Terrible Volunteer Experience

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by animenerdjohn

Accidents happen though, and that is what were not allowing for.

If you forgot a part or something breaks, the community doesnt scold you for it - and we actually have an entire station to help you get what you need so you can participate. Yes, even at the world level we have this.

You cannot make an argument that we should not have a spare safety glasses table, and still call for the spare parts table. The logic is the same. Everyone works hard to get to that point - something small shouldnt set them back. FIRST isnt an organization centered around consequences - were one centered around making sure everyone gets a chance.

But that again was not the point of the thread. My original problem was that the problem I had the first day was not solved. She was still there the next two days. She was still causing problems all of those days. As is seen in this thread several people had the issue. It is a problem that nothing was done then. You cannot condone swearing and bigotry on the part of a volunteer in a FIRST setting. She was presenting a bad image for FIRST. The thread was to show that nothing had been done on FIRST's part to solve the problem - and to draw awareness to something before it becomes common place.

Accidents happen but they shouldn't be happening as much as they do especially not at the championship. . I'm sorry but there is no excuse for forgetting your safety glasses. Maybe if it wasn't such a common occurrence FIRST could adopt a different stance but it happens way too much. Team members have to accept responsibility.

I never said there shouldn't be a safety glasses table and comparing it to the spare parts table is well........

And I agree there is no place in FIRST for this type of behavior, I never said there was. I am not condoning or excusing such actions.

I was not commenting on how the volunteer behaved just the statements I read in this thread by team members about the availability of safety glasses.