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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't have time to read through 19 pages of this nonsense but I judge the volunteer nazis like OP who deliberately try to make people feel bad.  Same person who gets into a tizzy when the volunteers' shirt isn't 100% white cotton or if someone makes a mistake when filling out those unnecessary ribbons. SMD, OP.

Riddle me this, how is a single parent with one kid swimming and two others who aren't because they aren't old enough or don't want to but aren't old enough to be at home by themselves supposed to volunteer for 5 effing swim meets, plus all of the other stupid events such as needing volunteers for tie-dying shirts, or for pancake breakfasts or for the rootbeer floats. It's so much bullshine.

Perhaps at registration allow folks to opt out from volunteering for an additionl $50-$100. Then you could hire the additional help needed to do the meets.

For B meets, why not just one or two timers? It's not important at all and if little Johnny is going to swim in 8 meets he doesn't need 24 different time samples for each stroke to figure out if he's good enough for all stars or whatever else.[/quote]
Summer swim team is not for the person is this situation then. 
The social culture -root beer floats and pancake breakfasts and the other stuff you deem billshine - is what makes it fun for the kids. Versus year round swimming which is a grind. [/quote]

Listen to yourself: year round swimming is a grind. That's a bat signal that you've overscheduled your child and making them do something that isn't fun but is actually... a grind.  That's pathetic.
Being at the pool all summer is fun for kids and it isn't only for the kids who swim year-round. It doesn't require a social culture for the swim team that isn't inclusive of the other members of your pool. It doesn't require an event [b]every freaking week[/b] that requires additional volunteers aside from those needed to actually put on a swim meet.  It doesn't require a social event [b]every freaking week[/b] that commandeers the pool and areas of the pool that other folks are also paying to use beyond closing the pool down for the swim meets themselves.

OP and you others are creating your own problem. Ribbons aren't necessary at every meet nor for heat winners, either. Other sports don't hand out ribbons for scoring the third most points in a game. Coaches often acknowledge individual players in the team huddle after a game for something special they might have done but they don't give them a cheap ribbon. Other sports don't have a social event like this every week. They might have an end of year team party; and many just hand out their team trophies and patches in 15 minutes after the last game.[/quote]

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