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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who hate the free loaders will love this one.

We were short on timers and marshals for our B meet last night. Team rep sends out an email this morning thanking specific people who "stepped up" to volunteer at the last minute. One person who "stepped up" is a parent on the team who, along with their spouse, NEVER volunteers at meets. Literally some to every meet (A and B) and just watches.  I am pretty pissed about this. Had people who were clearly there and available volunteered in the first place the rep would not have had to go around asking for last minute volunteers and someone who steps up when forced doesn't deserve praise. [/quote]

Lol. Yes there are always the assholes who you can see just watching meets and enjoying concessions. 
When they do a job under duress, you do have to praise them like the little kindergartener assholes that they are.

Great job asshole! You did the minimum! Couldn’t have done it without you. 😘[/quote]

Truth is nobody knows what everyone else does to contribute to the swim team, or to the swim club or to the community at large or what else they have going on in life besides this activity and one little position in one sub-activity.  The fact you all can get so uptight about this is pathetic.  Many pro-OP's-comments posters have talked about how much they like their volunteer role because they get to meet kids or parents or whatever.  Newsflash, some folks are introverts and it's hell to be in those environments.

Many of the jobs are the minimum, ergo why does it require so many or the product at all?
Marshal--doesn't really require any work but title-wise does serve a purpose
Ribbon person--requires dexterity but overall it's an unnecessary activity. Where's my DC's ribbon for scoring the third most points in basketball last night?
Tie-dye person--pointless activity and more appropriate for the pool members not for the swim team
Pancake breakfast person--same as above
Rootbeer float person--same as above

Perhaps leave A meets to timing etc and leave B meets to a simply who finished first, second and third in each heat. That doesn't require timers.  Why do B meets, which are developmental require timing?

People can be placed into heats randomly or swim teams/coaches can make sure to rank/seed their players in advance so the highest ranked players are heated with the other team's highest ranked players. Consolidate time trials across multiple clubs if necessary and hold those at the beginning middle and end of the season if necessary if someone wants to see their progress from the start of the season to the end of the season. Times also could be taken among clubs at their own practices, and, no, that wouldn't require 3 timers either. [/quote]

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