Boundaries

A morning rant:

Probably not my favorite moment of RE BarCamp Denver (#rebcden) but it certainly was the most memorable. Thirty minutes into a presentation, a real estate agent took a call during a presentation and then continued on with the call for half a minute at an audibly unacceptable level. The speaker bravely avoided acknowledgment of her diva act. Finally, a gentleman sitting close by, asked her “to have a little respect for the speaker” and to stop the call. She packed up her shit, walked to the aisle, spun around and muttered “Asshole”. When she left, a half dozen people thanked him.

It led me to think about the differences in boundaries that people have. She obviously has no boundaries, she’s just a rude piece of shit. His boundaries gave him the green light to confront her, as the rest of us, stunned this imbecile had the nerve to conduct a call in the middle of a presentation, sat silent. Our boundaries hadn’t been broached, they’d been dulled by the shocking nature of what was developing.

Boundaries are a nurture thing. They are shaped by friends & family growing up. How do they get checked when we’re all grown up? By society? Peers? When & how did this woman come to believe this behavior was acceptable?

Finally, why was she at RE BarCamp Denver?

RE BarCamp SF trading cards anyone?

Back at RE BarCamp SF 2008, RealSeekr & RealEstateZebra teamed up and produced some fun RE.net trading cards (see below). These cards are brilliant. Growing up collecting baseball cards stirs the compulsive desire to complete my collection.

So, if you’re going to REBlogWorld 2009: bring ‘em if you got ‘em!

REBarCamp – SF ’09 Gearing Up