[Midsouth Makers] Respect for the space

[Kara Ferguson]

I came up to the space this afternoon to work on a project. This first thing I noticed when I came in the door were several empty drink containers sitting around. The second thing I noticed was that someone had spilled soda on the dresser I came up here to paint. Soda on the shop floor too.

We're all adults. It's not my job to clean up after other members.It's not cool that someone spilled soda on my dresser and the floor, even more so that it was left that way.

Please clean up after yourselves and be a little more respectful of the space and that we all have to share it.

-k

[Ric Ghettie]

I know how that feels. I walked into the both of the performing arts center at my school and found poptart ground into the soundboard, bottles of dip-spit hidden under the light board, and my stockpile of gels thrown everywhere.
I might not own them but the boards are still my babies and gel is not cheap. Nearly killed the fourth block theatre class.

[MemphisArtGuy]

Sorry if any got on your dress, we left a bunch of soda cans lay around, I whent to clean them up but the dress was in the way of where the can bag was so I had to pass it. the one that fell actually fell off the dress twoards the mame cabnet and i didn't think there was any splash as the can had barely any left in it. We lacked a mop and didn't feel the need to spear it with a broom. It being 1am it clearly did not come to me to just use paper towels. If you would like to donate a mop that would be great help, else tool of the month it. 

Please think before you fly off the handle, we do have to share the space and when you drop thing right in front of other things stuffs gonna happen. 

With that said I do apologize if any got on your dresser.

-Dru

[ry...@ghruaim.net]

That's some amazing PR there, Dru. *claps*

[Kara Ferguson]

It's not flying off the handle if you show an obvious disrespect for the space. It's not just the fact that you got soda on my dresser, but on the floor. I couldn't give a flying rats ass what time it was. If you're awake enough to play games on the mame, or drive home, you're awake enough to wet a paper towel, sponge, cloth, whatever with some water and some dish detergent (which was sitting on the work bench almost directly across from the mame cabinet) and get your mess off damn the floor.

I'm not your mom, or your girlfriend. It's not my job to clean up your mess. You're are an adult. Clean up after yourself. 

Perhaps you should be a little more thoughtful and not leave a sticky nasty mess on the floor for someone else to clean up.

-k

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[Chad Miller]

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

Chad Miller

[MemphisArtGuy]

I apologize, and you continue beating me up for cleaning (shoty as it was). I agree, I shouldn't be the last guy standing doing the cleaning either. I stayed up there late trying to get bubble to blow. You didn't hear me get on the group and have a rant after some one placed a box on my plexy that I had set a side for the shadow box I was builting, scratching it. It's cause I reconized its a shared place. Thanks for getting that dark liquid up, sorry your reaction is the bring it here. Look I donated some brooms and dust pans (out of pocket), if you throw in a mop cool, if not I'll get one after pay day. 

You don't have to cry over spill soda.

-Dru

[Thomas Pledge]

Children, amusing as it is, can we stop yelling at each other on the list?  Finger pointing, profanity, and pouting can be done face-to-face or handled passive aggressively in other places besides our public list. 

It was asked that we all clean up after ourselves (or maybe someone else because we aren't 5) when we leave the space.  I think this is a good suggestion.

We are not singling anyone out, everyone can do a better job of respecting peoples projects and the space as a whole.

Also if we could avoid using phrases that will obviously just make people mad to get out point across that would be nice. We are all socially adjusted adults (relatively speaking) so if we could act that way it would be better for all of us. 

[MemphisArtGuy]

Amen!

[MemphisArtGuy]

um.... you painted the mame cabnet. Was that out of spite or accident?

-Dru

On Saturday, November 10, 2012 1:38:21 PM UTC-6, Kara Ferguson wrote:

[Joe Ferguson]

The bit of paint that got on the mame cabinet was completely my fault. It wasn't intentional by any means. It was purely my terrible painting skills. Like I said tonight when I apologized in person, I'll gladly repaint it if you wish. You said it wasn't an issue, and that's fine. Once again, sorry about the paint. 

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- Joe Ferguson
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[Mary Hess]

I know, I know, it's a bit late for my 2 cents, but being a night lurker, I'm not often up when these things are happening...

 

I agree with Thomas.  It's our shared space, we should respect that.  If you spill something, clean it up.  If you see something spilled, even if you are not the spiller, clean it up.  If you see who spilled it, get them to take responsibility and clean it up.  If you see something that could do damage to someones project, please fix it, or let someone know.

 

Thanks

 

Mary 

[Dan Hess]

For those wondering, because I know you do, the current dilemma has been diffused in a very civil manner after solving the issues we all know written text can have with intent.  Sometimes it just takes getting to talk face to face to solve issues.

All in all, after talking with everyone and considering opinions expressed in this thread, there are a few issues of the group as a whole that will likely need to be mentioned and general/gentle reminders reiterated.  I'll specifically have two topics that I'll want to throw out to everyone as said reminder, but also look for input from everyone else a little later.  So please do keep an eye out for those over the next day or two, and hopefully we'll be able to help ourselves improve our time shared at the space.

Thanks,

Daniel H.

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