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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My favorite volunteers are the A-meet-parent-whose-kids-never-swim-B-meets who sign up first to take timer slots away from B meet parents who then have to take PTO to run the midweek pancake breakfast instead. And then these A meet parents humble-martyr themselves when meeting the other timers "Oh my kid actually isn't even swimming because she is doing the A meet. So, which one of the B meet losers is your kid?"[/quote]
Does this really happen?! Our team reps take great pains to assure people they don’t need to volunteer in a meet their kid isn’t swimming in, even letting you back out if you signed up for an A meet job but your kid didn’t make it that week. Granted we have a very large team so there should never be an issue with having enough volunteers, but I hate thinking people act that absurd (although deep down I know they do).[/quote]

DP but our team has sent emails out praising the parents who signed up for meets where their kids weren't swimming and thanking them for "stepping up." The thing is, these parents hopped on the sign-up before others had a chance. Nice to acknowledge their volunteering I guess, but kinda ridiculous because it so wasn't necessary. Made other parents who had swimmers at the meet feel guilty.[/quote]

+1 And exactly why we have this stupid thread! [/quote]

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