I've got a kook sending me unwanted hostile messages via their Yahoo! mail despite my request for no further contact.
I don't see any way to report this on the Yahoo! site.
Is there a way to do so? Is there a chance in hell Yahoo! would respond in any way, even if only with a warning to that user (which is really all that I want)?
Thx . . .

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I suffer from the same sensitivity that you do. A few nuggets of wisdom were shared with me and I'm "trying" to incorporate them into my life. First, remember that nobody can hurt your feelings unless you let them. You can always reject what is being forced on you emotionally.
Second, nothing changes unless you change it. If you don't want the behavior to be repeated then you need to take action. Otherwise the kid has learned that his behavior is the way to get things done, because everyone lets him get away with it.
In the meantime I sympathize because I've been there.
-beerman



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[search2.cc.scd.yahoo.com]

It took literally 2 seconds to find.

edit: and [search2.cc.scd.yahoo.com]

edit: by recourse, you mean what? A slap on the wrist?

Carm



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To Whom It May Concern,

Let me first say that I am an avid and devoted bicyclist, oftentimes logging
10+ miles in a day. I have spent a lot of time in Europe, and have biked a lot
over there as well. I am 100% for making this city bicycle friendly, and in
coming back to America recently, I have had my fair share of trouble with
motorists who do not respect bicyclists.

However, I must say that I am very disappointed in the treatment I received
today from some of your people involved in the bike through Logan Square. Just
because today, I am trying to help my mother and my sister, and so was using a
car loaned to me, does *not* mean that I am not allowed use of the roads.
Furthermore, your people have no right to shove pieces of paper into my car to
try to induct me into your movement. (This is how I have your email address to
complain!)

More importantly, as a bicylist, I am appalled at the number of people who,
even as part of this rally, are in blatant disregard to their own safety or to
the safety of others. I would be surprised if *half* of the people I saw today
were wearing helmets. More dangerous, though, were the stragglers to your
group, who were riding the wrong way down a one-way street.

One of the reasons I am so frustrated with biking in this city is that most of
the bikers I have seen pay no attention to the rules of the road. For us, as
bicylists, to be respected, we have to show that we have a better way of doing
things. Running red lights and riding down the streets the wrong way are
dangerous things to do and absolutely should not be encouraged by your group.
It only helps to reinforce the problems that bicylists have with motorised
traffic. Until I see some sort of effort made on the part of this group to do
so, I'm afraid I cannot participate, and the next time someone shoves a piece
of paper into a car I am driving, I will be filing harassment charges.

Thank you,
[name]

Me:
[Name,]
Thanks for your feedback.
I appreciate your taking the time to share your views.
I've posted it to our listserv, which has close to 500 members.
Hopefully it will reach some of the right people.
Yours,
[my full name]
CCM participant

Her:
I hope it is either a private listserv or you've taken my full name off the
message.

-[full name]

Me (after composing and deleting about 5 different long answers):

[name],
Please keep any further hostility to yourself.
Thanks,
[me]


Dear [me],

Your last message was uncalled for. If you ever have had somebody follow you
around and threaten to kill you and do all sorts of horrible, nasty things,
getting told that a message that was intended for one or a small group of
people is being distributed freely on via listservs is terrifying. Please, for
the sake of my LIFE, if you have not removed my full name and/or email address,
please do so now.

-[name]


E-mail address was not posted, but full name was, as she made a point of signing her message and sending it off into the ether to unknown persons.

Also of note-- her initial message was received almost the exact time we went through Logan Square. Either her computer's clock is wrong, or she was sitting on her porch watching the ride and added some embellishments for extra drama.

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I suffer from the same sensitivity that you do. A few nuggets of wisdom were shared with me and I'm "trying" to incorporate them into my life. First, remember that nobody can hurt your feelings unless you let them. You can always reject what is being forced on you emotionally.
Second, nothing changes unless you change it. If you don't want the behavior to be repeated then you need to take action. Otherwise the kid has learned that his behavior is the way to get things done, because everyone lets him get away with it.
In the meantime I sympathize because I've been there.
-beerman

Doooohhh

They are sending you email from a yahoo account. To your company site.

Dooooohhh

I agree with you. I doubt yahoo will do anything. You could provide their email address to those FREE offers online. The kook will be spammed.

Carm



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It took literally 2 seconds to find.

edit: and [search2.cc.scd.yahoo.com]

edit: by recourse, you mean what? A slap on the wrist?

Carm

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I suffer from the same sensitivity that you do. A few nuggets of wisdom were shared with me and I'm "trying" to incorporate them into my life. First, remember that nobody can hurt your feelings unless you let them. You can always reject what is being forced on you emotionally.
Second, nothing changes unless you change it. If you don't want the behavior to be repeated then you need to take action. Otherwise the kid has learned that his behavior is the way to get things done, because everyone lets him get away with it.
In the meantime I sympathize because I've been there.
-beerman

Thanks Carm.
Gonna try the "strategic non-response" and hope something else grabs her focus in the meantime. Or encourage her to go file those harrassment charges and watch her get laughed right out of the police station.

