Thread:Hackey5/@comment-30961845-20180206175306/@comment-5645428-20180301144224

I reckon patience and tolerance are skills you’ll want to have. You’re gonna come across some stubborn or absent-minded fellows, and some will have good intentions, but aren’t great at communicating, or get needlessly emotional. A poor admin would treat each the same, and write them off without paying attention, not only to what they might be saying, but the actual issues they are having, which you might need to infer yourself using intuition. Don’t alienate potential contributors, and stand by your ideals. It’s why things haven’t descended into chaos here. (The most severe cause of chaos is conflict between staff.)

Yep, you’re gonna encounter some dickheads here and there, but a dickhead one day might be having a bad day and might actually be a good bloke on most others. Read people’s intentions behind their behaviour. Act accordingly, with patience and tolerance.