A quick review of social media pages shows that the population's expectations of Council and Administration are far out of line with their legislated roles and responsibilities. I've read blatant lies, partial truths, and other weird things that people say on social media and in print that make me want to ask, "Where did you get the idea it was Council's job to:
Anticipate the things you need.
Fund your wants.
Make staff work overtime to support your fundraiser.
Discriminate against one group to satisfy the wants of another.
Take your abuse because you think you are right.
Listen to you yell because you do not, at your age, know how to handle your frustration.
Take things further when you don't sign your name to a complaint.
Be bullied and harassed in the office and the street.
Be subjected to slanderous comments on social media.
Sit there docilely while you take out every frustration on them?
While it is true that taxpayers' dollars pay their salaries, no employer would be allowed to talk to staff the way many people feel entitled to speak to their elected leadership and administration. We pay the RCMP, too. Would you care to try assaulting them in their foyer? Will you please videotape it if you do?
While handling complaints is an occupational hazard, handling personal attacks shouldn't be. So stop it. You look bad, and you make your community look bad.
PS. Asshole is spelled with 2 (two) "s"es.
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