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In which I am assertive

Well, go me. I finally achieved calm assertiveness with H.

On Tuesdays he has a boys' night out, and frequently comes home (he says) "feeling guilty that he hasn't blogged anything". This feeling appears to be entirely unrelated to whether he actually has blogged anything that day or not, and it results in appalling quality, unfocused material of dubious relevance to our audience. And his spelling when he's been drinking is worse than ever.

I've been growing ever more annoyed about this every Tuesday, but I felt as though I couldn't say anything because it's as much his as mine: if he wants to post nonsense, that's up to him. Unfortunately last night was even more beery than usual, and resulted in three pieces of utter rubbish, all relating to major advertisers, and likely to annoy them as much as they will bore our readers.

I phoned him. I suggested that while none of the posts was bad in itself, three of them was excessive. I pointed out that none of them was a story, that posting rumours about people who give us a lot of money was probably not the best idea, and that telling our readers 'you need to check this out' isn't exactly giving them what they come for.

He agreed with me.

After I'd finished fainting with shock, he said he wouldn't post on Tuesday nights any more. Of course, it's always possible that he'll forget that next Tuesday night, but it is a start. (Thank you, A., for telling me I'm the editor and I should act like it.)