{"id":123,"date":"2009-08-09T19:58:57","date_gmt":"2009-08-10T00:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/09\/a-matter-of-trust\/"},"modified":"2009-08-09T19:58:57","modified_gmt":"2009-08-10T00:58:57","slug":"a-matter-of-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/a-matter-of-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"A Matter of Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is something that I detest losing more than money, and that&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n<p>Time comes in the form of dedication of energy, creativity and personal essence, to pursue or achieve something, or assist someone.<\/p>\n<p>The amount of time dedicated to assist a person is tied even more to a number of personal events.<\/p>\n<p>When these events get disqualified all of a sudden, due to an unlikely behavior that sprouts out of nowhere, then that&#8217;s when I get upset.<\/p>\n<p>When trust gets broken.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnforum.com\/f417\/user-democrat-patty-similien-thread-379598.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>a legendary thread at DNForum.com<\/strong><\/a> unveiled that a person posing as a hard-working entrepreneur and domain broker, has been scamming people in the past, the present and &#8211; unless stopped, the future.<\/p>\n<p>The tip of the iceberg broke through when someone did a lot of digging into that person&#8217;s past, which involved dealings with the law, broken promises and funds that were never returned to their rightful owners. The thread continued on with the contribution of at least a dozen people who unveiled what hid behind the smiling face of the person who has defrauded a large number of individuals at least since 2006 and who has 10 appearances at court over the past 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>When trust gets broken, two things happen: the initial denial becomes anger, and the amount of trust available for the next person in line gets diminished. It&#8217;s like personal relationships that involve cheating; you don&#8217;t get to trust easily after that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is something that I detest losing more than money, and that&#8217;s time. Time comes in the form of dedication of energy, creativity and personal essence, to pursue or achieve something, or assist someone. The amount of time dedicated to assist a person is tied even more to a number of personal events. 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