Public Apology

[JHarri31]

I'm going to keep this brief as it isn't exactly enjoyable reading material.

I owe stjohnroe some sticks for picking up the ball after I dropped it in the double blind "review these" string. For his efforts I was and still am very grateful. I had promised to send out a package a few months ago, but my mother is ill and as a result of all the other things going crazy in my life I completely forgot.

Today I received a "reminder" from an admin at the forum informing me that I was being banned and calling me a scumbag for stealing smokes.

While I have taken issue with this individual for his tone and means of handling the situation I do realize that I owe those affected by my mistake an apology.

To those of you in the "review these" string I offer my apologies for spacing out on my responsibility. Stjohnroe I offer my thanks for taking my place, and that promised package will be sent out this week.

To anyone who is going to negatively judge me for making an honest mistake I offer my suggestion to go to hell.

I will let the members decide if they are willing to accept my apologies. If anyone feels I deserve to be banned then simply send me a PM and I will step away.

Again...Apologies and Thanks,
John Harrison

[drew_goring]

I'm going to keep this brief as it isn't exactly enjoyable reading material.

I owe stjohnroe some sticks for picking up the ball after I dropped it in the double blind "review these" string. For his efforts I was and still am very grateful. I had promised to send out a package a few months ago, but my mother is ill and as a result of all the other things going crazy in my life I completely forgot.

Today I received a "reminder" from an admin at the forum informing me that I was being banned and calling me a scumbag for stealing smokes.

While I have taken issue with this individual for his tone and means of handling the situation I do realize that I owe those affected by my mistake an apology.

To those of you in the "review these" string I offer my apologies for spacing out on my responsibility. Stjohnroe I offer my thanks for taking my place, and that promised package will be sent out this week.

To anyone who is going to negatively judge me for making an honest mistake I offer my suggestion to go to hell.


I will let the members decide if they are willing to accept my apologies. If anyone feels I deserve to be banned then simply send me a PM and I will step away.

Again...Apologies and Thanks,
John Harrison

First up, I am not an admin, nor did I ever state or imply that I was. I also never said that you were being banned...I don't quite know where you got that from.

Second up, I never called you a scumbag. I simply stated that I was going to have you added to the scumbag traders list, a list for people who don't pay up.

I appreciate the fact that you are stepping up and trying to make things right.

[nhcigarfan]

To anyone who is going to negatively judge me for making an honest mistake I offer my suggestion to go to hell.

John - coming back, making a public apology and, assuming you follow through, is how you deal with these situations.

But throwing in the above quoted statement complete degrades your entire effort.

Instead of apologized and following through out of self-respect or respect for the people you stiffed that statement infers some kind of righteous indignation and general lack of respect in your entire post.

[Shagaroo]

I'm going to keep this brief as it isn't exactly enjoyable reading material.

About 2 paragraphs to long!

You had me until...

To anyone who is going to negatively judge me for making an honest mistake I offer my suggestion to go to hell.

You first zippy....

If anyone feels I deserve to be banned then simply send me a PM and I will step away.

I don't need to send you a PM to tell you that you just stomped on your own pecker and made yourself look like a complete idiot. The members of this board are some of the best people you will find on this planet and can be pretty forgiving provided a person makes an honest effort to right the wrong and is humble about it. Conditional apologies and smak talk are the last two ways of going about rectifying the situation.

[kevin7]

While I have taken issue with this individual for his tone and means of handling the situation I do realize that I owe those affected by my mistake an apology.


To anyone who is going to negatively judge me for making an honest mistake I offer my suggestion to go to hell.

Again...Apologies and Thanks,
John Harrison

Go fuck yourself Mr. smartasshat. Best thing you could have done is shut your fucking mouth and sent the cigars when you were supposed to . Now you have made a spectacle of yourself and got a big A branded on your forehead now .

[ggiese]

Hoo boy, Johnnie... You sure do have that dick stomping thing down to a science!!!

[cigar no baka]

An apology usually does not include a statement about people going to hell.

[indysmoker]

i would reccomend some type of a public speaking class or perhaps a cottillion course. I was not affected but could step back and see where you were coming from unitl you told those affected to go to hell if they didnt understand where you were coming from. I don't want to beat a dead horse but I would like to see you first retract that statement (jesus I sound like Nancy Pelosi) and perhaps follow up with what you said you will do and earn the respect form the elder members.
my 2 pesos

also it doesent sound like you were a) being banned or b) nor being accused of theft

[Bkcloud114]

I'm going to keep this brief as it isn't exactly enjoyable reading material.

I owe stjohnroe some sticks for picking up the ball after I dropped it in the double blind "review these" string. For his efforts I was and still am very grateful. I had promised to send out a package a few months ago, but my mother is ill and as a result of all the other things going crazy in my life I completely forgot.

Today I received a "reminder" from an admin at the forum informing me that I was being banned and calling me a scumbag for stealing smokes.

While I have taken issue with this individual for his tone and means of handling the situation I do realize that I owe those affected by my mistake an apology.

To those of you in the "review these" string I offer my apologies for spacing out on my responsibility. Stjohnroe I offer my thanks for taking my place, and that promised package will be sent out this week.

To anyone who is going to negatively judge me for making an honest mistake I offer my suggestion to go to hell.

I will let the members decide if they are willing to accept my apologies. If anyone feels I deserve to be banned then simply send me a PM and I will step away.

Again...Apologies and Thanks,
John Harrison

All good except for this one.......

Hope all is well with yoiur Mom