Things I don't love?
Having to show not just the personal postcards for each girl I'm volunteering to pick up (see "encourages carpooling") - which alone seems an adequate means of proving I am, indeed, authorized to take a girl home to her parent who gave me the postcard - but being required to produce a NEW, ORIGINAL parent-signed note each day.
I tried being efficient yesterday by stapling the signed notes, which were dated for the week and provided the girls' names, unit numbers, parent signatures and names of volunteers who would be picking up, but the
Oh, and then I had to sign next to each of the girls' names before they were delivered to my car. This level of security rivals getting galleons out of Gringotts.
AND THEN I am reprimanded for trying to help one of the girls into her car seat before driving down the hill to "a safer spot." Gah.
In the morning, I only drop off Paige because I'm transporting Mason and his friends to their 4-H camp nearby. So it looks like I have a bunch of people to leave at Girl Scout camp, though I do not.
And then I was again reprimanded for helping readjust the kid whose seat I had to slide forward for Paige to get out. Because "there's a long line of people waiting!" (One car directly behind me).
Plus I didn't get a chance to give my girl a kiss goodbye in all the frantic commotion. Tomorrow I wear my Bad Mom t-shirt and make everyone just slow the hell down & lighten up. It's supposed to be a FUN place, right? Disneyland finds a way to keep kids safe without making it feel like a concentration camp; come on, Girl Scouts.
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My girls went to Girl Scout camp two years ago. After the first day, I was ready to pull them out. They lasted the week, but they'll never go again.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!
Jen B :(
That's too strange. A new note daily?
It sounds to me like the person in charge at camp has misinterpreted a rule or two, and in her overzealous attempt to do everything right, she's gone off the deep end.
Strange.
Have you called council to verify?
Well you are a bad mom if you are dropping the boys off at GIRL SCOUT CAMP.
I need one of those bad mom t-shirts and a bad mom oval sticker for my car!
somebody already is working on that - they are called "politicians" :)
Shit! You just scared the crap out of me. I had to run to my fridge and get my Girl Scout camp info because I thought OH MY GOD, WE'RE MISSING IT. But we're next week. Sheesh.
Our pick up/drop off spot is also run by Nazis. It's a scout thing.
my solution to this:
send them to grandma's
it's awesome. except that i'm still at my office at 7:19pm because no little people.
could i borrow yours? i'll even do pick up/drop off for you.
Un-fecking-believable.
I hope you will use one of your most wonderful expressions on this dipshit next time. When she says something - and I'm sure she will - just laugh hysterically and say "no...really, you meant that? Really?"
Inflection is everything here, and you have mastered it. After four or five applications of this technique, the jerkus may give up and hassle someone who doesn't talk back. Even if she continues the harassment, you will let off some steam.
XO
OMG, I know - GS is wonderful but when doing ANYTHING its such a damned bureaucratic nightmare!
Sadly I know exactly where this was headed when Jen told me about this post.
I finally parked one day and walked her in because the crazy is strong there and she was a bit shook up by their curt manners, until she saw her leader and friends. (Read: The not crazies.)
As for a sense of humor, um, they have none.
I'd offer to help with pick up but that would involve far too much paperwork.
Isn't sad what all the safety precautions have led to? Crazy!
I was a Girl Scout leader and involved with camps for (gulp) 18 years. We were never like that--you're just unfortunate to be in a service unit with humorless, anal people. Sorry.
How did any of us make it to adulthood without all the safety provided our kids. I mean, I love mine and would hate for them to be harmed, injured, etc, but seriously. Enough.
Hmm I had to do similarly for science camp earlier in the year. No mean feat I'm tellin yah!
Cheers
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