Are you f***ing kidding me

[jr131981]

Originally Posted by MrRabbit

gumpire stated...

"Just got an e-mail from our local deputy UIC / assignor that I will not be working tournament this weekend because teams threatened not to play in the tournament if I was there!!!!!"

The reason aside for his local UIC / assigner choose to address this issue with an e-mail is nothing but "Chicken "Sh*T".

This matter should have handled by a phone call at least.

Better yet should have been in person with a detailed discussion with the facts in either case.

i have to respectfully disagree with the chicken siht characterization. as one someone under 30, email is the modern version of a phone call. yes i agree this should have been done in person, but to me, if a face to face meeting cannot happen, i wouldnt have a problem, and might even prefer, an email vs a phone call.

i have know many people who, while not socially awkward, dont feel comfortable dealing with "difficult" situations face to face and are more apt to express their true sentiments over email.

[MrRabbit]

" as one someone under 30"

"i have know many people who, while not socially awkward, don't feel comfortable dealing with "difficult" situations face to face and are more apt to express their true sentiments over email."

Your statements cover the problem exactly...

If you lack the ability to communicate , therefore non being able to deal with "difficult" situations face to face you do not have want it takes to umpire.

Because face to face communication is an important part of umpiring.

And required to step up and take a leadership role.

If you can not step up and look me in the eye and discuss it face to face then step to the side and let someone take a shot at it.

[SNIPERBBB]

Somehow you must of developed a bad reputation, fairly or unfairly, that your UIC agrees with or doesn't want the headache.

The TD could of rigged the assignments to allow you to never have to see the team or teams involved. If theres that too many teams that have had enough issues with you to bring them up to the TD so they couldnt be avoided, you must be doing something special.

Being blackballed from assignments isnt unheard of. There is a local varsity basketball coach that will attempt to buy out contracts of officials that dared whack or double whack him if he learns of the officiating assignments at away schools.

[jr131981]

Originally Posted by MrRabbit

" as one someone under 30"

"i have know many people who, while not socially awkward, don't feel comfortable dealing with "difficult" situations face to face and are more apt to express their true sentiments over email."

Your statements cover the problem exactly...

If you lack the ability to communicate , therefore non being able to deal with "difficult" situations face to face you do not have want it takes to umpire.

Because face to face communication is an important part of umpiring.

And required to step up and take a leadership role.

If you can not step up and look me in the eye and discuss it face to face then step to the side and let someone take a shot at it.

you missed the main point of my post, part of the blame does go to me for not making it perfectly clear.

my point was, with todays technology and prevalent usage of computers, communicating via email is equivalent, at least in my and many of my under 30 friends eyes, to a phone call. also, in many industries, email is preferred bc there is proof of the communication whereas a phone call becomes a he said she said situation.

you do make a good point about the communication skills needed to umpire.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by jr131981

you missed the main point of my post, part of the blame does go to me for not making it perfectly clear.

my point was, with todays technology and prevalent usage of computers, communicating via email is equivalent, at least in my and many of my under 30 friends eyes, to a phone call. also, in many industries, email is preferred bc there is proof of the communication whereas a phone call becomes a he said she said situation.

you do make a good point about the communication skills needed to umpire.

I'm not under 30 (just barely), but I'm in IT. It's what I do for work, it's what I'm good at, it's what I know. I've run chat sites, blogs, have my own YouTube channel, etc. And while I agree that our generation considers an email as being almost the equivalent of a phone call, it's still not the same.

There's a certain amount of respect shown when you actually take the time to call someone as opposed to firing off a quick email. A phone call demonstrates your availability to that person, whereas an email can easily go ignored/unanswered. A phone call is a two-way conversation, an email only goes one way. A phone call opens doors, an email can close them.

At work, if I don't want to deal with someone's BS, I use email. If I don't have a problem with them and want to actually take the time to work with them on something, I do it over the phone or in person.

I'm not saying that's what's going on here, but that's the message that can certainly be sent when one opts to use email to communicate instead of making a call.