You know what I don't understand? That you keep working as a volunteer when you're being verbally abused multiple times a day. You don't even get paid; I would have been gone long ago.
When someone says something like that, it's good to ask yourself why you're so crazy to keep going back and putting in so many more hours doing something no other volunteer does. Everyone puts volunteering second, if not third or fourth, and just shows up when they feel like it.
Of course, you can argue that things can get a bit chaotic within a volunteer organization, but one thing is certain: you can't build anything up. You have to be consistent, and there have to be rules.
Do I know why I let stressed-out people yell at me? I think the only reason for me is that I think it's a good initiative, but the fact that I offered my help temporarily also plays a role. There are only four weeks left, and then the entire company, whose manager claims to be in charge of 55 employees who are all present when I'm gone, will be left on her own, and she'll have to figure things out for herself. It's not that I think she deserves what she's gotten herself into by driving volunteers away, but right now, if I stay away, I'm thinking: I'm doing you a favor; after all, those 55 only come when I'm gone. Regardless of what she thinks, says, or wants me to believe, I've now distanced myself (or is it goodbye). There are far too many fun things to do, and I'm running out of time.
27.11.25
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