I am getting drafted

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
04/09/2019 at 17:46 • Filed to: None

My younger son is a freshman in high school, and is in the band. He goes to a different school from his older brother, and we really didn’t know these families before this year. I still don’t know them, because I am unfriendly and avoid other parents.

Some of you who have been involved in band may recognize this scenario. The boosters raise money and volunte er to wrangle kids and there is much parental drama. I ran away from this group when one chaperone mom was bullied to tears by the other chaperone moms. I give money, work the volunteer concession f undraisers, and stay the fuck away from all that noise. Apparently, my presence has not gone unnoticed.

People have been talking to my wife (she is a nice lady). There is apparently a group of harpies who have held this organization hostage for years, and my controlling the boosters bullied the previous director into giving favorable treatment to their kids. This year, there is a new director and he and a bunch of dissident parents want to make some sort of power move and oust the harpies from the booster organization. The new director has some ideas the harpies are mad about, like making the kids audition for and earn their parts.

So they came to my wife and said that the only person running for Board President is the husband of one of the harpies, and they want me to run against him. I think the guy who donated the Spitfire should do it. I would vote for him. But they told my wife that they think I won’t take any shit from anyone and I will run it without drama. These people don’t even know me. This is the last thing in the world I want to do.

But Mrs IM wants me to do it. Speech and vote is Thursday.

DISCUSSION (17)

lone_liberal > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 17:50

But Mrs IM wants me to do it.

So I take it that you’re doing it.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 17:52

This is a bad idea from the get go. I would stay the hell away from school politics. You know this is going to be way to stressful and full of petty BS.

I guess I just watched Bad Moms at the Hotel last week.

CB > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 17:52

If they’re willing to go to the guy who wants literally nothing to do with them and has made that clear because he’s the best option, you know that they really want these people gone.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 17:53

Can you make the ability to delegate most of the stuff you don’t want to deal with a condition of running. Like I’ll be a bad guy and make the hard decisions but you guys have to do the “heavy lifting? ”

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 17:54

oh shiiiiit

they want a laywer to blindly take their side without payment?

welp

there you have it

proof that people are in fact getting fucking dumber

back in my day there would at least be a bribe

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 17:57

honestly mate..... i think you should tell your wife notthing good will come from this

Nick Has an Exocet > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 18:00

Does it give you the power to create a demerit system where you hand out arbitrary demerits to parents and penalize the kids for their parent’s behavior?

“I’m sorry Johnny, but you can’t play this week because your mom’s a trash talking bitch. You should tell her that so that next week, you can play. ”

Chariotoflove > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 18:08

They don’t have to audition for their parts? That idea is foreign to me.

Anyway, good luck, Mr. President. Do us proud.

LOREM IPSUM > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 18:09

I assume faking a heart attack is out of the question?

Probably? Ok, but how does your cardiologist feel about using scotch as mouthwash immediately before the school schmoozing, just this once?

CaptDale - is secretly British > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 18:09

While I agree I think you would do well at the position on paper. i also think you’d hate doing it thus making you a bad candidate . But if the wife wants you to do it....

MoCamino > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 18:13

Not just no, but Hell no. This is a no-win situation where you can guarantee that someone (or everyone) will be mad at you at one time or another. Not that I (or I suspect, you) care if someone is mad. Far from it. If people are mad in this circumstance, that likely means you’re doing your job. The problem is that 1) you will be adding significant stress to your life that you don’t need and 2) likely making your kid a target for nastiness from other kids, or worse, their parents.

I’m all for pitching in, but with a history of the aforementioned harpies...this is a recipe for disaster. If it were me, it would be a hard no.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 18:15

“This is the last thing in the world I want to do.”

And with that statement, you have proven them right... you probably WON’T take shit and will run it without drama... because doing that isn’t something you want to do.

You’re only gonna do it if it’s necessary.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > LOREM IPSUM
04/09/2019 at 18:21

If he fakes a stroke, then he can drool and mumble gibberish whenever he wants.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 18:25

This sounds worse than even serving as an officer on an HOA board. Anything like this is an absolutely thankless job full of mind numbing stupidity, lots of work, zero pay, and little-to-no respect.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 18:27

Don’t take this the wrong way but I am LMAO right now! Will you do it? Go in there, take no prisoners, show no favorites and tell the harpies to bite you?

I will vote for you twice. Mrs. will love you for it.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 19:20

This sounds like one of those no good deed goes unpunished kind of things.

smobgirl > ImmoralMinority
04/09/2019 at 20:41

This whole post is really making me enjoy my year off from teaching.