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July 07, 2005
Today's volunteer from Hell
Today a couple of volunteers were putting something together and were trying to figure out how it worked. A little neighborhood boy came by and was interested in what they were doing. He wasn't being rude or disrespectful. I picked up the photograph of the finished product and studied it to see if I could help them figure it out. After we decided to assemble a few pieces one way, according to the photo, I handed the little boy the photo and asked him to hold it. Then one of the volunteers realized he was there and told the little boy to put down the picture and get out. He said, "We don't need your help, get out. Put down the paper and leave!" The little boy did what he said, but afer he left I told this guy that that was not a good way to treat another person. He replied, "We don't need someone telling us how to do something, especially when they don't know what they are doing."
I was stunned. After the boy left I told this volunteer that was pretty rude and I walked outside to catch the boy. I told the boy who was moping around out there that it was ok, not to take it personally, that the guy who said that to him was frustrated at his project and didn't know how to deal with it so he took it out on him. The boy said, 'yeah,' with his eyes down on the ground and then started playing around with a couple of other kids outside. Nothing gives us the right to treat other people like crap.
Posted by carl1236 at July 7, 2005 11:59 PM | Love your Neighbor
Comments
That's cold.
The way you handled the situation is a lot like how my wife and I are trying to handle altercations between our kids. We try to focus on making sure the one that was mistreated recovers and only spend minimal time "correcting" the behavior of the other one. It's pretty clear you disapproved of this man's bahavior and the kid needed more attention than the man.
Posted by: nathan at July 8, 2005 02:10 PM