Re: Job Offer

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:56:51 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 3/19/2025 11:44 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:31:07 -0400, Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

 

That's enough for me. I've been asked to do some volunteer work with
friends in our forest preserve.

 
They asked you to volunteer?

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Yes.
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I thought volunteering was when you did something without being
asked...

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If a person has valuable knowledge and skills and is pleasant to get
along with, it's not unusual for him be asked to help with projects that
benefit the community. Since it's not mandatory to accept, it is
volunteering.
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OTOH, as a rude person who's afraid of social contact and has done
nothing of value, it's not surprising you didn't know that.

You didn't see the picture I posted of Jimmy?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/j_soloman/53971342104/

He had Parkinson's. We eventually bought him his own Catrike. I'd
sneak him out of the home and we'd go riding in the park against the
wishes of his Power of Attorney, who eventually moved him away and
gave the Catrike to the home. He died soon after that, probably
somewhere in his early 40s, after being confined to another home where
almost all of the other residents were little old ladies who played
bingo and did crossword puzzles.  I was, of course, banned from that
establishment.

I raised money for his Catrike. Set up an account at a savings and
loan where people could send money. I printed and posted pamphlets,
contributed to it myself. Bargained with the dealer to get him to sell
at cost. Had news sources come to write about when we presented it to
him.

That picture was at one of the three assisted living homes where I was
a volunteer at various times. It started with my putting on my
music/singing shows,

https://www.flickr.com/photos/j_soloman/53939892119/

but went well beyond that. I pushed wheel chairs, cleared tables,
served as the bartender for happy hour.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/j_soloman/54398470434/

I know all about volunteering.

--
C'est bon
Soloman