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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 306077" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>That does sound like a positive experience. When you are struggling, you don't need rude people to make you feel worse.</p><p> </p><p>The negative volunteers are why I am so poor at asking people to help out on a project. If someone says no, I leave it at that. I am not going to badger someone into doing something they really don't have their heart into doing. So, I think those volunteers who do not show joy in their work probably don't really want to be there but someone nagged them to help out. They finally agreed just to get the person to leave them alone.</p><p> </p><p>The food shelf is often helped out by organizations of "We have to do this because it is the right thing to do" type of people. Occassionally you do get a group of stuck up "I am better than they are and it is my civil duty to help out" kinds of people who do it just for show, not really to help. There is not always joy in that. Yes, it is the right thing to do, but you should do it gladly, not with a "this is a burden" type attitude.</p><p> </p><p>It is so nice to hear that there are kind people who really like to help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 306077, member: 5096"] That does sound like a positive experience. When you are struggling, you don't need rude people to make you feel worse. The negative volunteers are why I am so poor at asking people to help out on a project. If someone says no, I leave it at that. I am not going to badger someone into doing something they really don't have their heart into doing. So, I think those volunteers who do not show joy in their work probably don't really want to be there but someone nagged them to help out. They finally agreed just to get the person to leave them alone. The food shelf is often helped out by organizations of "We have to do this because it is the right thing to do" type of people. Occassionally you do get a group of stuck up "I am better than they are and it is my civil duty to help out" kinds of people who do it just for show, not really to help. There is not always joy in that. Yes, it is the right thing to do, but you should do it gladly, not with a "this is a burden" type attitude. It is so nice to hear that there are kind people who really like to help. [/QUOTE]
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