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If you do any volunteering you'll meet people like this. The author is just a prick. Your volunteering isn't up to their standards, so you better volunteer bet

by x0x0 3y ago

If you do any volunteering you'll meet people like this. The author is just a prick. Your volunteering isn't up to their standards, so you better volunteer better. He/she doesn't like email, facebook, or phones, so there's an obvious solution: the entire club must switch communication tools to accommodate this person. Ignoring the difficulties you'll have getting most old folks to use these tools, or the fact that many of them likely don't use smartphones or laptops. So also the website, etc. While fb isn't great as a company, their free groups tool is a godsend to all sorts of clubs and organizations, particularly those without access to a volunteer with IT skills. The author also doesn't like the hours that other people arrange games. :shrug: Some people just can't be pleased.

xmprt 3y ago
Not that I agree with the author's approach but I can also imagine the flipside where clubs and other organizations are slow to adapt and get upset that young people aren't joining and that the club is dying. So it seems like it's in everyone's best interest to at least cater to the growing younger population.
- robertlagrant 3y ago
  I agree, if their allegiance is to the club surviving them, and not just them playing bridge.
ralferoo 3y ago
I completely agree with this. The author's post seems to reek of entitlement. On the one hand, he complaining about how it's so unfair that he has to take public transport and so it takes him longer and costs more to get there. That's not really anyone else's problem. Sure, it sucks for him, but he'll have the same problems with every activity he wants to do, not just playing bridge. It already seems beyond generous that people are offering to help with his transportation costs. He then rants about how people shouldn't use mailing lists because it's far too much effort for young people to actually read what others have to say. After all, he's a young person, so the only thing that matters in this world is what he has to say. So all these "old people" should hang out around on discord 24/7 just in case he wants to ask something that everyone else already knows because they read their emails. The real kicker is that he doesn't care that this system has been working for the club for a long time and works for everyone else, he only sees that it's inconvenient for him because he can't be separated from his memes on discord for more than the 30 seconds it'd take him to read an email.

by x0x0 3y ago

xmprt 3y ago

Not that I agree with the author's approach but I can also imagine the flipside where clubs and other organizations are slow to adapt and get upset that young people aren't joining and that the club is dying. So it seems like it's in everyone's best interest to at least cater to the growing younger population.

robertlagrant 3y ago
I agree, if their allegiance is to the club surviving them, and not just them playing bridge.

ralferoo 3y ago

I completely agree with this. The author's post seems to reek of entitlement. On the one hand, he complaining about how it's so unfair that he has to take public transport and so it takes him longer and costs more to get there. That's not really anyone else's problem. Sure, it sucks for him, but he'll have the same problems with every activity he wants to do, not just playing bridge. It already seems beyond generous that people are offering to help with his transportation costs. He then rants about how people shouldn't use mailing lists because it's far too much effort for young people to actually read what others have to say. After all, he's a young person, so the only thing that matters in this world is what he has to say. So all these "old people" should hang out around on discord 24/7 just in case he wants to ask something that everyone else already knows because they read their emails. The real kicker is that he doesn't care that this system has been working for the club for a long time and works for everyone else, he only sees that it's inconvenient for him because he can't be separated from his memes on discord for more than the 30 seconds it'd take him to read an email.