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I suffer from the same sensitivity that you do. A few nuggets of wisdom were shared with me and I'm "trying" to incorporate them into my life. First, remember that nobody can hurt your feelings unless you let them. You can always reject what is being forced on you emotionally.
Second, nothing changes unless you change it. If you don't want the behavior to be repeated then you need to take action. Otherwise the kid has learned that his behavior is the way to get things done, because everyone lets him get away with it.
In the meantime I sympathize because I've been there.
-beerman

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h'
encourage her to go file those harrassment charges and watch her get laughed right out of the police station.

LOL

As an impartial observer, it seems to me that "your last message was uncalled for".

How could a request to remove her full name from the note be construed as "hostility"?

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wurm
As an impartial observer, it seems to me that "your last message was uncalled for".

How could a request to remove her full name from the note be construed as "hostility"?

I sent her a cordial note and got a terse, and yes, hostile response back.
There is no way to remove anything once posted, and her request is not reasonable considering the other details I provided. I cated on good faith and did more for her than was actually fair, since the 450 people who had to read her accusatory rant were given no way to respond.

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I suffer from the same sensitivity that you do. A few nuggets of wisdom were shared with me and I'm "trying" to incorporate them into my life. First, remember that nobody can hurt your feelings unless you let them. You can always reject what is being forced on you emotionally.
Second, nothing changes unless you change it. If you don't want the behavior to be repeated then you need to take action. Otherwise the kid has learned that his behavior is the way to get things done, because everyone lets him get away with it.
In the meantime I sympathize because I've been there.
-beerman

So, why is the text going off the right side of the page in this thread?

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I suffer from the same sensitivity that you do. A few nuggets of wisdom were shared with me and I'm "trying" to incorporate them into my life. First, remember that nobody can hurt your feelings unless you let them. You can always reject what is being forced on you emotionally.
Second, nothing changes unless you change it. If you don't want the behavior to be repeated then you need to take action. Otherwise the kid has learned that his behavior is the way to get things done, because everyone lets him get away with it.
In the meantime I sympathize because I've been there.
-beerman

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h'
So, why is the text going off the right side of the page in this thread?

Because of this

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h"
There is no way to remove anything once posted, and her request is not reasonable considering the other details I provided. I cated on good faith and did more for her than was actually fair, since the 450 people who had to read her accusatory rant were given no way to respond.

Carm



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Whaaaa!

Someone criticized our renegade bike group and we can't handle it!!

Whaaaaaa!

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I am not Ryan Seacrest, and I do not approve this message.

I'm with wurm on this one. If I were in her shoes, I might have reacted much the same way. Posting a private email to a listserv, without asking the original writer's permission first, is bad netiquette as far as I'm concerned. And I would not have described your note to her as "cordial".

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To summarize :-

Woman gets mobbed by bunch of hostile Bicycle Nazis and has the temerity to complain.

Reasonable request not to publish name is misconstrued as hostile.

Whaaaaaa! indeed.

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Spock expresses my response exactly. h', you were really out of line publishing her e-mail without permission.

Completely out of line. I didn't see anything hostile in her communications at all.

Again, she sent her message off into the ether to a random address which was already a group of people, clearly hoping to reach her intended audience. Like writing a letter to the paper, except she gets to present her views and in this case no-one gets to respond. Would have been happy to keep her name confidential if she had not made a point of signing her full name.

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Whaaaa!

Someone criticized our renegade bike group and we can't handle it!!

Whaaaaaa!

Huh? I happen to agree with some of what she wrote.

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Completely out of line. I didn't see anything hostile in her communications at all.

I suppose I'm tuning in on something you're not then.

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I suffer from the same sensitivity that you do. A few nuggets of wisdom were shared with me and I'm "trying" to incorporate them into my life. First, remember that nobody can hurt your feelings unless you let them. You can always reject what is being forced on you emotionally.
Second, nothing changes unless you change it. If you don't want the behavior to be repeated then you need to take action. Otherwise the kid has learned that his behavior is the way to get things done, because everyone lets him get away with it.
In the meantime I sympathize because I've been there.
-beerman



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Spock
To summarize :-

Woman gets mobbed by bunch of hostile Bicycle Nazis and has the temerity to complain.

Reasonable request not to publish name is misconstrued as hostile.

Whaaaaaa! indeed.

The request would have certainly been reasonable as an inclusion in the initial message. There is nothing hostile about the ride I was on--there is everything hostile about you, anonymous coward.

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I suffer from the same sensitivity that you do. A few nuggets of wisdom were shared with me and I'm "trying" to incorporate them into my life. First, remember that nobody can hurt your feelings unless you let them. You can always reject what is being forced on you emotionally.
Second, nothing changes unless you change it. If you don't want the behavior to be repeated then you need to take action. Otherwise the kid has learned that his behavior is the way to get things done, because everyone lets him get away with it.
In the meantime I sympathize because I've been there.
-beerman

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The Woman Wrote
... your people have no right to shove pieces of paper into my car to try to induct me into your movement.

.... and the next time someone shoves a piece of paper into a car I am driving, I will be filing harassment charges.

She clearly says she was harassed by your Bicycle Nazi friends and you h' are so blinded by your own prejudice that you can't see it. Its painfully obvious to the rest of the word so get over it.

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