Quote Originally Posted by ShlupQuack
I don't know if I agree that staffing is such a big "responsibility," which may be where problems (with me) stem from. I just don't think its a big flippin' deal either way. I don't get paid enough to force myself to be uptight. I'll try to behave better for the sake of other's comfort levels though... asshole.
So if it's not a responsibility...what it is? What's the reason people become staffers? Why do staffers continue to stay on...staffing(for lack of a better term)? If it's not a responsibility, it's a privilige, complemented with "perks" and other such jobs to make it more "fun" and "worthwhile." The worthwhile part should come with making a difference at the board. Basically, if you don't care enough to be able to put in the small amount of effort needed to follow the rules enough to do your job on the forums, you shouldn't be part of staff. For instance, Bleys. He didn't like the swearing restrictions, but followed them out of respect. Everybody who knows him would know that he also could have been very unprofessional on the forums by being rude/cussing at members, but he didn't out of respect for the board(as he has already stated), and out of the sense of responsibility he felt towards it.

I'll just leave it at this: hypothetically, back when I adminned at FG(supposedly more "laid back"), if I had seen some of the language and attitudes from the staff there that I have seen here, they probably wouldn't have been on staff anymore(or at the very least, had a looooong very one-sided talk with me, as happened to DocFrance when he was rude to an admittedly obnoxious member; yes, I swore a lot).


Oh, and I remember Chewy! *elitist*