No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service: An Alley Site Supporter Primer
Let me start by telling you how much donations are appreciated and what they provide. Most of us get a lot of enjoyment out of this place and of course the whole thing runs off of your donations. It pays for servers, web fees, upgrade costs, cool giveaways and the occasional steak dinner out for Mike Pierce (the heart and soul of this board) and his lovely wife. Many of you have given generously and it's all very appreciated. VA would not exist without it.
Now let me say something about what donations do not buy you. Big Gay Mike said something on the Dohhunter's Gay thread that got me to thinking and I thought this might be the right time to clarify a misconception.
A donation does not make you Abe Frohman, The Sausage King of Chicago.
I've used the restaurant metaphor before but it bears repeating. Let's think of the Alley as your local Golden Corral Buffet. You pay at the door and it's all you can eat. Cheap, lots, wildly varying in quality. One night the Swedish meatballs are four star and you stuff yourself like a hog. The next night you throw up before you can make it out of the parking lot. That's the Alley. If however, you decide to act like an ass and start throwing green beans at the other diners then we're going to get large minimum wage guys from the kitchen to hurl you face first into the handicapped spot out front. You do not then get to come back in and bitch that you'd only had three bites of iceberg lettuce before the late unpleasantness with the green beans and you feel you're owed a pro-rated refund. If you come in here planning on misbehaving then eat fast and get your money's worth outta this place.
Neither does a donation immunize you from abuse at the hands of the other diners. There are no waiters here. Once you're in the door you're on your own. If you belch, fart and flick boogers at the other diners they might just bitch slap you with wet fettucine. Once again ... don't come whining to us.
Give and give generously but remember that you get what you deserve.
That is all. Thank you for your support and good night.
Signed - $6/hr Earl in the kitchen with a hairnet and a runny nose.
Iv'e got the donation thing down and I don't think I have started any food fights but it is just Wednesday! I really enjoy this site and have made some really great contacts. I want to thank everyone who has helped me...and everyone that has put me in my place when I stepped out of line. I think I am evolving into a member who can really add something to this site, albeit small, but I am trying.
Big Gay Mike said something on the Dohhunter's Gay thread that got me to thinking
Now this is truly an honor!
After all my dumb posts, no added value to the site, etc. I actually got "THE MAN" thinking.
And who says Eric doesn't think of me!
Now this is truly an honor!
After all my dumb posts, no added value to the site, etc. I actually got "THE MAN" thinking.
And who says Eric doesn't think of me!
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Looks like you have a "MAN" Crush. Calling you dull, is a gross underestimation of just how tedious you are. You have the personality of a damp sponge, and the appeal of a moldy sweat sock. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
Looks like you have a "MAN" Crush. Calling you dull, is a gross underestimation of just how tedious you are. You have the personality of a damp sponge, and the appeal of a moldy sweat sock. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
LOL!
A+ for vocabulary, but C- for attempting to lay down the smack like master Eric. But you are not a Jedi yet.
