Dynamics Of Social Organizations

[LoveLoud]

At my senior mobile home park, two us started a monthly morning social around coffee and donuts.

FIRST SATURDAYS

Several sessions were great. People talked about their kids, former careers, taste in foods, travel, even God. One time I was sitting between two guitar players debating Hendrix versus Zappa.

But the fourth meeting and thereafter, things changed suddenly and completely. Attendees were strictly discussing politics, despite rules to voluntarily refrain. So us Founders repeated the rules.

To no avail. Tried putting up a sign to quell the trend. Nope. So a few of us (not most) slipped away.

Now when I need a rehash of whatever Jesse W said on FOX N N, I go to the next First Saturday party. Sure enough, the table will be ringing with the FNN headlines like a bunch of geriatric parrots. Describing my neighbors as current issue morons is completely accurate. But they are delighted with the party if not even one ounce of differing opinion.

One can launch a social organization.

One can admin a social organization.

But one can never own a social organization. It's a dynamic independent of authority.

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Here I'm seeing a different compliance issue. Posters enter, ask one question, disappear.

This triggers frustration and subsequent negativity.

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I'm not sure if how what when fixes social organizations that don't comply to my wishes. I've confessed that for you, herein above.

I am certain of what isn't working.

Posting the disappointment is not working.
Venting to the forum at large is not working.
Raising the heat in your posts is...you get it.

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And what to do about all those Introductions by pending orphans?

Rather than forcing us through another of your asinine complaints, which may indeed be increasing the fleeing by exposure to instant forum negativity, listen to my favorite Miles Davis cut...

SO WHAT

 

[Biggles]

When a certain President was elected that made this Brit decide that there are 200,000,000 dumb Americans.

The guy had 4 years to Make America Great, so ask the question at your next meeting as to just how great the good ole US of A became after his 4 years?

And just how Great it is going to be in 4 years time if the Orange Spray Painted Guy gets elected!

 

[LoveLoud]

When a certain President was elected that made this Brit decide that there are 200,000,000 dumb Americans.

The guy had 4 years to Make America Great, so ask the question at your next meeting as to just how great the good ole US of A became after his 4 years?

And just how Great it is going to be in 4 years time if the Orange Spray Painted Guy gets elected!

It's made me a firm believer that community college should be free to all adult citizens.

But my diatribe was about the human condition in clubs, merely using the coffee clutch disappointment as an illustration.

You are discussing another topic altogether.

 

[Biggles]

Those club conditions happen here in the UK as well, cliques form and cliques have solid tight impenetrable boundaries.

I did join a Group and the members were so unwelcoming and stuck up their own asses that it was not the Group for me. I was diametrically opposite to the consensus opinion.

Throw in Politics and or Religion and it is the death nell of any Group.

So as simply being nice is clearly not working be controversial and tell the spoilers to take a hike

 

[tassiespirit]

This time of year for you is hell and will be for about a month, whoever the idiot gets in. That is all they can talk about about as it fills the air. I would bring in a whistle with yellow and red cards. First warning is yellow and second and last is red, you miss the rest of the meeting.
Try and smile and even joke but be firm and let them know again it is a friendly social group, and not a political debating one. Certain topics are not to be dumped on everyone.

 

[happyrat1]

So let's talk about transgender hispanic TSA agents and the requirement to pee on a stick to enter the USA???

 

[Biggles]

This time of year for you is hell and will be for about a month, whoever the idiot gets in. That is all they can talk about about as it fills the air. I would bring in a whistle with yellow and red cards. First warning is yellow and second and last is red, you miss the rest of the meeting.
Try and smile and even joke but be firm and let them know again it is a friendly social group, and not a political debating one. Certain topics are not to be dumped on everyone.

Plus

Take a “Fixed Price Penalty“ jar with you that has a $5 sign on it.

Keep blowing that whistle until the folding money is placed in the jar.