Ninja Vanish
Evolving Lead Gorilla
I just wanted to say a word or two about an observation I and a few others have made recently concerning the giving of Ring Guage here at CS.
As everyone I'm sure is aware, our Ring Guage system is a measure of respect for users here at CS. Those with more RG have been more or less affirmed by other members as being someone who is worthy of things such as trades, passes, bombs, as well as an affirmation of this person's friendliness and in some cases that person's knowledge of cigars.
The thing that has irked me is that in the past when I remember giving RG, it was almost certain that I would have a private message in my box waiting on me with a short thank you ( or in some cases a long thank you ) for the bump in Ring Guage. Recently I haven't seen this as much. There have been some guys who respond with the thank you notes but I must have given out 9-10 hits of Ring Guage as of late trying to spread around some good reputation to make up for the lack of it while I was gone for so long.
Now, I'm not calling anyone out, and I realize it is your choice whether or not to respond to a bump in RG. All I'm saying is be gracious to your BOTL's and SOTL's who bestow upon you the RG because it isn't something that you can take, it is a gift. I'm not even asking those who I bumped to respond, just from now on, keep it in mind whenever you notice you've been hit and take a second to shoot a PM in the direction of the giver. After all, you never know, you might find that some people are more gracious than you realize.
I know many many many people here already take a little time out to PM their RG givers and I think that is great and I applaud you, I know I haven't always had time to thank everyone of the people who have hit me and I wish that was different. So here is a general thank you to those of you have hit me with RG in the past without receiving so much as a PM with a thank you. And here as well, is a general Sorry for not being Johnny on the Spot with a thank you. Alright, I'm out.
As everyone I'm sure is aware, our Ring Guage system is a measure of respect for users here at CS. Those with more RG have been more or less affirmed by other members as being someone who is worthy of things such as trades, passes, bombs, as well as an affirmation of this person's friendliness and in some cases that person's knowledge of cigars.
The thing that has irked me is that in the past when I remember giving RG, it was almost certain that I would have a private message in my box waiting on me with a short thank you ( or in some cases a long thank you ) for the bump in Ring Guage. Recently I haven't seen this as much. There have been some guys who respond with the thank you notes but I must have given out 9-10 hits of Ring Guage as of late trying to spread around some good reputation to make up for the lack of it while I was gone for so long.
Now, I'm not calling anyone out, and I realize it is your choice whether or not to respond to a bump in RG. All I'm saying is be gracious to your BOTL's and SOTL's who bestow upon you the RG because it isn't something that you can take, it is a gift. I'm not even asking those who I bumped to respond, just from now on, keep it in mind whenever you notice you've been hit and take a second to shoot a PM in the direction of the giver. After all, you never know, you might find that some people are more gracious than you realize.
I know many many many people here already take a little time out to PM their RG givers and I think that is great and I applaud you, I know I haven't always had time to thank everyone of the people who have hit me and I wish that was different. So here is a general thank you to those of you have hit me with RG in the past without receiving so much as a PM with a thank you. And here as well, is a general Sorry for not being Johnny on the Spot with a thank you. Alright, I'm out.