Volunteering: something that is supposed to make you feel good inside. Giving up your own time to do something for someone else. Ah, doesn't it just make you feel good?
And then there is (*drumroll*) Compulsorary Volunteerism: the sheer opposite of volunteering. Being forced into doing things that you really don't want to do, and when you complain about it you hear, "Well you shouldn't have volunteered."
On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I "volunteered" to work at a state wrestling tournament. Let me tell you, it is like hell on earth.
Get up early in the morning on all three days, move mats around five hundred times, mop the mats, then sit on your ass for five hours straight while working at a table, take a 30 minute break and repeat the first part of the list until 9:00 PM. Oh, and you do get a small payment for doing all this: a t-shirt and a few meals.
Well Holy Shit! Call the friggin prize patrol!
Now I did volunteer to work at the tournament. That was my mistake, but volunteering is all about doing something when you can. Going to a tournament and working almost 12-13 straight is a very shitty job.
I'll I have to say is GRR!
Have a freakin great day and do some volunteering!
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