How does your YO/YM tell liveries off?

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Ours writes emotional notes on the whiteboard, or, if an "offence" was committed in a certain "area", pins up a note/sign there (laminated, if outside).
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There are a lot of notes...being of an occasionally childish disposition myself, I find they give me a terrible urge to commit whatever "crime" it is decrying...but don't worry, I quell it
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How does your YM/YO do it? And if you are/were a YO/YM, how do/would you do it?
 
Ours doesnt, she just lets people get away with murder and in turn herself moves the goalposts on a regular basis.

Its a pain in the ass and makes me dislike the place even more.
 
Quiet word in private... vry rare she has too to be honest..

And the odd note on the white board..

Usually 'Stop being bloody lazy and walk to the end of the muck heap to empty your barrowds.. Peeing me off!'

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a livery who has been there the longest writes notes on the board, but signs them as the yard owner. often bitchy/petty, and can include names.
 
depends usualLyy he(or wife)will just say what prob is,very nicely tho.
Occasionally YO will get angry and go into a bit of a rant -probably justified at times tho cos some people just don't listen.
 
Being a YO/YM I go and speak to the person who has done wrong as soon as possible. If I don't see them on the yard for a couple of days I leave a polite note on the stable door.
 
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I wouldnt know. Ive never needed to be told off.
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Neither have I...which is why I think I object to the signs so much. YM knows the culprit(s) but would rather make a billboard than just have a word. Lots of times, people "break" the rules because they have just not been told them!

Good to see most YMs just tackle it with minimum fuss.
 
one person does something everyone gets a note about it to tell everyone off on the stable door.
Not the way i would do it , i would rather people spoke to each other that writing notes to every1, but each to there own lol
 
Rarely do my lot do anything too heinous, Lol! But if they do something that I don't think is a good idea then I will speak to them in person about it. I'd never leave notes/wipeboard messages for something like this; that's childish and unprofessional, not to mention a bit cowardly. Best just having a quick chat about it; keeps everything private and sorts it out in a friendly way.
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in person, in public and honestly.

once you realise that she is straight up and no-nonsense, it's actually very easy to get along, as it does not get silly and petty.
 
She gives them a proper bollocking and it doesn't matter whether it's in private or not. I think she does a fantastic job. It's SO rare to find someone who is good with animals and with people.

This way everyone knows where they stand, everyone knows the rules and goalposts.

If something gets on my nerves, I will write a pissy note on the whiteboard....
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My YO rarely has to tell anyone off. We have yard rules - picking poos up, no water on the concrete yard, pick out feet before leaving stables, sweep outside our areas, no boxes outside stables etc etc. People tend to stick to them.

However, if you are doing something that she considers to go against the 'BHS way' then she will tell you, whether other people are there or not. It will include things like putting on and taking off rugs.

I don't mind this as we all just laugh at it as she means nothing by it at all... just wants the yard run smoothly and professionally with no animal or human hurt. She is a very helpful and knowledgeable lady (even if she does do some things I do not agree with... everyone does!).

We do have blackboards by the grass verges saying to keep horses off the grass (but we have to use them when icy), and by the taps telling us not to wash feed buckets down the drains!
 
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in person, in public and honestly.

once you realise that she is straight up and no-nonsense, it's actually very easy to get along, as it does not get silly and petty.

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Yep, I prefer this to the sly off-hand comments or the petty notes on boards or the chinese whispers! That is why I adore my YO!
 
This reminds me of about 2 years ago, on my old yard, where I was for 6 years, a lady who considered herself more knowledgeable than anyone else (typical mouthy know-it-all but used to kungfoo kick and hit her horses for the smallest thing!) found her horse was becoming head shy (she should have been looking to herself for that one). One morning, we got there and on the whiteboard was a NASTY message accusing 'people' at the yard of hitting her horse and saying that she would appreciate if other people do not discipline HER horse. No one had done anything to the horse except her.

No one mentioned the message to her and it got wiped off, but the YO absolutely lost it with her (and I rarely saw him do that).

I really hate messages being left - cowardly.
 
He either shouts/rants at the nearest unfortunate sole (normally after he has moved the goal posts) or leaves a general note on the white board as seems incapable of dealing withe issues in an adult manner.
 
same yo as rachel

and ditto.. she will tell you straight as soon as you've done it or she sees you, short and straight to the point... then happy as larry again!
 
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Ours doesnt, she just lets people get away with murder and in turn herself moves the goalposts on a regular basis.

Its a pain in the ass and makes me dislike the place even more.

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i have this problem too...if you are one of her 'faveourites' you can break the rules to your hearts content- exceeding winter turnout slots, booking school at times that are meant to not be used for booking the school, taking excess space in the tack room etc etc. if you are like me you have to stick to the rules or get a 'private word' which really pees me off! really annoys me as i have a nice set of SJumps which other liveries use (despite the fact that i've said i don't want people using them) and she just shrugs when i ask her to have a word....grrrrr
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