Tracy and PinkPonies: The Epilogue

(If you haven’t read this whole story, please scroll down and read parts 1-3; You don’t want to miss this freakshow)

This huge drama that Tracy instigated against PinkPonies ended months ago. PinkPonies stayed banned from PT, but that was okay because she became a lovely member of PinkLighthouse.

She has never hurt anyone and has made many friends, and she is an asset to the PinkLighthouse community.

Tracy has done this before many times. Some of the people she was highly suspicious of, and subsequently banned (most notably PUR “PersonalUseRecruiter”, PB&J, SickNPink, and others) she has since reinstated.

(She debated banning SickNPink, but in the end decided to let her hang around.)

Why is she suddenly reinstating people she hated and banned?

Tracy Coenen realized a little too late that she was banning good members from her own forum – not the best way to keep herself on top of everyone else.

Tracy and PinkPonies: An Epic Tale, Part 3

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…..

 Tracy “NOTIFIES” the Brainstormers at PinkLighthouse that PinkPonies is Bad And Needs To Be Watched. She also accuses PinkPonies of posting under different names on other blogs, and “talking crap about her”.

The owner of PinkLighthouse (LJ) then asks Tracy for some proof of these accusations.

Tracy has no proof, and instead basically tells LJ to jump off a cliff.

This in turn causes the Brainstormers on PinkLighthouse to jump to LJ’s defense, and ask that Tracy please behave more respectfully and please provide some proof without all the vitriol.

Tracy then tells everyone to jump off a cliff, because it was “SO INCREDIBLY HURTFUL” that they questioned her. The fact that they asked for a reason was so outrageous to Tracy that she felt justified in treating all 19 women on the Brainstormers board like dirt. Tracy insinuates that they are all stupid, just “don’t get it”, and it is beneath her to explain anything.

Tracy is removed from the Brainstormers board on PinkLighthouse, and PinkPonies is spared another banning.

Tracy and PinkPonies: An Epic Tale, Part 2

Where were we?

Oh yes. PinkPonies was getting her karma slammed by Tracy and had no idea why.

She emails Tracy, and begs “What did I do? What did I say?”

To which Tracy will not give a straight reply.

So PinkPonies assumes she is getting banned from PinkTruth, and posts on MKV. In her post, she says “well I did something wrong, so I’m banned from PinkTruth.”

Tracy immediately emails her, saying “Why are you saying that? you’re not banned.”

PinkPonies dutifully reports on MKV: “Nevermind. I’m not banned.”

The following week, the owners of the MKV blog decide to take down the site for other reasons.

Tracy immediately bans PinkPonies.

Tracy and PinkPonies: An Epic Tale, Part 1

Gather around my pretties, and let me tell you a tale of a lunatic and one of her marks.

Once Upon A Time……..

 There was a woman named PinkPonies (sort of). She was in DIQ. She started to have doubts, and decided to quit DIQ (in her third month of car qualification).  She found PinkTruth, but since she was just coming out of the Mary Kay Dream, she was still in the Pink Mindset.

PT was a little too hardcore for her at this point. Understandable, no? She decided to hang out on another blog called “MaryKayVoices”, which was friendlier to current Mary Kay consultants. One day she was posting there, and innocently mentioned that she felt more comfortable on MKV than PinkTruth.

Of course, Tracy Coenen was reading the blog, and saw PinkPonies’ comment. Tracy immediately assumed that this was a slam against HER. (Naturally, because the WORLD DOTH REVOLVE AROUND TRACY COENEN CPA MBA CFE FRAUD INVESTIGATOR I AM THE QUEEN) Where was I? Oh right…

Because Tracy took this comment so personally, she then launched into her typical stealth mode of harassment and stalking.

PinkPonies also joined PinkLighthouse. Here are 2 of the 7 times Tracy hit PP’s karma on the forum, within a 2-day period in January 2007:

Stalking Melissa

Someone made a comment that this doesn’t qualify as stalking, because Tracy would have to be harassing her with emails, calls, etc.

Tracy has been harassing Melissa for over a year now, long before Tracy started PinkTruth.

Here’s some more proof. These are emails she sent Melissa. Notice she sent them anonymously, using the alias “MKBlows”. Look at the dates.

