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peacock2121 · #1 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu May 29, 2008 2:55 pm

is a bit like gift giving.

It is a gift.

One might be better off having their attention on giving the gift rather than on who else is giving a gift.

I'm just sayin'.

tlynn78 · #2 Post by **tlynn78** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:00 pm

You're right, absolutely. But having done tons of volunteering while the boys were in school (mostly pta stuff) - I will also say that it gets old to have one's gift bitched about. I adopted PSM's method of "Great Ideas for improvement! I'll put your name down to run x project next time"

Didn't matter much - I did it because I enjoyed it and the kids - not to please the adults.

t.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #3 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:02 pm

tlynn78 wrote: Didn't matter much - I did it because I enjoyed it and the kids - not to please the adults.

t.

That's why I continue to volunteer.

peacock2121 · #4 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:03 pm

tlynn78 wrote:You're right, absolutely. But having done tons of volunteering while the boys were in school (mostly pta stuff) - I will also say that it gets old to have one's gift bitched about. I adopted PSM's method of "Great Ideas for improvement! I'll put your name down to run x project next time"

Didn't matter much - I did it because I enjoyed it and the kids - not to please the adults.

t.

"Bite me" works well for me.

SportsFan68 · #5 Post by **SportsFan68** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:41 pm

tlynn78 wrote:You're right, absolutely. But having done tons of volunteering while the boys were in school (mostly pta stuff) - I will also say that it gets old to have one's gift bitched about. I adopted PSM's method of "Great Ideas for improvement! I'll put your name down to run x project next time"

Didn't matter much - I did it because I enjoyed it and the kids - not to please the adults.

t.

This has worked fabulously well for me. "That's a great idea, Jim, and thank you for volunteering to direct the project!"

Then if Jim follows through, it gets done. If he doesn't, there wasn't enough time/resources/energy/interest to do it anyway.

The only problem is, Jim can't spell.

Or use apostrophes.

peacock2121 · #6 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:48 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:
tlynn78 wrote:You're right, absolutely. But having done tons of volunteering while the boys were in school (mostly pta stuff) - I will also say that it gets old to have one's gift bitched about. I adopted PSM's method of "Great Ideas for improvement! I'll put your name down to run x project next time"

Didn't matter much - I did it because I enjoyed it and the kids - not to please the adults.

t.
This has worked fabulously well for me. "That's a great idea, Jim, and thank you for volunteering to direct the project!"

Then if Jim follows through, it gets done. If he doesn't, there wasn't enough time/resources/energy/interest to do it anyway.

The only problem is, Jim can't spell.

Or use apostrophes.

Or know the difference between an hyphen and a dash.

SportsFan68 · #7 Post by **SportsFan68** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:50 pm

peacock2121 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:
tlynn78 wrote:You're right, absolutely. But having done tons of volunteering while the boys were in school (mostly pta stuff) - I will also say that it gets old to have one's gift bitched about. I adopted PSM's method of "Great Ideas for improvement! I'll put your name down to run x project next time"

Didn't matter much - I did it because I enjoyed it and the kids - not to please the adults.

t.
This has worked fabulously well for me. "That's a great idea, Jim, and thank you for volunteering to direct the project!"

Then if Jim follows through, it gets done. If he doesn't, there wasn't enough time/resources/energy/interest to do it anyway.

The only problem is, Jim can't spell.

Or use apostrophes.
Or know the difference between an hyphen and a dash.

That's right!

I already bited you.

peacock2121 · #8 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:51 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote: This has worked fabulously well for me. "That's a great idea, Jim, and thank you for volunteering to direct the project!"

Then if Jim follows through, it gets done. If he doesn't, there wasn't enough time/resources/energy/interest to do it anyway.

The only problem is, Jim can't spell.

Or use apostrophes.
Or know the difference between an hyphen and a dash.
That's right!

I already bited you.

LOl - yes you did.

fantine33 · #9 Post by **fantine33** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:29 pm

tlynn78 wrote:You're right, absolutely. But having done tons of volunteering while the boys were in school (mostly pta stuff) - I will also say that it gets old to have one's gift bitched about. I adopted PSM's method of "Great Ideas for improvement! I'll put your name down to run x project next time"

Didn't matter much - I did it because I enjoyed it and the kids - not to please the adults.

t.

This is how I feel when people piss and moan, critique and argue about the way people meister a board game when they'd never dream of actually going to the trouble of running one themselves.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #10 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:43 pm

fantine33 wrote:
tlynn78 wrote:You're right, absolutely. But having done tons of volunteering while the boys were in school (mostly pta stuff) - I will also say that it gets old to have one's gift bitched about. I adopted PSM's method of "Great Ideas for improvement! I'll put your name down to run x project next time"

Didn't matter much - I did it because I enjoyed it and the kids - not to please the adults.

t.
This is how I feel when people piss and moan, critique and argue about the way people meister a board game when they'd never dream of actually going to the trouble of running one themselves.

peacock2121 · #11 Post by **peacock2121** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:39 pm

fantine33 wrote:
tlynn78 wrote:You're right, absolutely. But having done tons of volunteering while the boys were in school (mostly pta stuff) - I will also say that it gets old to have one's gift bitched about. I adopted PSM's method of "Great Ideas for improvement! I'll put your name down to run x project next time"

Didn't matter much - I did it because I enjoyed it and the kids - not to please the adults.

t.
This is how I feel when people piss and moan, critique and argue about the way people meister a board game when they'd never dream of actually going to the trouble of running one themselves.

If they were worthy, they would get to bite me, but.... they are not worthy, so they can get a 'screw you'.

fantine33 · #12 Post by **fantine33** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:12 pm

peacock2121 wrote:
fantine33 wrote:
tlynn78 wrote:You're right, absolutely. But having done tons of volunteering while the boys were in school (mostly pta stuff) - I will also say that it gets old to have one's gift bitched about. I adopted PSM's method of "Great Ideas for improvement! I'll put your name down to run x project next time"

Didn't matter much - I did it because I enjoyed it and the kids - not to please the adults.

t.
This is how I feel when people piss and moan, critique and argue about the way people meister a board game when they'd never dream of actually going to the trouble of running one themselves.
If they were worthy, they would get to bite me, but.... they are not worthy, so they can get a 'screw you'.

Did I ever thank you for being nothing but supportive during my tenure? (I first put 'during my runs', but thought better of it. Ha!) If not, thank you.

peacock2121 · #13 Post by **peacock2121** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:22 pm

fantine33 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:
fantine33 wrote: This is how I feel when people piss and moan, critique and argue about the way people meister a board game when they'd never dream of actually going to the trouble of running one themselves.
If they were worthy, they would get to bite me, but.... they are not worthy, so they can get a 'screw you'.
Did I ever thank you for being nothing but supportive during my tenure? (I first put 'during my runs', but thought better of it. Ha!) If not, thank you.

You are welcome.

Your tenure was most fun for me.