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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 3 shrimpers and a baby and a husband that works in another state so I truly cannot volunteer at meets but I guarantee you I donate more money than any other family.[/quote]

give me a break. You're not more special than anyone else. do you not attend the meets? Are you dropping three kids off to swim at a meet and they have no supervision or parental support? it is not hard: hire a teen and pay what the going rate is. $18-$20 an hour for 4 hours on Saturday mornings or Monday nights or whenever. this is not a hard problem to solve.

Please don’t guarantee you donate more than others. It has nothing to do with chipping in and you don’t even know if you’re right. [/quote]

Let's be real, the kids probably have babysitters all week.  Sometimes donating money helps the team more depending on the team.  They are probably either dropping the 1-2 kids off and letting it be the team's problem or all kids go and she sits there and hangs out.  No one wants to watch 2-3 kids for $20 an hour.[/quote]

You misunderstood. Hire a teen for $20 an hour to do your volunteering. 100% of my kids’ friend would do this: timing, marshal, etc. they’d earn $80 before lunch. [/quote]

You cannot be a timer and swim at the same time.  The meets are for the kids to have fun.  Be a grown up and find a way to volunteer or buy your way out.  We all know those kind of parents.  They call the rest of us to demand we drive their kids to swim/activities as they are too busy or important to do it themselves or have to many kids and didn't think it through when they had those kids.[/quote]

I agree with everything except I think it’s perfectly fine to pay a teen to take your spot so you’re chipping in and helping on behalf of your family. What’s not okay is to just not do it and be a mooch. [/quote]

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