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[RC] Ride Manager Feedback Form - Long - GarnerTJennifer made a really good point. People who are satisfied with the ride sometimes don't fill in the feedback form. I'm guilty of that! However, I am usually not given a feed back form! If I was pissy about the ride, I'd probably go to great lengths to get one, but if I'm happy I wouldn't. Go figure. From now on, I'm filling that form in with glowing & positive comments to make up for those few people who constantly find fault! Most of the problems I've encountered on rides occur from the riders themselves. They don't follow directions or rules. They sponge when they've been asked not to, they don't close gates they've been asked to close, they are rude & often inconsiderate of those behind them. Then things get blamed on the Ride Manager when it's really OUR fault! 99% of the riders try to do as asked, I really think it is a small majority of people who are just too special to follow the rules that cause a lot of our problems! Lynn, for what it's worth, I do understand how upsetting the bad feedback forms can be. I teach school. At the end of last year, we sent home parent feedback forms. I read each one as it was returned from my students. Every parent that had a gripe with me turned one in, but most of the contented parents didn't. I was ripped for not letting them know their child's grades (although I send home progress reports weekly), I was called racist (when I had just moved voluntarily to a low-income school after spending 8 years in a white bread world), etc. I was so angry! When you've worked you butt off to make something a success, sometimes the complaints weigh so heavily on you, you don't see the big picture! God bless you Lynn & all other ride managers! A Happy Camper, Kathy Garner ============================================================ One of the great joys of being a pompous idiot is that you can do and think whatever you want. ~ Homer Safferwiffle ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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