What would you do if someone in your guild crossed those lines you just don’t want to go anywhere near? The deal-breaker lines. The lines that separate what’s acceptable to say and what’s not. The lines that if someone crossed with your mother or sister or wife would mean you would wind up in a fist fight.
What if this person became derogatory towards you as a woman and insulted your current lifestyle in a public chat? What about referring to the people you raid with and play with everyday as pixels to justify your lack of consideration for their time?
What would you do?
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2 years ago
/gkick first. Ask questions later. I'm pretty heavy handed as a guild officers. that's why I'm not taking that job anymore.
ReplyDeleteKick. And kick while the insult is fresh - on the one hand, you don't want it to seem like a knee-jerk response. But on the other hand, the longer you let it go, the more it fades from everyone's memory and then it's "lets give him another chance."
ReplyDeleteIf you want to have the kick me more palatable, warn this person that his behavior is unacceptable and keep a chat log of it (wow instant messenger is great for keeping whispers organized). Then if he continues, for SURE kick his butt out, and you'll have evidence if you get shit over it from the other officers or whatever.
I am the kind of guy that doesn't stand for crap. I would make a point to show what is an isn't acceptable. If you let someone cross the line where is the new line? What if that line gets pushed? Maybe it was a one time deal and they may learn from it but that doesn't mean you cannot react to it. What you do at this point everyone will remember, just make sure their memories of it were how you did respond and not how you didn't.
ReplyDeleteWow, well I guess I would like to know a bit more on the circumstances. Was there anything to provoke this person or was it just a random attack?
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