On a seperate note

[same_difference]

Yesterday failed spectacularly as I managed to miss the start of the larp, and hit a brick wall of voicemails when I tried to contact people. Unfortunately since I had flu sleeping in has become a bit too easy, which for me is saying something.

On the plus side I managed to wrangle an almosthonest for a couple of hours today, it was excellent. I do not envy the business he has to deal with, though I can definitely sympathise when it comes to his pending house renovation. I've cunningly leant him a book, ensuring I'll have to see him again at some point to get it back off him...

Comments

[same-difference.livejournal.com]

11am is the designated meet time? Ah for some reason I've had it stuck in my head that the aim was to be there for 12. I can certainly aim to shuffle my plans back by 30 mins to avoid problems in future. As for holding the game up I was aware my running late would cause a delay, but believing that games tend to start about 1pm, it would be minor.

On Sunday, I simply overslept and slept for all three of the alarms I had set. Since having the flu over Christmas, my ability to wake up has gone completely out the window. Had I not overslept my intention was to get their at about 11:30 specifically because the kit needs some help to get on. Having overslept I did my best to keep the GM's informed of my lateness. Unfortunately I didn't realise on arriving at the car park that my first message had been seen, but forgotten in the business of getting the game sorted.

As for just going to find everyone and monster I'm not sure why it didn't occur to me at the time. I guess I was very much stuck in the going to play mindset, and their are impracticalities to carrying the bits of Cumberland's kit that I can't get on myself.

Finally I did not intend to "dress down the GMs". I simply posted that I had tried to communicate my lateness, and made some efforts (though in hindsight not all possible effort) to locate people on arriving. This having failed, I wanted to make it clear to everyone who might run a game in which I have stated my intention to attend that should I be late I will always try to make contact and that to avoid any future communication problems would appreciate people double checking with me because chances are I've already tried to make contact. It was unfortunate that it was miss-interpreted as such, and just clarifies that people clearly know me less well than I thought.

I will never be intentionally rude in an electronic communication, and rarely so in other situations. I will always seek out an ideally face to face conversation, or failing that a phone one if a problem does occur, and my stance is always to make amends and find resolutions that prevent further problems where possible.

Clearly I have efforts to make to get to know people me better so that this isn't something that needs to be explicitly stated in future.

[magicaddict.livejournal.com]

The last time I entered into a discussion of this type it did not go well, and still isn't resolved. Learning from that, it may therefore be better if we meet in person to discuss this, if you would be amenable to it.

I am afraid I cannot agree with your points as they stand, but I am told this is the wrong medium in which to continue.

[same-difference.livejournal.com]

I'm perfectly happy to have this discussion face to face at the next opportunity.