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[quote=Anonymous]My Mom works in events planning for a medium sized college in the town I grew up in. She's been in this job for about two years. Whenever my siblings and I have been up to visit, and there's an event at the college that occurs at the same time, she'll inevitably recruit us to help out to some degree. Sometimes its an innocuous task (ex. driving some programs from her office to an auditorium across campus), but other times it can be a more in-depth task (ex. pick up a catering order, help set up name tags for an event). These tasks are never "public facing," so we're not interacting with other university staff/event attendees. My Mom will always spin this as "oh, I really need your help! It'll be so quick, and it'll be a bonding experience!"

In the past, I've gone along with it, but lately, it's been bothering me more and more. We're taking time out of our schedules to travel and spend time with my parents, not to serve as free labor. I know that my Mom's university has budget issues, so I think that hiring extra staff isn't necessarily an option, but this feels wrong on a few different levels. [/quote]

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