OMG 1.19 has broken the game

[Chinook]

Analyzing people behaviors every time SE announces a change, then checking back when they actually try it out is prolly the most interesting thing about these official forums.

So yes, this thread is interesting and reminds me how funny it is every time a change is announced.

[Sephr]

Analyzing people behaviors every time SE announces a change, then checking back when they actually try it out is prolly the most interesting thing about these official forums.

So yes, this thread is interesting and reminds me how funny it is every time a change is announced.

1) I DON'T LIKE CHANGE
2) Hey, this is pretty good!

I feel this sums it up.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

Isn't there a bargaining phase?

[MeowyWowie]

Isn't there a bargaining phase?

Yes, there is. Exploration = Bargaining in the context the OP is using. However, there are a total of 5 (not 4) stages.

In its original form, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross wrote in her 1969 book “On Death and Dying” about the “Five Stages of Grief”:

Denial: Example – “I feel fine.”; “This can’t be happening.”‘Not to me!”
Anger: Example – “Why me? It’s not fair!” “NO! NO! How can you accept this!”
Bargaining: Example – “Just let me live to see my children graduate.”; “I’ll do anything, can’t you stretch it out? A few more years.”
Depression: Example – “I’m so sad, why bother with anything?”; “I’m going to die . . . What’s the point?”
Acceptance: Example – “It’s going to be OK.”; “I can’t fight it, I may as well prepare for it.”

Translated into change management world, these stages might be written as:

Denial: Example – “This isn’t relevant to my work.”
Resistance: Example – “I’m not having this.”
Exploration: Example – “Could this work for me?”
Hope: Example – “I can see how I make this work for me.”
Commitment: Example – “This works for me and my colleagues.”

[Verecund]

Read 4 words in bold, closed browser.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

Yes, there is. Exploration = Bargaining in the context the OP is using. However, there are a total of 5 (not 4) stages.

I'm reminded of this (names have been altered to protect the innocent, but the dialogue is a blatant rip-off):

Doctor: You can expect to go through five stages. The first is denial.
Patient: No way, because I'm not dying!
Doctor: Second is anger.
Patient Why you little...Da-! Guuuuuh! Yaaaah!
Doctor: After that, comes fear.
Patient: (paranoid) What's after fear? What's after fear?
Doctor: Bargaining.
Patient: Doc, you've got to get me out of this. I'll make it worth your while.
Doctor: And finally, acceptance.
Patient: Well, we've all got to go sometime.
Doctor: Mr. Patient, your progress astounds me.