8/11/05

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On 8/11/05, Anthony C. [name redacted at Anthonys request] wrote:
> This summer, I've travelled a lot. I've had the opportunity to talk to
> people from all over, and it's been a rewarding experience for me.
> However, universally, when I mention that I'm from Pittsburgh, I
> almost always get the same response:
>
> "I'm sorry."
>
> Everywhere I've travelled thinks it sucks to live in Pittsburgh.
> Everywhere I've gone thinks Pittsburgh is a terrible place to LARP.
> The reason they think so? Because everyone knows the people in
> Pittsburgh are a bunch of offensive, loud-mouthed jerks.
Where do they hear all this stuff? This is our problem, and while I think it speaks of a larger problem in the entire organization I am at a loss trying to understand how the rumors get around. Not that that's anything new, I don't get out much.

Who's talking? What are they saying? To whom? I hardly know what's going on at times, why would someone across the country even care?

(Further proof of the negative effects of "punish in private," a policy which I think really ought to be done away with, but that's an argument for another day.)

- Donald Sheldon
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