Sweetleaf wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
Not going to these sorts of bars would be a big help, IMHO.
^This. I think Jamesy would benefit from having some other actives aside from 'the bar' and also maybe try going to a different bar. If he's been going there 4 years and mostly gets negative feedback chances are he's gotten a bad reputation regardless of why...sometimes it is easier and better to just start out fresh.
And if he does do that, he should take into consideration all of the criticism he's gotten from people at this place in order to try to do better at the next.
But people are creatures of habit and they go where they're familiar with with the people they're familiar with.. even if they catch a lot of flack.
Prime example, one of the main dj's at a club I used to bartend at was hopelessly Aspie. I know he's on disability so must have a diagnosis of something, but I'm not sure if he has a diagnosis of ASD or not - or if he's even self aware he's on the spectrum. I never asked him, nor talked about myself. (plus I didn't know my own diagnosis when I worked there and have rarely seen him since.) Anyways, he's what I'd call.. a "loveable loser." A lot of people give him a lot of crap and make jokes at his expense because he's one of the biggest dorks EVER, but at the same time he's very nice, friendly, and people certainly don't hate him.. and it was a place where he felt he fit in, and to a degree he did. So, even though he caught a lot of crap from people there, he also got a lot of love in terms of social interaction and feeling like he had a purpose spinning music for the crowd and all that. If you focused only on the negative parts, you'd recommend he not go there.. but the good he got out of going outweighed the bad.. and even though he caught a lot of crap for being a dork, it was a place where he Could be a dork and no other bar would have given him a dj job and the regulars at other bars wouldn't have been so tolerant of his weirdoness.
So, I can understand full well why Jamesy may be reluctant to change locals. If he stays at this one, the best thing he could do is simply try to do & be better in every way.
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for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.
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