u/FatFaceFaster

It’s just frustrating how ignorant the golfing population is about what we do and why, but especially about this particular process.

Now obviously this guy is patting his super on the back which is great and always appreciated. But the comments are all basically implying that any super who has bumpy sandy greens a week after punching must be dogshit and not know what they’re doing.

Then there’s this section of the comments talking about how the OP’s super is a good golfer and that makes all the difference. One guy says “yeah having a golfer as super is so much better than some random idiot who just likes growing grass”

Fuck off. Some of the best supers I know never touch a golf club. I’m a golfer, and I find it helpful to play my own course, and of course I don’t love putting on aerifiied greens either. But being a golfer doesn’t make you a good super. In fact you might be more likely to go needle tines than proper tines because you have a match later that week and want them smooth!

Aahhh rant over.

The context is a Barbara Corcoran (Shark Tank billionaire) clip said she “loves” firing negative and toxic people. Many people pounced on the video saying no one should take joy in firing someone. I gave the opinion that negative toxic people are a cancer on the workplace, that drag everyone else down around them, and firing them (after giving them reasonable opportunities to remedy their attitude) is in fact improving the environment for everyone else - which is a good thing.

I went back and forth with this guy before he dropped this nugget.

Now I’ve been in this biz 25 years so I know most golfers and staff and people in the other departments don’t feel this way. But there are definitely still a disheartening minority who do view us as “lawn cutters” who have no skills or value besides mowing grass.

I know I was in a debate with him/her and they were just trying to get a point on me by belittling everything I’ve done in my life, but it’s still hurtful.

For the record I only said “sounds like someone who lacks ambition and blames everyone else for their position in life” after several other hurtful comments they made about how bosses are all power hungry assholes.