A little thought would be appreciated
Apr. 25th, 2014 07:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitBack to Brownies last night. It is the start of a new term, so subs are due. We are enrolling six new Brownies next week, therefore they should be wearing/have uniform. It's museum sleepover next weekend, permission forms are due back. Hardly rocket science. And yet, out of the fourteen who came (there was a school event, so some didn't make it) only four brought everything needed.
So, at the end of the meeting I had to adopt a hard line approach and speak to every parent individually when they came to collect. I don't like doing that. There are times, at work, when I have to be insistent, but that comes with the job and I get paid for it. This is voluntary and I really don't want to end up with the reputation as being the unpleasant leader. There were parents who said "I didn't have time" - it's a short form, you had three weeks. "Her mother's got the forms", not one of the divorced families, so stop making excuses and speak to your wife.
We are giving up our time to take your daughters for a sleepover, so giving up five minutes of your time wouldn't hurt. And if you don't bring back our form, plus the health form you will be given next week, your daughter will be sent home.
Okay rant over. To balance, here are my next few happy days. Day 3: we bought an acer and a magnolia for our back garden. Day 4: we have a new lampshade in our bedroom. The original one was pink, which looked totally out of place once the bedroom was repainted. The new one is green and sparkly. Day 5: my poster of Sam Troughton in Julius Caesar is now framed and on the bedroom wall. Day 6: arrangements were made to meet a group of people for lunch tomorrow, before seeing a play. Turns out there's a whole group going and I've been invited to join them. Day 7: the daughter called in for an hour. She has acquired cake, chocolate, some of her belongings and four pairs of my socks.
So, at the end of the meeting I had to adopt a hard line approach and speak to every parent individually when they came to collect. I don't like doing that. There are times, at work, when I have to be insistent, but that comes with the job and I get paid for it. This is voluntary and I really don't want to end up with the reputation as being the unpleasant leader. There were parents who said "I didn't have time" - it's a short form, you had three weeks. "Her mother's got the forms", not one of the divorced families, so stop making excuses and speak to your wife.
We are giving up our time to take your daughters for a sleepover, so giving up five minutes of your time wouldn't hurt. And if you don't bring back our form, plus the health form you will be given next week, your daughter will be sent home.
Okay rant over. To balance, here are my next few happy days. Day 3: we bought an acer and a magnolia for our back garden. Day 4: we have a new lampshade in our bedroom. The original one was pink, which looked totally out of place once the bedroom was repainted. The new one is green and sparkly. Day 5: my poster of Sam Troughton in Julius Caesar is now framed and on the bedroom wall. Day 6: arrangements were made to meet a group of people for lunch tomorrow, before seeing a play. Turns out there's a whole group going and I've been invited to join them. Day 7: the daughter called in for an hour. She has acquired cake, chocolate, some of her belongings and four pairs of my socks.
