{"id":625,"date":"2009-12-17T20:22:58","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T20:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=625"},"modified":"2017-12-23T17:41:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T17:41:16","slug":"beware-the-gatekeepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/12\/17\/beware-the-gatekeepers\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware the gatekeepers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gatekeepers, well you know who you are and the game is now afoot as Sherlock Holmes might have said though to be honest as I have not read the books I can&#8217;t\u00a0 really be sure.\u00a0 Gatekeepers are related to jobsworths, but the difference is that jobsworths are more easily circumvented. Gatekeepers often have great confidence and will fix you with a steely eye and calmly repeat that black is white until you\u00a0 start to believe it yourself.\u00a0 There influence is often far reaching and there egos are immense. You will find them in every walk of life waiting somewhere down the road to stop you getting your fair share whilst waving there cronies on with a welcoming flick of the wrist. Yes you have just realized it you are an outsider an dup to now you didn&#8217;t have a clue, but your really do have the mark of Cain on you. What was it you did to deserve this sorry fate, well actually you need not have done anything, your not on the list your and your not coming in.\u00a0 Perhaps your idea was just to original, perhaps you executed it a little too well, but some one sees you as s threat and the way is barred.\u00a0 Its no good arguing with them or engaging in any form of logical debate either as the whole ethos is designed to maintain the status quo.\u00a0 You will not pass and as it says on the Monopoly board do not pass go,\u00a0 go directly to jail.\u00a0 Better\u00a0 to stand outside the glass looking in and bemoaning fate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not always&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gatekeepers, well you know who you are and the game is now afoot as Sherlock Holmes might have said though to be honest as I have not read the books I can&#8217;t\u00a0 really be sure.\u00a0 Gatekeepers are related to jobsworths, but the difference is that jobsworths are more easily circumvented. Gatekeepers often have great confidence &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/12\/17\/beware-the-gatekeepers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beware the gatekeepers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-a5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":177979,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/09\/29\/today-its-not-raining\/","url_meta":{"origin":625,"position":0},"title":"Today It&#8217;s not raining","author":"diana Stone","date":"September 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Hurrah. 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