Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:PP who posted about “I’m not going to do that” guy: New week, new meet, new unhelpful parent.
It was time for the second volunteer shift and one mom was missing. I found her as she was walking out with a bag and two kids.
Me: “hi, you’re signed up to work the second half of the meet!”
Her: “I’m leaving! I’ll never be treated like that again!”
Her kids were playing under the scorer’s table and someone asked them to move to the team area. She found it offensive and used it as a reason to leave in a huff. It seems like every meet has a “misunderstanding” like this. I had to cover her shift.
The coaches are having their own struggles. Kids aren’t signing out of meets and are screwing other kids on the ladder out of event spots. We’ve never had a problem with this and so it’s too late to put in a penalty policy for this season. The manager and coaches are putting together a policy for next season to hold no-shows out of the next meet and/or levy no-show fees to families.
It feels like Covid has damaged our families’ ability to manage swim team and/or interpersonal interactions.
When you demand volunteers you need volunteers to supervise the kids of those volunteering.
. Uh, no. You figure it out like every other family. You are not special.
Figuring it out means the kids run wild. Either help supervise or don’t complain.
No, I don’t need to help supervise someone else’s kids. Also this person wasn’t even volunteering when her kids were “running wild”, she should have been supervising them.
This. Give me a break. There are parents everywhere. Ask a friend or a teenager to help watch while you sell snacks for 30 mins. I traded off with a friend on the team with kids our kids age when they were little. Not hard.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:PP who posted about “I’m not going to do that” guy: New week, new meet, new unhelpful parent.
It was time for the second volunteer shift and one mom was missing. I found her as she was walking out with a bag and two kids.
Me: “hi, you’re signed up to work the second half of the meet!”
Her: “I’m leaving! I’ll never be treated like that again!”
Her kids were playing under the scorer’s table and someone asked them to move to the team area. She found it offensive and used it as a reason to leave in a huff. It seems like every meet has a “misunderstanding” like this. I had to cover her shift.
The coaches are having their own struggles. Kids aren’t signing out of meets and are screwing other kids on the ladder out of event spots. We’ve never had a problem with this and so it’s too late to put in a penalty policy for this season. The manager and coaches are putting together a policy for next season to hold no-shows out of the next meet and/or levy no-show fees to families.
It feels like Covid has damaged our families’ ability to manage swim team and/or interpersonal interactions.
When you demand volunteers you need volunteers to supervise the kids of those volunteering.
. Uh, no. You figure it out like every other family. You are not special.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:PP who posted about “I’m not going to do that” guy: New week, new meet, new unhelpful parent.
It was time for the second volunteer shift and one mom was missing. I found her as she was walking out with a bag and two kids.
Me: “hi, you’re signed up to work the second half of the meet!”
Her: “I’m leaving! I’ll never be treated like that again!”
Her kids were playing under the scorer’s table and someone asked them to move to the team area. She found it offensive and used it as a reason to leave in a huff. It seems like every meet has a “misunderstanding” like this. I had to cover her shift.
The coaches are having their own struggles. Kids aren’t signing out of meets and are screwing other kids on the ladder out of event spots. We’ve never had a problem with this and so it’s too late to put in a penalty policy for this season. The manager and coaches are putting together a policy for next season to hold no-shows out of the next meet and/or levy no-show fees to families.
It feels like Covid has damaged our families’ ability to manage swim team and/or interpersonal interactions.
When you demand volunteers you need volunteers to supervise the kids of those volunteering.
. Uh, no. You figure it out like every other family. You are not special.
Figuring it out means the kids run wild. Either help supervise or don’t complain.
No, I don’t need to help supervise someone else’s kids. Also this person wasn’t even volunteering when her kids were “running wild”, she should have been supervising them.
This. Give me a break. There are parents everywhere. Ask a friend or a teenager to help watch while you sell snacks for 30 mins. I traded off with a friend on the team with kids our kids age when they were little. Not hard.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:PP who posted about “I’m not going to do that” guy: New week, new meet, new unhelpful parent.
It was time for the second volunteer shift and one mom was missing. I found her as she was walking out with a bag and two kids.
Me: “hi, you’re signed up to work the second half of the meet!”
Her: “I’m leaving! I’ll never be treated like that again!”
Her kids were playing under the scorer’s table and someone asked them to move to the team area. She found it offensive and used it as a reason to leave in a huff. It seems like every meet has a “misunderstanding” like this. I had to cover her shift.
The coaches are having their own struggles. Kids aren’t signing out of meets and are screwing other kids on the ladder out of event spots. We’ve never had a problem with this and so it’s too late to put in a penalty policy for this season. The manager and coaches are putting together a policy for next season to hold no-shows out of the next meet and/or levy no-show fees to families.
