I think if you get a slap in the face even if it’s because the intended recipient ducks, it’s no bad thing. Makes you look at how you’re behaving and analyse if maybe one day you will be the intended recipient if you carry on. I have no problem with anything you said, and I did get your gist. I could just see a lot of what you referred to may well be in me. As I said, I don’t mind straight-talking – you can’t change for the better if people won’t tell you the truth. Personally, I also don’t see being snarky/bitchy as anything cool, but life can really test your resistance to being those things at times. It was another great post from you, and all this time I’ve been your blogging buddy I couldn’t point to one that hasn’t been. BTW, no point visiting my site (although I have added to it for the first time in a year, yay) – all the info is right there above in my profile. Cheers, George, and you keep pointing out those ice holes; I can get snow-blindness from a blank white screen.

When I wrote that article, I definitely had a type of person in mind but I don’t think I articulated what I was trying to. Thanks to what you have written here, I’ve figured it out. What the problem is, and the people who get my goat are the ones who use “Bitchy” or “Snarky” as a prop. Their schtick if you will. They are all about those things because they believe in today’s society that is the cool thing to do/be.

Contrast that with someone who is strong in their opinion and tends to not pull any punches – Ahem, anyone we know? – and what I see is someone who is more likely to reign in work for their forthright manner.

Interesting take on this, Mark. I do owe you a site visit so I’ll head on over and see what kind of things you’ve been up to.

George