Anti Newbie Mentality

[Island Epicurean]

I was worried a while back that we had kind of an anti-newbie mentality here. It was around the time the new ban policy went into effect and a few newbies got banned in a row...

However, looking at a few of the newbies that have been on recently, I don't think there's any anti-newbie sentiment. I think there's an anti-come-into-our-house-and-piss-on-the-furniture mentality.

Several newbies have come in with questions, which I hope were well-answered. Certainly everyone made a good attempt at answering them. Several newbies have come in with an "I've been smoking for a long time and I just found out about this place" mentality; we've welcomed them with open arms.

And there are a few newbies who come in and act arrogant. They get beat up. Island Epicurean know what I'm talking about.

Sometimes a beating can be a positive thing............. It helped put me in line.