Not talking about SS ... but - as an example - in one day this week alone I've came across three occasions of just outright, but wide spreading and reputation destroying, nastiness undertaken anonymously.
The first was a cafe we went to for lunch yesterday - they are lovely people, fabulous meal and really well priced ... only to be told (as we know them well) that a false rumour is seriously going around they are closing down due to incompetence, that the chef is just a glorified hairdresser and just awful comments.
The second was also yesterday - a shocking review on TripAdvisor about a market I'm involved in - which was really arrogantly nasty and totally factually incorrect.
The third was a person we have generously rent one of our tourist cottages on a short term leased basis, having a real *itch to our manager about some newly installed deck stairs on one of the other cottages - that is none of their business, has absolutely nothing to do with them and I have since learnt they are always having a whinge to our property maintenance guy about things on our property that have nothing to do with them at all ... needless to say they have now been issued with "notice to vacate" in 6 weeks.
Is it just me - or does them seem to be an increase in general nastiness occurring in recent years ... and why?
The first was a cafe we went to for lunch yesterday - they are lovely people, fabulous meal and really well priced ... only to be told (as we know them well) that a false rumour is seriously going around they are closing down due to incompetence, that the chef is just a glorified hairdresser and just awful comments.
The second was also yesterday - a shocking review on TripAdvisor about a market I'm involved in - which was really arrogantly nasty and totally factually incorrect.
The third was a person we have generously rent one of our tourist cottages on a short term leased basis, having a real *itch to our manager about some newly installed deck stairs on one of the other cottages - that is none of their business, has absolutely nothing to do with them and I have since learnt they are always having a whinge to our property maintenance guy about things on our property that have nothing to do with them at all ... needless to say they have now been issued with "notice to vacate" in 6 weeks.
Is it just me - or does them seem to be an increase in general nastiness occurring in recent years ... and why?