It feels like Covid has damaged our families’ ability to manage swim team and/or interpersonal interactions.
When you demand volunteers you need volunteers to supervise the kids of those volunteering.
. Uh, no. You figure it out like every other family. You are not special.
Figuring it out means the kids run wild. Either help supervise or don’t complain.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:PP who posted about “I’m not going to do that” guy: New week, new meet, new unhelpful parent.
It was time for the second volunteer shift and one mom was missing. I found her as she was walking out with a bag and two kids.
Me: “hi, you’re signed up to work the second half of the meet!”
Her: “I’m leaving! I’ll never be treated like that again!”
Her kids were playing under the scorer’s table and someone asked them to move to the team area. She found it offensive and used it as a reason to leave in a huff. It seems like every meet has a “misunderstanding” like this. I had to cover her shift.
The coaches are having their own struggles. Kids aren’t signing out of meets and are screwing other kids on the ladder out of event spots. We’ve never had a problem with this and so it’s too late to put in a penalty policy for this season. The manager and coaches are putting together a policy for next season to hold no-shows out of the next meet and/or levy no-show fees to families.
It feels like Covid has damaged our families’ ability to manage swim team and/or interpersonal interactions.
When you demand volunteers you need volunteers to supervise the kids of those volunteering.
. Uh, no. You figure it out like every other family. You are not special.
Figuring it out means the kids run wild. Either help supervise or don’t complain.
No, I don’t need to help supervise someone else’s kids. Also this person wasn’t even volunteering when her kids were “running wild”, she should have been supervising them.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:PP who posted about “I’m not going to do that” guy: New week, new meet, new unhelpful parent.
It was time for the second volunteer shift and one mom was missing. I found her as she was walking out with a bag and two kids.
Me: “hi, you’re signed up to work the second half of the meet!”
Her: “I’m leaving! I’ll never be treated like that again!”
Her kids were playing under the scorer’s table and someone asked them to move to the team area. She found it offensive and used it as a reason to leave in a huff. It seems like every meet has a “misunderstanding” like this. I had to cover her shift.
The coaches are having their own struggles. Kids aren’t signing out of meets and are screwing other kids on the ladder out of event spots. We’ve never had a problem with this and so it’s too late to put in a penalty policy for this season. The manager and coaches are putting together a policy for next season to hold no-shows out of the next meet and/or levy no-show fees to families.
It feels like Covid has damaged our families’ ability to manage swim team and/or interpersonal interactions.
When you demand volunteers you need volunteers to supervise the kids of those volunteering.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:PP who posted about “I’m not going to do that” guy: New week, new meet, new unhelpful parent.
It was time for the second volunteer shift and one mom was missing. I found her as she was walking out with a bag and two kids.
Me: “hi, you’re signed up to work the second half of the meet!”
Her: “I’m leaving! I’ll never be treated like that again!”
Her kids were playing under the scorer’s table and someone asked them to move to the team area. She found it offensive and used it as a reason to leave in a huff. It seems like every meet has a “misunderstanding” like this. I had to cover her shift.
The coaches are having their own struggles. Kids aren’t signing out of meets and are screwing other kids on the ladder out of event spots. We’ve never had a problem with this and so it’s too late to put in a penalty policy for this season. The manager and coaches are putting together a policy for next season to hold no-shows out of the next meet and/or levy no-show fees to families.
It feels like Covid has damaged our families’ ability to manage swim team and/or interpersonal interactions.
When you demand volunteers you need volunteers to supervise the kids of those volunteering.
. Uh, no. You figure it out like every other family. You are not special.
Figuring it out means the kids run wild. Either help supervise or don’t complain.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:PP who posted about “I’m not going to do that” guy: New week, new meet, new unhelpful parent.
It was time for the second volunteer shift and one mom was missing. I found her as she was walking out with a bag and two kids.
Me: “hi, you’re signed up to work the second half of the meet!”
Her: “I’m leaving! I’ll never be treated like that again!”
Her kids were playing under the scorer’s table and someone asked them to move to the team area. She found it offensive and used it as a reason to leave in a huff. It seems like every meet has a “misunderstanding” like this. I had to cover her shift.
The coaches are having their own struggles. Kids aren’t signing out of meets and are screwing other kids on the ladder out of event spots. We’ve never had a problem with this and so it’s too late to put in a penalty policy for this season. The manager and coaches are putting together a policy for next season to hold no-shows out of the next meet and/or levy no-show fees to families.
It feels like Covid has damaged our families’ ability to manage swim team and/or interpersonal interactions.
