No Calling Out Of Respect...

I just figured out that there is a challenge, so this was the reason I ran into a few blogs about the same thing.

I thought people just get crazy ideas individually, and I was wrong. Which does not really change anything abut the idea itself. So strange AR would do a challenge like that...

Dick Greenberg - exactly what I thought. And when I was writing, I thought about you, and I was hesitant, I knew that there are people like you who I would love to meet, so I was sort of contradicting myself. There is a dichotomy there... but it felt like people change it into a routine. And it is do not feel right to me.

It is unlikely for me to call, but I would love to sit and talk. Then there is no awkwardness, it is for me very natural and easy. Phones - not so much.

Denise Hamlin, Broker/Owner - it was a big surprise to me. When I wrote "Even if AR institues points for calling other members, please, don't.",
I did not know that AR was actually offering points for blogs about just that, disrupting someone's day with unsolicited call.

I don't get it

Debe Maxwell - of course, I did not have a clue about the rules in this challenge; I missed the announcement, and after running into couple of "singing" posts I should have figured it out, but I didn't. So, it got funny from that point.

I guess I have to be grateful that I did not live in the times of inquisition, as I have a contradicting gene somethere in my DNA and if I can bite something, I often do. Or this is my old country upbringing shows?

When we came to the country and Inna started her studies in colege, she once came and mentioned that she had a task to write why TV was bad.

I told her that I would have written why TV was actually good and ... and she looked at me and said that I was an old fool. The task was to write why it was bad, not why it was good... She was right.

Now I think that if she would come and say that the task was to write how good TV was for people, I would have probably jumped and told her that I would write something very opposite.

That's me, an old fool :)

Margaret Rome, Baltimore Maryland - the last thing I had in mind was to offend.

I guess we are all very different. Certain things are organic to some and not natural to others. I do not think that it is generally a good idea to push people into what is not organic to them.

I remember a businessman, who would make frineds with everyone in a huge elevator cabin while going to the 24th floor. It was his nature. He did not learn the speech, he was not trying to get any business or promote himself. He was very genuine.

When I read about it, I am not sure this is always the case. And when there is a challenge like this on AR, which is a virtual platform, it sounds a bit weird.

For example, there are people on AR, who compile a list of good blogs. Not featured, but worth reading. Two or 3 of those. And this is probably fine. Now imagine that we have a challenge and everyone is awarded points for doing that. And many would do it for points. What is the difference here?

As for a phone converstaion we had in 2014, you be the judge of it. I was, probably, very confused at this time. I remember the call, have no memory of what I was saying. Not sure it was even coherent... :)

Inna Ivchenko - because I can write. And I believe this was the intent and the design of AR. It is a virtual community. I absolutely do not feel that I am missing something.I am quite content with what I get on AR in the format natural and organic for AR. Calling, meet-ups are outside of AR. I can understand that people might venture there, but I do not feel this urge.

Margaret Rome, Baltimore Maryland - thank you. You took a stone of my chest. The last thing I wanted was to offend you. I am glad to see that your heart is bigger than that. Interesting note about your rasio program. I did not think about it, but it adds some perspective to the discussion.