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[quote=Anonymous][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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OP, You realize volunteering is a REQUIREMENT for swim team right? Also, did you ever thank the main people for everything they do every year? Do you thank the swim team rep for showing up to every single meet and pep rally and other social event the entire summer? I hope you do because that's so much more than what everyone else does.[/quote]

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