Thank you for your level headness on your post about the photos with the anon who talked about ratings. I'm one of the people who spoke up and has been speaking up and its nice to know we are heard but at the same time, I know in my heart its just a ploy to get us back. :( We shouldn't have carrots dangled in front of us, we've got feelings too.
Yeah, sure! I know what you mean, itâs definitely a mixture of emotions. The word âbittersweetâ comes to mind. Itâs nice to be heard, but itâd be even nicer if no one ever had to ask for such simple courtesies in the first place. They shouldâve been given freely, of their own will.
Unfortunately, thatâs not how it went. But now that theyâve been made aware of the problem, theyâre trying to do better. Iâm just not sure what more they can doâŚ? I mean, I donât understand what weâre asking for if every effort they make is only seen as a carrot. Even if they directly addressed each individual issue and apologized, thereâd still be this feeling that theyâre only doing any of it because weâve made them.
I feel like, because of the mistakes they made in the past, anything they do from now on, however wonderful it may be, will always have a hint of bitterness to it. We know how hard we had to work for something that others got without any effort at all. We know what they put us through before listening to our pleas for better treatment.
For me, this is where letting go comes into play. Iâm disappointed it went down like this, but I canât ask them to change the past. I can only move forward. Personally, I feel theyâve shown theyâre going to try to do better by us, so Iâm going to give them a chance.
That being said, I donât blame anyone for weighing more on the side of âtoo little too late.â I get it. Iâm just not ready to give up yet. I think, with enough time and continued effort, they might be able to heal over those old wounds, but I doubt theyâll ever be completely forgotten. That seems like a burden we all have to live with now.