tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370556203694333428.post3897213976864793552..comments2024-03-17T23:57:33.381-04:00Comments on You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Loose Wheel: Bad behavior and mean girlsElektra Q-Tionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03732580444053444826noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370556203694333428.post-25552873382408687172013-08-19T19:30:17.694-04:002013-08-19T19:30:17.694-04:00It takes a village to break her. :(It takes a village to break her. :(Elektra Q-Tionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03732580444053444826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370556203694333428.post-81955035731726637102013-08-19T19:26:37.127-04:002013-08-19T19:26:37.127-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Starving Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415311412275751314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370556203694333428.post-44369718451839538202012-09-26T17:13:34.914-04:002012-09-26T17:13:34.914-04:00This is a great article, but I also think bullying...This is a great article, but I also think bullying takes place from actual Board of Directors within leagues. It’s easy to point out the obvious bad behavior that a skater may exhibit, but what if an elected group of individuals in charge of your league are the ones bullying? It’s much more difficult to point out a mean girl like that when they claim they are doing things for the league, when in the end their own agendas were being pushed. My league has several members of our travel team on our board, the majority of these skaters are at the lower number of the roster or alternates, time and time again this season they used their mean girl tactics to push more talented skaters out of the skating roster for their own benefit. How does one solve this issue, when the people trusted to make the correct decision for a league are putting themselves first? You can’t. I left that league the second time I saw it happen, and never looked back. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271340852291596859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370556203694333428.post-90782807587601743702012-09-26T16:23:05.677-04:002012-09-26T16:23:05.677-04:00I actually left my first team because all it consi...I actually left my first team because all it consisted of was mean girls. The board, the skaters, even the coach (though not a girl) fit your description. When a nasty rumor about me made up by one of these mean girls got to where I wasn't allowed to participate in jello wrestling (which speaks for itself) without a doctors note (just me, no one else on the team,) I quit. And I moved onto a bigger, better, nicer league. My only regret is that I didn't leave sooner.RachelAnneAtkins.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07971357209306099006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370556203694333428.post-87452301743110548232012-09-26T15:33:30.511-04:002012-09-26T15:33:30.511-04:00This is a fantastic article. Instead of complainin...This is a fantastic article. Instead of complaining that there are bullies, you have provided specific ways to combat them. It's also timely in my area because for several years there have been two leagues that were the product of the split of one league. The group that broke off was headed up by a textbook mean girl who then ran that league into the ground and stirred a lot of shit with the original league in the process. Now that the second league has dissolved, she just doesn't understand why the original league won't allow her to come back and skate. Moral of the story is, mean girls will always get the appropriate vipaka for their bad karma. Eventually.Charlie Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306974489296193385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370556203694333428.post-91390344512319352702012-09-26T11:43:14.482-04:002012-09-26T11:43:14.482-04:00Timely.
I think the sphere is a little larger eve...Timely. <br />I think the sphere is a little larger evern.<br /><br />Skaters who bully<br />-officials<br />-other skaters<br /> <br />Officials who bully<br />-skaters<br />-other officials<br /><br />Announcers who bully<br />-primarily skaters<br /><br />We talk a lot about the skaters who bully category, especially if it's against an official. However, we say almost nothing about officials who bully skaters and other officials, and the announcer bullying hasn't really even been discussed. It's easier for us to analyze ourselves (skaters) since it is our selves, but also I would suspect since we are women. But it's a lot more intimidating to talk about being bullied by the men in derby. sierra hotelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745701473760007798noreply@blogger.com