The Tacky Award Goes To ...

There are some people you'll meet in life who will make you shake your head and wonder what they're thinking (or if they're thinking) when they do some of the things they do or say some of the things they say.

The last 20 or 25 years has been a time of decline in basic good manners, intelligence (how much more can we be dumbed down?), and common sense. True, common sense isn't so common these days; it seems to be a commodity in extremely short supply. Standards have slipped far too much, and the clueless seem to be everywhere.

Rebels Without a Clue
I'm a curious person. I'm lucky because I know a lot of people, and can get "scoop" in many areas. If you'll recall my promotion of the MESA CB networking event, you'll know that it was something I thought was a terrific idea. It was innovative and a real service to bid winners and potential subcontractors alike.

Considering Rob Brant's stated position on MESA (there's a previous blog dedicated to the comment he posted if you need to refresh your memory), and the regular bashing that TAHCS does to MESA, I find it very interesting and extremely amusing that TAHCS board members Dean Cheney and Barry Johnson showed up at the networking event last night (I'm told Barry brought his wife with him too).

That they would show their faces at a MESA event is one of the tackiest things I've heard of in a long time. If I wasn't laughing so hard at them I might be indignant.

Did Dean Cheney and Barry Johnson get in? I'm told they did not, which is exactly what they deserved. I've made my opinion of the practices of TAHCS very clear, and this is basically the icing on my cake. It perfectly illustrates the points I've made (past and present).

Was MESA supposed to cave to this ridiculous maneuver? Did Johnson and Cheney think that they'd bully their way into the event? Did they think that no one would dare to turn them away? Why would anyone go where they're so obviously not welcome (where they've made themselves so unwelcome)?

The first-ever STC Tacky Award goes to Dean Cheney and Barry Johnson and any other TAHCS devotee (few though they may be) who was there. Thank you guys; I appreciate the laugh, even as I'm shaking my head and wondering if you were thinking.

Wait! There's More!
We have a runner-up! Honorable mention goes to the VGM representative who was present, and who I'm told by witnesses was obnoxious, rude, and very disrespectful to MESA staff last night. Yes, he'd been in the bar drinking with the TAHCS outcasts, so it may be that he had too much liquid courage. But my informants, who overheard the person in question, were shocked that a VGM representative would shout his opinions for so many to hear (and equally shocked that he would presume to quote VGM leadership the way he did).

I'm not going to give the runner-up award to the VGM Group because I'm going to assume that they are unaware of the activities (and the tackiness) of their field representative. But his actions last night do them absolutely no credit, and it's something they should take a long, hard look at.

I hope my readers have found this to be as amusing and enlightening as I have; I enjoy light-hearted posts.