If there's anything I've learned in my one year at the York Daily Record, it's that it's hard to get people to call you. No, I'm not talking about waiting for sources to call me back. I'm talking about feedback. I can't even piss people off enough to get them to call (not that I'm trying... much).
But seriously, it's tough to get the citizens of York County riled about anything, good or bad. It can be demoralizing, but sadly, I've just gotten used to it.
Last Thursday (Dec. 14), I wrote a column about my less-than-successful-attempts trying to get guys I know to go to Club XS, the gay club in North York. I ranted about how I feel that, in this area (if not the country as a whole), there is a false sense of acceptance of gay culture. Most people nowadays pretend to be cool about it, but really aren't. I won't retell the whole thing here, so read it in your leisure.
Long story short, I actually got a phone call about the column. In fact, I got five (well, four phone calls and an email). And all of them thanked me for saying what they felt needed to be said. And... it felt good. It reminded me why I do my job. Remember, you don't only have to call us when you're ticked off at us. You can let us know you think we did a good job too.
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