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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The entitlement on this thread is insane. The fact remains that summer swim teams rely on many volunteers throughout the season. If everyone said f it, this team takes the volunteer commitment too seriously, then it won’t happen. The team shuts down.

What’s wrong with showing and investing in your kids’ activities? Summer swim is a community thing, invest in it or don’t participate.

Always the same parents that step up to help. It’s a shame, what are you teaching your children?

So selfish.[/quote]

It's a bandwidth thing. Thankfully our team isn't run by people like you.[/quote]

Your team is run by volunteers like PP and me, and we all have important jobs and a million other things to do. The difference is that we invest our time and effort in our communities and our kids, while you don’t.  Maybe get off DCUM and do something productive with your time. [/quote]

I can't. I literally can't. I would if I could. Does attacking a struggling person make you feel better?[/quote]

Respectfully, getting out of your own head and helping others is exactly what you need.[/quote]

What if it's not just in her head?  You don't know.

You don't know if she has cancer, chronic daily migraines, somebody dying, a wrecking ball hit her house, divorcing, working 75 hours a week, tied up volunteering to give impoverished kids free surgeries to correct birth defects or representing battered women in court, or is some top secret CIA mixed martial arts lady in the middle of fighting some foreign adversary dude hanging off a balcony like Jason Bourne.  You just don't know.  [/quote]

I've got one of those issues daily and have had multiple of those issues at one time and I find ways to volunteer at home.  And, sure, its great to be a surgeon volunteering or a lawyer volunteering your time to help others, but that shouldn't be at the expense of your kids, who also need your attention and support and part of that is if you have them summer swim and the expectation is you help out there, since you are such a generous and giving person, no reason you cannot help out on swim team.  Really, its less than two months.[/quote]

Ok.  Cases are in trial.  Should I ask the judge for a continuance for summer swim team?  Aside from death of parent, another parent just paralyzed weeks ago, my long covid, plus a wrecking ball to my house.  Maybe that can get a continuance to show face to the swim mommies with nothing better to do then feign business and moral superiority?[/quote]

A wrecking ball hit your house?

And you are in court on Saturday mornings?

I am very sorry about these things.  I would have thought that the house hit by a wrecking ball would have made the news though. [/quote]

I do pro bono on weekends, because I can't do it during my FT lawyer job hours, which also requires overtime work on yes weekends.  I work days, nights, and weekends.  Sorry moms like me can't tackle more urgent needs facing the swim community.  Perhaps a call to your elected officials could bring about change for this important issue of absent swim moms devastating local swim teams.  And 7 On Your Side.[/quote]

So.
Then.
Your.
Kids.
Don’t.
Do.
Swim.
Team.
If.
You.
And/Or.
Their.
Other.
Parent.
Or.
Other.
Family.
Member.
Can’t.
Or.
Won’t.
Meet.
The.
Volunteer.
Requirements.

I’m so glad I could help clear this up for you.[/quote]

Oh, shut up.[/quote]

No. Sorry the truth hurts. Deal with it.[/quote]

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