Ya know, when a Dad volunteers to coach a team...when he doesn't even have a kid on that team (but will next year) so he can coach it next year as well, he's going above and beyond the call of duty. That guy happens to be a hardworking, super nice guy, with great kids who show up to cheer your team on, and NEVER yells at (or is negative with) a single kid, and is one of the best kids coaches I've ever seen.
.....SO, when that guy asks you to help out, you don't mind (and I did help out). But when OTHER parents call to harass you and give you a 20 minute speech on what you're doing wrong and what that guy is doing/has done wrong (even if the person is correct on one account (see below)).... well.... it just rankles you.
No help on the sports Assc. side either when you're given incorrect information on how much to bill the parents for League/umpire fees (which is where the "wrong" came in here). Further when those OTHER parents try to FORCE you to admit you're wrong based on their information, when it conflicts with what you've already been told.
While the billing info I originally received was incorrect, what I billed the parents was pretty accurate based on the info I was given. So.... after having a bug forced up my butt by said parents, I confronted the sports assc. folks and FINALLY got the correct info, and promptly abandoned my normal sleep time to return the checks to the (very few) parents that had paid, and informed them of the situation (of course by the time I was done, I was too wound up to sleep anyways). While the OTHER parents seem to want to blame this on the coach, I have to blame in the incorrect fee info I was originally given on the matter.
The thing that REALLY rankles me...is that we're talking $20 bucks difference here. Even had I reached the point of submitting the overpayment, the refund would have come back to all the parents when the sports assc. books were tallied.
Despite my apparent crabbiness you've all seen here; I don't really get mad much, it REALLY takes something to truly make me P.O.'d.
So... When next year comes and I'm asked to nominate/support a coach/coaches for our team.... who am I going to nominate? The one who went above and beyond and used only positive reinforcement with my kid.... or the ones who called and burnt my ear and trashed my wonderful May evening over $20 they would have got back anyways?
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