I hate when that happens....

[pat]

This morning I posted a bitchy/whiny comment in someone's LJ, immediately thought better of it, and deleted the comment. (I have had far too little sleep the past few days.) I checked to make sure it was deleted. I then added an innocuous comment. I checked *THAT* comment to make sure it was okay -- the other one did not show up, because it was deleted, right?

Sometime during the day, the first, deleted, comment reappeared -- posted *after* my innocuous comment. I would not have known anything about it, except that a third party mentioned having seen the comment. I immediately deleted the comment for the second time, and I'm hoping that it will stay deleted.

Where do you lodge complaints?

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[dancing-star.livejournal.com]

Also remember if the person has comments being sent to their email, they got the first comment even if you deleted it from the comment section.

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

Yes, but it's easier to apologize if it is just one email.

[calebbullen.livejournal.com]

Isn't a complaint what got you in trouble in the first place? failing that, there's a tear in the linoleum of the bathroom floor, I like to lodge them in there. But as humble as I am, I don't get too many complaints.

As Mel Blanc used to say on Burns & Allen, "And remember, keep smiling"

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

No, what got me into trouble was having the emotional maturity of an eighteen-month-old. Some of us manage to grow old without growing up.

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[calebbullen.livejournal.com]

So long as you're still growing, that can often be far better than the people who think, "Well, I've grown up now. I'm done"

Besides, people like to forgive you when you apologize with anything resebling actual contrition. So few people are willing to admit their own fault these days that the novelty alone of an apology can cause a person to really stop in their tracks. And if they don't forgive, oh well, you tried.

Just do better next time.