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Oh. I'm an actual volunteer. I don't have to help.
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This manager’s move is to let the volunteer show up, hand them the worst job, and then slowly reveal that the shift they agreed to is actually just the opening act of a much longer commitment nobody mentioned upfront. No water, no bathroom breaks, no sitting because it does not "look right." But please, make yourself comfortable standing in the heat for nine hours while we figure out if we even like you.
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And the phone thing. Someone decided that a grown adult checking a message from a friend asking if she needed water was a disciplinary situation requiring confiscation. The audacity required to hold your hand out and demand a stranger's phone because they briefly looked at it is genuinely impressive. That is a level of self-importance that takes years to cultivate.
The best part of this whole dynamic is the follow-up email. Not an apology, not acknowledgment that the arrangement was unreasonable, just a breezy "there seems to have been a misunderstanding" and a new job assignment for August. Organizations that run on volunteer labor have a stunning ability to confuse "you were nice enough to help us once" with "you are now legally ours."
The correct response to being told you are not a member and will not be returning is not to send a third email about showing up on time. It just is not.
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