Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1 for the rude security lady.

DC was doing a time trial which required you to bring your own timer. She wouldn’t let me on deck to time. She was not “familiar” and knew nothing about it, so wouldn’t let me in.

I think most who have volunteered know who this lady is. But, I give her a little grace and just try to minimize my interactions with her and do what I need to do. On the flip side of this coin, she's probably had to evolve to this posture over years of dealing with countless number of entitled swim parents who think their situation/circumstance is special/different and won't take "no" for an answer - so she's built up this front to shut all that down from the get-go. I think she's probably the right person for this job -- maybe not what you would want but what we all need. I know this is a minority/unpopular opinion but I for one, thank her for doing a tough/thankless job.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1 for the rude security lady.

DC was doing a time trial which required you to bring your own timer. She wouldn’t let me on deck to time. She was not “familiar” and knew nothing about it, so wouldn’t let me in.

I think most who have volunteered know who this lady is. But, I give her a little grace and just try to minimize my interactions with her and do what I need to do. On the flip side of this coin, she's probably had to evolve to this posture over years of dealing with countless number of entitled swim parents who think their situation/circumstance is special/different and won't take "no" for an answer - so she's built up this front to shut all that down from the get-go. I think she's probably the right person for this job -- maybe not what you would want but what we all need. I know this is a minority/unpopular opinion but I for one, thank her for doing a tough/thankless job.

Anonymous wrote:+1 for the rude security lady.

DC was doing a time trial which required you to bring your own timer. She wouldn’t let me on deck to time. She was not “familiar” and knew nothing about it, so wouldn’t let me in.

Anonymous wrote:

I became an official last year so thankfully she leaves me alone now. I completely agree that she’s a barrier to getting enough volunteers for Eppley-based meets.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think part of the problem with recruiting volunteers for meets at UMD is that there is an Eppeley Center employee who is incredibly rude and unkind to the volunteers. Multiple volunteers were treated very badly by her during the session during which I volunteered. It doesn’t make people want to volunteer at that pool when they are talked to the way she talks to people. That has nothing to do with Toll though- it’s a separate issue. She was also saying we still needed 16 volunteers when it was like 7am and volunteers just hadn’t checked in yet (likely parking their cars, using the facilities and/or grabbing a snack before volunteering!) I think 90+% of the volunteers showed up on time for volunteering each day. There really wasn’t an issue with volunteers keeping their pre-registered commitments at this meet. She was just pre-emptively getting upset before the timers were even due to have checked in.

She’s a piece of work for sure and very alienating. I’m what most would call a super volunteer and I absolutely refuse to volunteer at UMD meets because of her. Volunteers are too early or too late or told to stand aside and belittled for asking simple questions. She’s not the meet director or volunteer coordinator. She’s security staff and should stay in her lane. I was the volunteer check-in table one meet and she was micromanaging me. I about lost my shit but walked away and vowed never to volunteer again in that facility. I talked with Tom Ugast (it was NCI) about my concerns and he completely dismissed them and thought she was fantastic. 🤯

Anonymous wrote:I think part of the problem with recruiting volunteers for meets at UMD is that there is an Eppeley Center employee who is incredibly rude and unkind to the volunteers. Multiple volunteers were treated very badly by her during the session during which I volunteered. It doesn’t make people want to volunteer at that pool when they are talked to the way she talks to people. That has nothing to do with Toll though- it’s a separate issue. She was also saying we still needed 16 volunteers when it was like 7am and volunteers just hadn’t checked in yet (likely parking their cars, using the facilities and/or grabbing a snack before volunteering!) I think 90+% of the volunteers showed up on time for volunteering each day. There really wasn’t an issue with volunteers keeping their pre-registered commitments at this meet. She was just pre-emptively getting upset before the timers were even due to have checked in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think part of the problem with recruiting volunteers for meets at UMD is that there is an Eppeley Center employee who is incredibly rude and unkind to the volunteers. Multiple volunteers were treated very badly by her during the session during which I volunteered. It doesn’t make people want to volunteer at that pool when they are talked to the way she talks to people. That has nothing to do with Toll though- it’s a separate issue. She was also saying we still needed 16 volunteers when it was like 7am and volunteers just hadn’t checked in yet (likely parking their cars, using the facilities and/or grabbing a snack before volunteering!) I think 90+% of the volunteers showed up on time for volunteering each day. There really wasn’t an issue with volunteers keeping their pre-registered commitments at this meet. She was just pre-emptively getting upset before the timers were even due to have checked in.

She’s a piece of work for sure and very alienating. I’m what most would call a super volunteer and I absolutely refuse to volunteer at UMD meets because of her. Volunteers are too early or too late or told to stand aside and belittled for asking simple questions. She’s not the meet director or volunteer coordinator. She’s security staff and should stay in her lane. I was the volunteer check-in table one meet and she was micromanaging me. I about lost my shit but walked away and vowed never to volunteer again in that facility. I talked with Tom Ugast (it was NCI) about my concerns and he completely dismissed them and thought she was fantastic. 🤯

Anonymous wrote:I think part of the problem with recruiting volunteers for meets at UMD is that there is an Eppeley Center employee who is incredibly rude and unkind to the volunteers. Multiple volunteers were treated very badly by her during the session during which I volunteered. It doesn’t make people want to volunteer at that pool when they are talked to the way she talks to people. That has nothing to do with Toll though- it’s a separate issue. She was also saying we still needed 16 volunteers when it was like 7am and volunteers just hadn’t checked in yet (likely parking their cars, using the facilities and/or grabbing a snack before volunteering!) I think 90+% of the volunteers showed up on time for volunteering each day. There really wasn’t an issue with volunteers keeping their pre-registered commitments at this meet. She was just pre-emptively getting upset before the timers were even due to have checked in.

Anonymous wrote:I think TOLL has done a good job this year. This is the 3rd time I think that they have hosted a champs meet and it has gotten better each time. I think their announcer has been great, I could actually hear him in the stands announcing qualifiers. The volunteer thing is something that PVS needs to fix, because it’s an issue at every champs meet regardless of who is hosting. I might actually be inclined to send an email to the board about some ideas that have been thrown around here: more rigidity on the club apportioned volunteer slots, if they aren’t filled by someone from that team the coach needs to time or the kids from that team cannot swim; and giving deck volunteers a wristband or something that allows them to skip the line during the sessions where they aren’t volunteering and be allowed into the seating area while they are keeping everyone out and yelling for more timers. There are so many freaking families at this meet that no one should be having to volunteer on deck more than 1 or 2x over the course of the meet and you have to do more to incentivize the people who don’t do anything.

Anonymous wrote:Why are they screaming for timers when only two spots are empty and the teams are listed? (FXFX-boys and SDS-girls)

Anonymous wrote:Can high schoolers time for SSL hours?