When you demand volunteers you need volunteers to supervise the kids of those volunteering.
. Uh, no. You figure it out like every other family. You are not special.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:PP who posted about “I’m not going to do that” guy: New week, new meet, new unhelpful parent.
It was time for the second volunteer shift and one mom was missing. I found her as she was walking out with a bag and two kids.
Me: “hi, you’re signed up to work the second half of the meet!”
Her: “I’m leaving! I’ll never be treated like that again!”
Her kids were playing under the scorer’s table and someone asked them to move to the team area. She found it offensive and used it as a reason to leave in a huff. It seems like every meet has a “misunderstanding” like this. I had to cover her shift.
The coaches are having their own struggles. Kids aren’t signing out of meets and are screwing other kids on the ladder out of event spots. We’ve never had a problem with this and so it’s too late to put in a penalty policy for this season. The manager and coaches are putting together a policy for next season to hold no-shows out of the next meet and/or levy no-show fees to families.
It feels like Covid has damaged our families’ ability to manage swim team and/or interpersonal interactions.
When you demand volunteers you need volunteers to supervise the kids of those volunteering.
Anonymous wrote:PP who posted about “I’m not going to do that” guy: New week, new meet, new unhelpful parent.
It was time for the second volunteer shift and one mom was missing. I found her as she was walking out with a bag and two kids.
Me: “hi, you’re signed up to work the second half of the meet!”
Her: “I’m leaving! I’ll never be treated like that again!”
Her kids were playing under the scorer’s table and someone asked them to move to the team area. She found it offensive and used it as a reason to leave in a huff. It seems like every meet has a “misunderstanding” like this. I had to cover her shift.
The coaches are having their own struggles. Kids aren’t signing out of meets and are screwing other kids on the ladder out of event spots. We’ve never had a problem with this and so it’s too late to put in a penalty policy for this season. The manager and coaches are putting together a policy for next season to hold no-shows out of the next meet and/or levy no-show fees to families.
It feels like Covid has damaged our families’ ability to manage swim team and/or interpersonal interactions.
Anonymous wrote:PP who posted about “I’m not going to do that” guy: New week, new meet, new unhelpful parent.
It was time for the second volunteer shift and one mom was missing. I found her as she was walking out with a bag and two kids.
Me: “hi, you’re signed up to work the second half of the meet!”
Her: “I’m leaving! I’ll never be treated like that again!”
Her kids were playing under the scorer’s table and someone asked them to move to the team area. She found it offensive and used it as a reason to leave in a huff. It seems like every meet has a “misunderstanding” like this. I had to cover her shift.
The coaches are having their own struggles. Kids aren’t signing out of meets and are screwing other kids on the ladder out of event spots. We’ve never had a problem with this and so it’s too late to put in a penalty policy for this season. The manager and coaches are putting together a policy for next season to hold no-shows out of the next meet and/or levy no-show fees to families.
It feels like Covid has damaged our families’ ability to manage swim team and/or interpersonal interactions.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We had a group of younger parents at the pool this year stage a "coup" because they think they should just be allowed to pay extra money and not volunteer. While I agree in principle on this, they could not seem to understand that not everyone can pay their way out of volunteering. Some people have to volunteer. There is nobody to hire to do these jobs.
I’m a younger parent but my peers infuriate me. Summer swim team is not an all-inclusive resort but they treat it like one. After years of parents whining that “we should just hire people” while simultaneously saying the fees are too expensive, our pool tried a buy-out program for the first time, with a list of “retired” high schoolers available for hire for volunteer slots. The catch is that parents had to contact them and make arrangements. Now they are complaining that the club or coaches should arrange for that.
My new favorite is parents signing up but hiding at meets. I had to go find missing volunteers who had signed up for various jobs but never reported for duty, and one of them deigned to take one airpod out of his ear to tell me “yeah I’m not going to do that” when I told him he had signed up and needed to report to the lane. He knew exactly what he was doing, because we couldn’t exactly cancel the meet or punch him in the face. Instead we scrambled to find a replacement, and later he argued that he had been at the meet and fulfilled his volunteer duty.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:the math is pretty easy:
If you are a good person, time
If you are a bad person, do nothing but accept that people will talk smack about you (and people know who are the slackers)
If you are masochist be clerk of course
People in this region are so uptight. Just pitch in and have fun. Doesn't matter if the head or manager or what have you is nice. It's summer swim for goodness sake!
Spot on. But you missed one: if you are a martyr do set up and take down.
I do set up and take down and like it because I can just relax during the meet. We have at least ten people who either sign up or just show up anyway, so it's a fast and relatively easy task.
As long as people show up yesyou have found the path of enlightenment.