Hey everyone,
The comments section IS NOT a way to email me. I get no notice in any emailbox that you left a comment in here, and I have to have the time to visit my weblog to see it.
The comments section IS NOT a way to make demands of me. Its for clarification on the subject matter of its attatched article, or to make a comment pertaining to the article.
If you want my personal help on your problem, you need to use the EMAIL ME link in the top left hand corner of the blog. If you look, its right under the picture of a drunk cat, in that corner. See? Good.
If you want to make demands of me, I only take polite requests, so just don’t bother contacting me if you can’t behave civilized.
Now, if you can’t deal with having to email me and think commenting off topic with “PLEASE HELP ME I AM SAD AND NEED MY EX BACK NOW!!!!!!” on an article regarding the use of poo in Hoodoo is going to get you anything from me or anywhere good with me, all you’re doing is showing me you have no respect for my body of work (obviously didn’t read the article, did you?) and you can’t even think clear enough to use the email link given up top on this page.
I really prefer if you email like “Hello, Cat, I was hoping you could help me, and this is what happened, and this is what I want” (obviously flesh out the “this is what happened, what I want parts with your story,) “so thank you for taking the time to read this, and…” Now if you feel its “urgent” you might close it with “I do feel that time is of the essence, so please kindly answer me at your earliest convenience.” Now you should close in the traditional way, like “Thank you, So-and-so.” So-and-so being in place of your name. 😉 You know, behave civilly. I don’t expect a total kiss my ass letter, but I do expect you to behave more like a normal human being with some courtesy and common manners rather than like a spoiled child making demands and screaming at me. If you walked up to me on the street and starting hollering “MY EX IS AN AWFUL PERSON I NEED A CURSE AND I NEED IT NOW AND YOU MUST HELP ME NOW!!!!!!” in my face, I would just walk away from you – maybe even run or call the police. Why? That’s pretty psycho of you to do to someone in the street, right? Same idea here – almost exactly the same idea.
I will block you from commenting if you continue to put off topic comments (you insisting I MUST HELP YOU CUZ YOU ARE SOOOOOO DESPERATE!!! on an article regarding, say, my feelings on skinny jeans,) and if you behave like an irrational, rude, demanding jerk, I’m not going to help you anyhow, or even acknowledge you. Why? Because anyone who would behave that way to a stranger they supposedly want help from is a rude and irrational and probably crazy person who I have no desire to so much as acknowledge.
This hasn’t been a problem til the last 2 days or so, but now I’d figure I’d say. I mean, I’m sort of shocked I have to tell some people this stuff, but…well, I guess I do. 😛
Summary – if you want my help on a problem, email me, and act with common courtesy. If you want to leave a comment in the comments section, please make sure it pertains to the article you are commenting on (an observation, opinion, or request for clarification on the topic.)
Thank you for taking the time to read this. 🙂
~Cat
Cat’s Rants: Confessions of an Occult Mastermind 
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One comment my Dad always made has been shown once again to be so very true:
Some people learn the hard way, some learn the easy way, and some don’t learn at all! Now if I could only figure out which category I fit into! ;D
Dom P.
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I fit into all three probably. 😉
That aside, it never ceases to amaze me how some people think demanding and acting horrible is going to get them any place good in life. 😛
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Cat, it just points to blatant narcissism and ignorance. I am sooo important that I don’t care what you have to say, I just think my problem eclipses all and you MUST under no uncertain terms eat, breathe, sleep until YOU HELP ME WITH MY PROBLEM!!! NOW!!!!
Jayz. I think you are being too kind to give those people a chance. I would have written the blog post, but I would have still blocked them. How irritating.
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I understand in some cases, but generally if someone is rude or lacks common courtesy and normal manners, I will just tell them to take a hike (if I even say anything at all.) 😉
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It occurs to me that the people who fling rude demands at you have problems because that’s how they behave in general. They are rude jerks, thus their lives end up in the crapper rather frequently. They don’t need spells. They need to grow up.
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ZOMG!!! I NEED UR HELP RIGHT NOW!!!!!11!!!!!!!
IF I DONT GET MY EX BACK IN 23 MINUTES, ILL DIE!!!ONE!!!!
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You know what? Some person today went and left “Hi, I simply want a way of making money fast,” on yet another post that had nothing to do with what they wanted – and so they were deleted with no response.
I know people can read if they can write, so …what’s the major malfunction?
I invite everyone who can’t understand that you must email me if you want help on something that isn’t to do with the article you are writing on, or who thinks its polite and reasonable to say things like “HELP ME GET MY EX BACK NOW AND GET ME MONEY AND KILL MY ENEMIES NOW!” to enlighten me why you are doing this or why you feel its a good idea.
Seriously, let me know….cuz, I can’t figure out where the confusion is, and this is seriously something that happened all of 3 times a year at most and now has happened several times in less than a week.
Please, where are you confused? Please do let me know, make a comment, but make the comment HERE on this article (because, doing so would show you know how to leave a comment on an article which has to do with your comment!) 😉
~Cat
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Wow, do I hear you on this one. What k said above, about lack of civility, really holds true, in my opinion – some people have problems directly related to their lack of “emotional intelligence” or concern with how social and interpersonal wheels turn. When I get requests from potential clients who can’t or won’t be polite, follow directions, read instructions, or wait their turn, I don’t need to lay a single card to know that we won’t work well together and that I won’t take their case. ‘Cause it’s a pretty good bet that they won’t follow the directions during the spell or while in “spell aftercare” either.
I’ve had any number of clients who have asked questions about the finer points of things or to make sure they had something right or to get my take on something – and it’s funny how the ones who say “sorry for all the questions” and “I hope I’m not getting on your nerves with the questions” are so often the polite ones, who never do get on my nerves because they are reasonable people with reasonable requests. Whereas the people who ought to apologize for being just plain rude are never self-aware enough for it to occur to them that they could be annoying, or even simply not the center of my every moment of waking attention.
Ah 🙂 Sorry for the long ramble, guess I needed to vent!
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I agreed with everything you said, so no need to apologize. 😀
~C
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