Let me know if this reveals too much of my power level.
I wrote for my campus paper when I was in college. Like Sweet, I left the paper on bad terms after a dispute with a copy editor. However, this had no lasting effect on my life-- I was not "blacklisted," nor was I subjected to any other conspiracy. I just moved on to write for another paper.
I'd like to know how he would account for this-- I butted up against "the system" in a way similar to how he defines what occurred to him, and yet didn't suffer any consequences-- no smear campaign, no trash can assassinations, etc.
Obviously because you were progressive or something the rules worked for you...? Really he's never been very clear when things like this happen (lol as clear as he ever is), and there's always some overriding principle you supposedly possess that prevents you from falling prey to "The System". You know, the exact same System we all had to deal with at schools everywhere?
See the thing of it is, I don't necessarily disagree with him calling the way that colleges and most organizations are run a "System". Because that's the technical term for it: a collection of rules and protocols everyone mutually agrees to adhere to so that things can get done and everyone remains focused and organized. We all agree on that definition, right? Here, I'll redo it a little better:
System: in this context, a collection of rules and methods of operation (protocols) that all parties mutually agree to follow so as to prevent dysfunction and allow the business or organization to remain focused upon its key goals. This also (ideally) allows for efficient conflict resolution and effective management of logistics (resources) and personnel, again, with the overall goal of accomplishing whatever the mission statement or mandate is.
Sound good? I like it (and not just because I wrote it haha) because it's not only the sort of
System I would want to work under, its based in logic and is very close to the
System I use at work, where I administer employees and handle business accordingly. We got all the bells and whistles: that efficient management, little to no waste of resources or manpower, little to no dysfunction, and
effective conflict resolution.
This might all seem like a bunch of rambling, so how about I get to the point? It has two parts: first ( Part A), Sweetness, it only works if everyone fucking follows it. You, by your own admission,
chose to stop following it when it became inconvenient for you! And then you get mad when you get hit in the ass by the door on the way out! Everyone else on Earth, except for you and a handful of people just like you, who all insist that they're above the rules and that life is unfair for reasons that don't hold up to scrutiny and don't make ANY GODDAMN SENSE, handles their business within the
System juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust fine.
See what I did there? God you're fucking annoying with that shit.
Part B is this: You were inside of this
System and when you had a problem (or several, from the sounds of it) rather than just throw you out on your ass, they fucking tried to help you! That's what conflict resolution is for! There are people in place whose jobs are solely to ensure that the conflict resolution system works, again, because of situations just like this, where 9 times out of 10 it's just a misunderstanding and not a chronic problem employee who has his head up his ass. That's what really boggles me, what really 100% truth-and-honestly gets me about your constant bleating about the
System: not only is there effective methods of conflict resolution in place for people JUST LIKE YOU AND EVEN ME(!!!!!), it's much more lenient than the treatment you'd get at a private business or even a private school. And you still fucked it up because you refused to acknowledge that anything is ever your fault. As you said yourself, you refuse to take responsibility for your actions, and you wonder why everyone treats you like a little kid.
Well, whenever you're ready to live in the real world and do real world grownup big boy things, then you can have your welfare checks back. How's that sound?
