SHE STRUCK AGAIN!
We didn't make up supply packs for our troop members when we packaged our supplies a week ago because we'd mis-counted packs from one troop (we weren't supposed to pack the supplies in their bags) so we ended up being short. OK, no problem.
We packed our troops' supplies last Saturday and then sent out emails to have troop families pick up their Scouts' supplies from our respective front porches. Each of us has one of her daughters in our troops; I sent out my troop's "pick up your stuff" email on Sunday morning, with time slots in Signup Genius for Monday & Tuesday pickups (1-hour windows separated by 1 hour for hygiene theater wipe-downs of the drop-box lid)
My co-leader sent an email letting her troop families know the supplies would be on her porch; pick up before login time (12:30pm) today.
9:30am my doorbell rings. It's this woman. I am still in my jammies and haven't had coffee yet.
She's looking for her elder daughter's supplies; I said she needed to check in with my co-leader, who leads the Cadettes, because I only took the supplies for the Juniors. (Which, by the way, she spaced out on picking up earlier in the week.)
"Oh, OK, but she is still attending?"
Yes, our troops are hosting this event. Everyone is expected to log in; your girls aren't getting the award & rocker because you didn't follow instructions, but they're expected to attend.
"Oh. Thanks."
And she leaves. I start to fume, but before I get too riled, I text my co-leader "heads up, Problem Parent was just here looking for Older Daughter's supplies for WTD in ... 3 hours"
Co-leader says she thinks Problem Parent wears hearing aids; I haven't noticed, actually, so maybe I am remarkably unobservant. (Or maybe we mistook hearing aids for wireless earbuds or Bluetooth devices?)
We hashed out a plan to deal, but we're both really frustrated.
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Liz
DD (3/2010)
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