else. You never entered my mind.
"...your messages on this topic seem to be aggressive-toned and in all of the years that i have known you this is not like you."
I do not consider or think that any message I have made on this topic as been aggressive-toned. I like Andy and only offered him the same advise that his accountant or financial adviser would have given him. Unwise business practices (of which he stated many in his posts), regardless of the company, can be corrected if they are defined. Taking charge of your business and getting it on a sound footing seems better than having to beg or threaten customers (hence the title of this thread).
" Obviously i have p**ssed you off, how? i have no idea what i have done except to ask a question to clarify something,"
As I said, you never entered my mind when I made the advise post to Andy. I also like you, so we can conclude you didn't do anything to p**ss me off. If you had, i would have posted on your forums, not Heresy's.
" ...could you not have replied back in the PM?"
I really do not like unexpected PMs that uses words like "a dig at us". Now that seems to be hostile, especially when my statement was meant as an example why Andy could consider fore-going expensive vacations or personal purchases until his business is more stable. It had nothing to do with you, and as I said, I had no idea that you ever visited Disneyland. I really don't read many of your forums.
The real reason I would not respond to a private PM that contained those words was as I stated in that same post: "I thought a general answer here would cover all other UK people who might have reacted to my statement based on their own experience." Many people like a vacation once a year; some like vacations every 2 months; some don't like them at all. It is a matter of taste and a matter of what you can afford. A large number of British citizens happen to like themed vacations. Nothing wrong with that...I just happen to be a person who does not.
anatora
