The main thing to remember with this 1-up-manship thing is that sometimes it is helpful (and nice) for the poster to know that they are not alone in their experience(s) and that others have had the same or similar situation and how did they handle it. That's one of the main things we all discovered way-back-when when we first started to see the variety of posters -- both variety of positions and variety of locations -- that a lot of the experiences are not only US or UK or Receptionist or CEO Admin Assistant problems... they span over all the differences and unite us all in the basics of the problems, experiences, challenges, etc. So if you have a story to share, especially if it shows a different stand than others have posted and what type of outcome it generated, share it -- that's what we're here for -- to learn from one another.
As for knowing one another... that's what this community is about. We've "met" each other over the course of the past (several) years and have gotten to know each other virtually. We could pass each other in a hallway and never know, but let us post in here and most of us old-timers would know one another, no matter what user name we used. And the only way this came about was through posting, on both sides. As a new poster, you might start out without anyone knowing you, but as you post more and more, we'd see a picture of you develop through your posts (personality, likes, dislikes, etc). Heck, Jackie and I "met" for the first time - OMG! Has it been almost 5 years ago now? - and we're still getting to know one another, like any 2 friends would, but we've at least got an idea of how each other may respond to any post out here. When you start, just like in the real world, you might not know anyone, but over time, you find those you can be friends with (virtually) and develop yourself as part of the online community.
Please, let us get the chance to know you all... it's been great fun at least meeting you all through this thread and I really hope to see more of you posting, and perhaps more often?
CountriGal
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