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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the hiding in the cars thing is pathetic[/quote]

It seems like something only a deeply burned out parent would do. One who is probably asked to do 10,000 “extra” things and the scoreboard is one too many (they probably need to take a work call or write five emails during the game).  They got their kid to the game, that has to be enough. [/quote]

I also think if you have people hiding in cars to avoid doing stuff you might want to ask if "no" is ever an acceptable response to a request.

I stopped going to PTA meetings for this reason. I was one of maybe 5% of parents at the school who attended meetings. The low turnout meant that when they were looking for volunteers the board would be highly coercive about getting people in the room to sign up. There were literally times when my name got put on volunteer sign ups after I'd said I had a family or work commitment that conflicted. I felt like I was being punished for being invested enough to actually attend meetings and willing to volunteer when I could by getting "voluntold" to do more than I could. So I stopped going and voila I don't get assigned volunteer duty anymore.

If people are hiding from you to avoid volunteer assignments then maybe you need to do less because you don't have the volunteer bandwidth to accomplish what you are currently attempting. [/quote]

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