I can’t make this JPG fit, so here’s a transcript of the messages:

#1: “You never did tell me…how your bosses at [name of employer] in [city] would like it if they knew you spent all day playing on the internet and trying to sell and recruit for MK? Should I mention it to the Office Administrator or the managing partner?”

#2. “So how would your bosses feel if they knew you were playing on the internet all day instead of working?”

#3. “So what do you do…. at [name of employer] in [city ]?”

Notice that Tracy Coenen sent these anonymous messages long before Melissa ever “did anything” to Tracy.

And yes, I have electronic proof that “MKBlows” is Tracy Coenen, should anyone doubt.

Tracy Throws Down A Challenge (Part 2)

Again, what is the point?

Somehow she discovered Melissa’s daughter’s name – but what’s the point in trying to scare her with this? It reminds me of that movie Scream, where the killer tells the girl on the phone that he can see her. It’s just a scare tactic – meant to let Melissa know that TRACY KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT HER, and is probably hiding under her car in the driveway or something.

Really, was Tracy going to haul herself down to Melissa’s house with a butcher knife and some garbage bags – or was she just trying to bully her for some jollies? It’s anyone’s guess at this point.

Fraud Examiner Guilty of Defamation?

On Saturday, 2 June 2007, Tracy Coenen of Sequence Inc, a Certified Fraud Examiner, posted an entry on her blog calling someone a thief and posting their contact info. Here’s a screen shot in case it suddenly disappears from her site:

(Click on the thumbnail to open new window, then click on image again to enlarge)

If I were Mr. Briggs, I’d be contacting an attorney. Not only could this be considered defamation, but publishing personal contact information with such accusations is also a form of cyber bullying.

Unbelievable behavior for someone who claims to be so knowledgeable about the law, even though she’s no lawyer.

The Serial Bully: Types of Bullies

A while back I introduced you to information on Serial Bullies. While reading the information on bullyonline.org I was reading the signs and symptoms of what they call a Socialised Psychopath or Sociopath.

The Socialised Psychopath or Sociopath

Also known as the corporate psychopath, workplace psychopath, industrial psychopath and administrative psychopath.

Motivation: power, gratification, personal gain, survival
Mindset: manipulation, deception, evil
Malice: high to very high; when held accountable, off the scale

Then I started reading through the detailed profile of the Socialised Psychopath and so many of the identifying features sounded so familiar: (these aren’t in any particular order…I’ve numbered them for easy reference)

1. always charming and beguilingly plausible, especially to those who are capable of protecting or enhancing the sociopath’s position
2. is extremely and successfully manipulative of people’s perceptions and emotions (eg guilt and anger)
3. will often engineer himself or herself into a position of authority as gatekeeper of the organization and thus the person through whom all information must flow, and the person to whom all requests for services must be referred – which he or she then takes delight in denying
   
4. is adept at offering weak and inadequate people the positions of power, control, security, influence or respect that they crave but who lack the necessary competencies to achieve – such people are unaware that their consequent dependence on the sociopath makes them permanent manipulatees, pawns and expendable agents of harassment. [comment: maybe sicknpink might be interested in this one...]
5. at all times restricts the actions and rights of others (especially those holding the sociopath accountable) whilst aggressively protecting his or her right to do anything without being hampered by social norms or legal requirements
6. a history of conducting frivolous, vexatious and malicious legal actions, especially (but not exclusively) against anyone who can recognise the sociopath for what he is. [comment: want to talk to Melissa about this one?!]
7. pursues endless vindictive vendettas against anyone perceived as a threat or who attempts, knowingly or unknowingly, to identify or reveal or expose the sociopath, or who makes efforts to hold the sociopath accountable
8. is adept at appropriating rules, regulations, procedures and law to manipulate, control and punish accusers regardless of relevance, logic, facts or consequences

That’s just a small amount of what is there.

Most of it hits too close to home for me.

Phony Email Addresses: Beware

Several people who were avid supporters of PT have reported receiving emails where the email address is almost identical to someone they usually communicate with–but not quite.

Apparently, if this is happening, it is an attempt to trap someone saying something negative about PT and its owner.

I have not seen any of these emails, but if you have received one, please forward it to me at ptlies@gmail.com.

Sending such emails is not only childish, it could be considered harassment.