Omg, now he’s threatening to sue me for sharing screenshots of what he said. I did it because it gave an accurate context of the exchange, word for word so people could take away what they wanted. These threats of legal action just amplifies my point in sharing the conversation. If you’re gonna say it, at least own up to it. Don’t say horrible things and then want to pretend it didn’t happen without apologizing.
Overall, I would caution that this person can get disproportionately angry without much warning and be completely inappropriate. I personally would not feel safe with that much volatility and negativity. I get that he was/is mad, but it doesn’t excuse that level of angry texts.
That being said, I’m also not in the business of causing that much distress. I just want to warn people, and I figured since he called me a “POS”, that he would feel justified in saying those things instead of wanting them to go away. Although there is no identifying information in the screenshots (or anything false to make it illegal), I hope taking down his messages (I’m deleting a post from May 7 so if it looks like something is missing there, that’s why) will bring him and those around him some peace. Many people have had good experiences with him, my negative experience is my own, so everyone can make their own decision of the level of risk tolerance for a really negative and angry interaction. Feel free to PM for more details if you’d like, but I don’t tend to logon very much and I think most people can already get the gist of the nature of the conversation based on above.
I really hope everyone has nothing but positive interactions with him moving forward. However, I have benefited a lot from avoiding potentially bad situations using the feedback of this group, so wanted to pay it forward.