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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TBH post COVID less and less families esp w younger kids help out. We see the same group of people pitching in
No one hides it that we need volunteers but it is frustrating to watch the same families do nothing while everyone else is stepping up. These are also the same people who don’t read emails and require tons of handholding from very exhausted team reps. I say make them pay [/quote]

I’ve encountered this type of family at both swim team and in my kids’ private school community. They can’t read emails and want personalized texts summarizing the emails they didn’t read. They have feedback about every single event but also flake at the last minute anyway. They are mad that things aren’t more organized but when something is more organized, they express annoyance at the amount of commitment it requires of them or their kids. Or conversely, if there is a way to buy their way out, they complain about the cost. I’m baffled by them and of course versions of these parents seem to follow me around from one community event to the next like bad pennies.

I would pay good money to help publish a long form Atlantic or New Yorker-style article explaining these parents, and then I could send the link to all the nice people I’ve met while volunteering at the pool and we’d have something to talk about in the off-season.[/quote]

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