I'm a little pissed off..

I'm in a social club which raises money for (anti)cancer research. Each year, we sell luminaries and also collect money. One of our team members promised to

1. sell luminaries
2. raise money
3. encourage folks to donate
4. attent our team meetings and
5. attend the annual gathering at the local high school foot ball field...

We had the preliminary meeting this past Thursday but one club mmeber didn't show up in spite of saying he would. He didn't return my wife's calls either (she is team Captain).

I called him this morning and he said he hadn't sold any luminaries because "a woman got to me first".

"A woman got to me first"???

What about him being a team member and therefore responsible for selling $100 worth of luminaries? Logically, he should have "gotten" to himself first.

I asked "did you sell any luminaries or raise any money?"

He replied "no money".

There being no point in continuing this conversation, I said good bye and hung up.

So, why am I so disgusted with this "no load" team member? Let's see...

1. He is the advertising manager for a radio station and is expected to pay bills he agrees to,
2. he is expected to attend business meetings he's agreed to attend,
3. he is expected to honour his committments,
4. he is a Christian Gentleman and is religiously honour bound to honour his committments lest he be accussed of lying and
5. accused of stealing the money he didn't pony up...

So, why would I think him guilty of stealing? Well, he promised to raise money. The money he didn't raise amounted to robbing money from those who would benefit from (anti)cancer research.

I'm just a little too damn pissed off at the moment...

5 June 2006: I was being a bit too judgemental when I said these things about that team member. I probably should delete it but having published it already, what is the point?