First time posters

[AceOfHearts<3]

I'm pretty sure this topic has been brought up before, but why does it seem like so many first time posters get nasty when they don't hear what they want?

If they don't hear what they want they start calling you names and saying you are being mean.

If you point out they are violating TOS by having "nurse" in their username (and they are not a nurse) they get defensive and make it seem like we are being unreasonable.

Is the solution to just not respond to first time posters who obviously have no idea what nursing actually entails? The posters that seem to want the stars AND the moon... but if we did that then we'd probably get lashback for not responding. Are we just darned if we do and darned if we don't?

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

Must I be the one to nominate that ole Bachelorette in Nursing thread?

It was/is my favorite rant and roll.

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/i-failed-out-984751.html

A young wide-eyed hopeful destined for greatness unappreciated by tyrannical old bats posing as instructors fights back and regains her rightful place continuing in Florence Nightingale's inexcusable footsteps.

That's about it.

Any similarities real or imagined are not the intent of this writer.

How did I manage to miss THAT one? It's CLASSIC!

[Qing]

I don't think people appreciate honesty all the time and if it is not what they want to hear... well they respond back. I know I am certainly not perfect and whatever you have to say, its better for me to hear it than lie. It is a thousand times better than misleading a person and lying to make them feel better. There are times I feel that a response might not be taken too well so I refrain from replying or putting in my thoughts. Consideration of different answers and accepting them is hard sometimes when you do not see things from another perspective or open to it.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

I don't think people appreciate honesty all the time and if it is not what they want to hear... well they respond back. I know I am certainly not perfect and whatever you have to say, its better for me to hear it than lie. It is a thousand times better than misleading a person and lying to make them feel better. There are times I feel that a response might not be taken too well so I refrain from replying or putting in my thoughts. Consideration of different answers and accepting them is hard sometimes when you do not see things from another perspective or open to it.

It is difficult to tell someone the truth when it is a negative thing. But it is also a kindness.