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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading this, I'm astonished.  First off, I'm gen-X, and no, we're not the ones insisting that everything be done the old way. The "old way", when we were kids, was to be dropped off at the event and picked up later. Our parents did NOT hang out at every meet or practice.  If we were hungry, we had to bring our own snacks. When I saw the lists of how the meets require 36-40 volunteers per meet, there were a LOT of unnecessary things on that list. You're getting pissed off because a lot of people don't want to do all the make-work stuff and give a ribbon to every kid.  If parents were too noisy, you turned around and told them to be quiet, but wait, our parents weren't there anyway.

I"m writing the check. [/quote]

Me too.  I work and run a thriving horse farm which is an unbelievable amount of work too.  I don’t have house cleaners or landscapers or anything.  Swim time I am on my computer working/multitasking.  I simply don’t have the bandwidth to do this kind of stuff.  Luckily our club appears to have plenty of staff to handle things, and parents aren’t expected to volunteer unless they want to.  This is absolutely a thing I would throw money at, like I have done Boy Scout popcorn sales, etc.  but nope, not volunteering.

I understand the need for volunteers—I have spent a ton of time volunteering at equestrian events but with kids, I no longer have time to do that either.  I paid it forward, now less busy people need to step into the breach.  When I volunteer it is usually for something like points managing for year end stuff, I can do late at night on my computer.  When my kids are in college I will be out there on the ground again, but not now.[/quote]

You volunteering for another group isn't helpful to your swim team.[/quote]

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