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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. A lot of you are terrible at reading comprehension. Thank you to the people who get it. Thank you also to the jerks who proved my point.

1. It was not a meet. It was a social event. The shifts were named “set up”, “monitor event”, and “clean up”. I signed up for “monitor event”. 
2. I showed up and said “I signed up for the monitor event shift, how can I help?” And I was snapped at “the real work was set up” and I was given no further instructions. The kids were making spirit items for an upcoming meet. I watched for a few minutes to see what kids were struggling and helped them. I stayed to clean up because it appeared no one else was going to do it. 
3. I don’t need a long discussion. Once the event was running and kids were occupied, an adult could have said “are you new?” Or “who is your kid?” Or anything to acknowledge that I was not some random adult who wandered off the street. 
As I was carrying tables or taking out trash at the end, someone could have said “thanks! See you next time.” 
4. I volunteer for all kinds of school and preschool stuff. I am capable and responsible. I show up early and I humbly observe and take direction from experienced parents to learn how things are done. I manage a team at work and I’ve been a program manager for a large consulting firm - I know a thing or two about running a team volunteer or otherwise.

I don’t need a welcome wagon. I don’t need new best friends. I just want to be treated like a my presence is welcome instead of being snapped at for the offense of doing literally what I was asked. The cherry on top was having to listen to the team coordinator gossip / complain loudly about the lack of volunteers while I still had paint under my nails from volunteering. [/quote]

You clearly do need the welcome wagon.  EVERYONE there is a volunteer, OP.  Why do you specifically need to be thanked, when everyone is volunteering? [/quote]

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