Coworkers and Go Fund Me for their kids' athletic endeavors

TheReal_LWS wrote:Is this a new phenomenon? Getting hit up by coworkers to contribute to GoFundMe pages for their kids competing at various things? Really? What happened to fundraisers? This seems like an misappropriation of your work resources and contacts.

I don't know, leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

TheReal_LWS wrote:Is this a new phenomenon? Getting hit up by coworkers to contribute to GoFundMe pages for their kids competing at various things? Really? What happened to fundraisers? This seems like an misappropriation of your work resources and contacts.

I don't know, leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

TheReal_LWS wrote:Is this a new phenomenon? Getting hit up by coworkers to contribute to GoFundMe pages for their kids competing at various things? Really? What happened to fundraisers? This seems like an misappropriation of your work resources and contacts.

I don't know, leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

We’re going to have to get the Scooby Gang on this mystery pronto.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

TheReal_LWS wrote:Is this a new phenomenon? Getting hit up by coworkers to contribute to GoFundMe pages for their kids competing at various things? Really? What happened to fundraisers? This seems like an misappropriation of your work resources and contacts.

I don't know, leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

We’re going to have to get the Scooby Gang on this mystery pronto.

MiamiSpartan wrote:I posted a thread on a here a year or so ago about how, at least down here, panhandling has become a fundraiser.  Kids from poorer areas is one thing, but when you see kids in their full head-to-toe baseball uniforms, with a mid-upper income area as the team name, walking between the cars at a stop light begging for money, I really want to smack the parents upside the head.  Apart from the danger of letting your kids walk in traffic, you're teaching them to just beg for money, rather than providing any good or service in return.  And judging from the community your team represents, and that you have him in some pay for play travel team, you can damn well afford to pay for little Johnny's trip to Cooperstown without batting an eye.  I'll buy candy, or coupon books, or something from them, but I'm not giving them money for nothing (and their chicks for free).

A go fund me account is essentially the same thing, with the added guilt trip of them asking friends/co-workers to donate.

I hate the holier-than-thou people that are always commenting on how other people are raising their kids, but this is one thing that really bothers me, as it takes a good teaching moment (give a product/service, get money in return), and flips it to a bad teaching moment (ask for money for doing nothing, even when you don't need the money at all).

InTenSity wrote:Can I start a gofundme for my sons medical bills? I'm not even sure how much we owe. Just got another call. I think they are just trying to get something, although I also think it is partially their fault. I'd probably try to settle at $2500, which is half. I'm not sure if they wrote it off though.

TheReal_LWS wrote:
I don't know, leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

TheReal_LWS wrote: I remember one year we sold candy bars to go to camp.

MiamiSpartan wrote:I posted a thread on a here a year or so ago about how, at least down here, panhandling has become a fundraiser.  Kids from poorer areas is one thing, but when you see kids in their full head-to-toe baseball uniforms, with a mid-upper income area as the team name, walking between the cars at a stop light begging for money, I really want to smack the parents upside the head.  Apart from the danger of letting your kids walk in traffic, you're teaching them to just beg for money, rather than providing any good or service in return.  And judging from the community your team represents, and that you have him in some pay for play travel team, you can damn well afford to pay for little Johnny's trip to Cooperstown without batting an eye.  I'll buy candy, or coupon books, or something from them, but I'm not giving them money for nothing (and their chicks for free).

A go fund me account is essentially the same thing, with the added guilt trip of them asking friends/co-workers to donate.

I hate the holier-than-thou people that are always commenting on how other people are raising their kids, but this is one thing that really bothers me, as it takes a good teaching moment (give a product/service, get money in return), and flips it to a bad teaching moment (ask for money for doing nothing, even when you don't need the money at all).

Travis of the Cosmos wrote: ruining the important sports- soccer

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Pay for play sports are awful and ruining the important sports- soccer and prolly baseball too if you think about it

tGreenWay wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Pay for play sports are awful and ruining the important sports- soccer and prolly baseball too if you think about it

Absolutely and without question, this is the most outrageous and laugh-out-loud ridiculous statement in the history of tSwill, and very nearly of all time, ever.

tGreenWay wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Pay for play sports are awful and ruining the important sports- soccer and prolly baseball too if you think about it

Absolutely and without question, this is the most outrageous and laugh-out-loud ridiculous statement in the history of tSwill, and very nearly of all time, ever.

The Pantry wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:

Absolutely and without question, this is the most outrageous and laugh-out-loud ridiculous statement in the history of tSwill, and very nearly of all time, ever.

Indeed. Watching the grass grow on the field is almost more entertaining than the game.

Turtleneck wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:

Absolutely and without question, this is the most outrageous and laugh-out-loud ridiculous statement in the history of tSwill, and very nearly of all time, ever.

It is the most absurd statement ever posted on tSwill. That much is definitely true.

The Pantry wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:

Absolutely and without question, this is the most outrageous and laugh-out-loud ridiculous statement in the history of tSwill, and very nearly of all time, ever.

Indeed. Watching the grass grow on the field is almost more entertaining than the game.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:its all too easy with you two clowns.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:its all too easy with you two clowns.

tGreenWay wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Indeed. Watching the grass grow on the field is almost more entertaining than the game.

I'd sooner pound my thumb with a hammer.

The Pantry wrote:drone racing.

The Pantry wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:

I'd sooner pound my thumb with a hammer.

I'd rather watch professional bowling or drone racing.

Turtleneck wrote:

The Pantry wrote:drone racing.

That could be fun for a while.

Turtleneck wrote:

The Pantry wrote:drone racing.

That could be fun for a while.