The Say Anything Thread -- Take 15

[GandD 5,966]

This is the thing I love most about volunteers. Not only do they selflessly devote their personal time for others, they never stop spreading awareness among their peers of the fact that they are going to, or are, or will, or have, done so.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

This is the thing I love most about volunteers. Not only do they selflessly devote their personal time for others, they never stop spreading awareness among their peers of the fact that they are going to, or are, or will, or have, done so.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Why volunteer for something you should get paid for? Commies suck. Capitalism rules.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

Why volunteer for something you should get paid for? Commies suck. Capitalism rules.

Because it brings you benefit by making you feel good.

You don't need cash in return for services, but there should be some sort of benefit according to those silly Capitalist sorts.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Because it brings you benefit by making you feel good.

You don't need cash in return for services, but there should be some sort of benefit according to those silly Capitalist sorts.

I can eat chocolate and feel good.

[Darnell 8,478]

Why volunteer for something you should get paid for? Commies suck. Capitalism rules.

I think it's spectacular that this immigrant couple are actually volunteering for something together. The husband never did, before they were married, and I'll betcha she found a volunteering opportunity that interested her, and goaded him into taking off work that day and hanging out with her.

It's always best when a couple can do this, together, always.

Still, I understand yer POV - time is money, in my book, always.

[Caryh 5,206]

Why volunteer for something you should get paid for? Commies suck. Capitalism rules.

Before my wife got her EAD I brought up volunteering to keep her from being bored at home. Her reaction was exactly like your's, not doing something drove her crazy but working for free was even more insane!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Before my wife got her EAD I brought up volunteering to keep her from being bored at home. Her reaction was exactly like your's, not doing something drove her crazy but working for free was even more insane!

I told my wife I wanted her to send out ten resumes a day. I was lucky if she did one every two weeks. I usually dropped her at the library, or the jobs center, or an old friend of mine's house where she could hang with his Filipina wife. My business is outcall, so when I am working, I could either let her ride along with me to some interesting places, or drop her off somewhere, and pick her up on the way back. Funny thing is, she finally got a job at the one place I picked out for her, but she was reluctant to apply for, until I finally goaded her into doing so. She is still working there.

[Pooky 3,374]

I can eat chocolate and feel good.

There is no "can" about it

[X Factor 1,110]

Got some new games in the games forum ~ groovy

[cassi9879 20]

Benny doesn't understand the concept of volunteering. If he's not paid for it he doesn't want to do it.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

[mota bhai 2,675]

Benny doesn't understand the concept of volunteering. If he's not paid for it he doesn't want to do it.

same here. people i'm related to by blood or marriage are the only people who can get me to do stuff for free.

everyone else must pay.

[cassi9879 20]

[Kathryn41 3,205]

The thing everyone is overlooking (perhaps deliberately) is that there are other things that have value in addition to money. Sometimes volunteering provides you with benefits money can't give. If you want some more tangible benefits, volunteering is still an excellent way to gain experience as well as provide exposure for your marketable skills to someone who may not have a job available now but will have in the future. I obtained one of my best jobs ever because I had volunteered somewhere and my future employer remembered the quality of the work I did and when a job became available, I was his first choice.