Everytime I go on an outing with our Scout troop some parent volunteer does something half-assed and causes a lot of disruption and inconvenience for everyone else. Usually it’s our ScoutMaster. While he genuinely wants the scouts to have a good time, he doesn’t want to put in the effort to do things right. The group is a chaotic mess with poor communication, poor scheduling, poor follow-up. But it’s also the parent volunteers who don’t want to help. There just aren’t enough parent volunteers who are willing to step in and help. They drop off their scouts at the meetings and don’t come in. Dh and I supervised the scouts campover this weekend. The Scout Master popped his head in a few times and was supposed to stay overnight Saturday night to help but said, “You guys got this, I got other stuff to do.” So he wasn’t there and in his absence I heard other parents when they came to check on their kids all talking about his incompetence. And I agree with them. So i poked my head into their conversation and said, “I totally agree with everything you just said. But the sad fact is unless we are willing to take his place as Scout Master, nothing is going to change. So, who’s going to step up?” That’s when they all got quiet, nodded and walked away.
No one wants to leave our troop because it’s such a great group of girls. They get along, they don’t leave anyone out, there is just no girl drama. They are kind and welcoming to everyone. I’ve never seen a group of 12 girls do that before!! But our troop is badly managed and no one wants to help fix it. Ok, vent over.