Taking a page from the Adam Richman playbook

An on-air personality for the local public radio station took it upon herself to start commenting on our rescue group's Facebook page yesterday, telling us, basically, that we were doin it rong.  At the time, we were trying to raise funds to take a kitten with an unusual medical condition to the vet.  What, according to her, were we doing wrong?  Well, we were dicking around trying to raise money instead of just rushing the cat to the vet, already.  GEEEEEZ, what a bunch of ignorant hillbillies.  (The kitten's situation is not life-threatening.  Just so you know.)

She was very condescending and abrupt.  Just ... assy.  And while some people tried to respectfully inform her that she was commenting on a situation she knew nothing about, and maybe she ought to get some more information before she started offering unsolicited advice, well, one person did call her an a**hole, which I may or may not have silently applauded.  From then on, it was time to grab the popcorn and watch the show.

Pro Tip #1:  Do not offer unsolicited advice on a situation of which you have no knowledge.

Pro Tip #2:  When gently advised that you do not have all of the facts of the situation, do not double down and inform the other party that you have much more experience in this type of situation, i.e., you've just spent the last five minutes googling it.

Pro Tip #3:  Do not inform the other party that you *were* going to help them, but since they weren't respectful enough of your vast knowledge, well, forget about THAT.  (The "help"?  A twenty-five dollar donation.)

Pro Tip #4:  When a major part of your paid position is fundraising for a non-profit, and you are very much in the public eye, be careful about dissing other non-profit organizations who are staffed completely by volunteers and are involved in animal rescue instead of, say, raising money so that Ira Glass can get a raise..  That can backfire in a hurry.


Ah, Facebook. Always entertaining.