I do some volunteering here in my Florida park and there's something that's always bugged me. I can't tell you the number of times I've handed people their winnings at Bingo, their dinner or soda at lunch or their coffee at our Saturday morning park coffe time and the person hasn't said a polite "thank you". I thought my generation had been raised to be polite but I'm finding out that way too many people have no respect for the volunteers who make their winter stay a bit nicer.
A few years back a lady (unknown) paid for a hotdog only to discover when she got out to the barbecue that all the hotdogs were gone. She took chicken on a bun instead and angrily came back inside to the cashier and threw another 25 cents at her. We were all so much in shock that no-one said a word but the bitter memory has lingered on.
I've heard complaints about slow service and poor food from many people who have never gotten up off their ass to volunteer for anything. They are the first people up and running out the door after consuming food prepared by volunteers and it's volunteers who will clean up after everyone leaves.
One of the men who has given tons of his time to organize day trips from the park took a nasty blow the other day. The bus departure time of 8 A.M. was listed on the sign up sheet and mentioned often at our Saturday morning coffee time. One couple missed the bus and had to drive their own car. When the husband approached the organizer of the trip and blasted him, he was informed that the 8 A.M. departure time has been on the list since it was first put up and everyone else had made it in time. The man viciously told the trip organizer that he was a "f....n liar!". Where does someone get the idea they have the right to talk to people like that?
There are volunteers here who spend many hours cooking, shopping, cleaning, serving, teaching, and organizing. They don't do it for praise but a simple, "thank you" would go a long way in making them want to continue volunteering.
To the foul mouthed man who missed the bus...stay home!
3 comments:
You are absolutely right. The people who do all of the volunteering are the most fun people anyway. The others don't deserve your time. You don't do it for them anyway! Just keep having fun.
You are absolutely right. The people who do all of the volunteering are the most fun people anyway. The others don't deserve your time. You don't do it for them anyway! Just keep having fun.
Thank you for being the volunteer type!!!
Love you to the moon!
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