- a. they have also asked someone else to do the same thing and forgot to share that, or
- b. they weren't really sure they wanted what they asked for after I had gone to the trouble of following through or
- c. they want something vastly re-done because they accidentally left out a major part of it.
I totally don't mind volunteering my time. I need to volunteer my time. We all need to. (In fact, I spend most of my free thoughts wondering if I will ever do enough to earn my place on this earth at this time...we're here to serve baby.)
BUT, and here comes the but, if you don't have your mess together enough to be courteous enough not to waste other people's time, don't even ask for help. Ironically, each of these charities are king whiners about never having enough volunteers. I wonder why.
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weekends are for relaxing, fun, and getting ones head straight for the coming week ahead..let inconsiderate groups have their on weekend to finish the shit they expect others to for free.. or better yet charge lets say a catrillon dollers and i bet they could get organized enough to finish a project monday thru friday
I volunteer at a local hospital. It does get a bit frustrating when there are a ton of us there and there need not be
I try to always be considerate of our volunteers' time. If they know their time and skills are used wisely, then they will continue to volunteer.
From the other side of the fence, volunteers are notperfect either......they volunteer to prepare for something that others then have to rely on and it doesn't get done etc.....Relax, if you aren't needed, cheerfully say until next time and now you have the gift of some unexpected free time
Anonymous, thank you for your perspective. I work for an agency that also relies on the help of volunteers. In all of the cases I was referring to here, I have actually spent painstaking hours on projects and completed them, only to find that those who asked me to do the work were not clear about what they wanted, and thus, the time I spent and the end product were not used. I'll think twice about spending time with these agencies again.
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