Thursday, October 9, 2014

of volunteer

This is going to be a quite long post, with all my OWN opinion. So, don't take it personally or offended.

What's volunteer to you?

To me, volunteer is to help someone with heart, to help someone without any return. Basically, it's to help someone with heart.

Okay, on Monday, I volunteered in a charity dinner organized by a Buddhist association as waitress and performer. So, there were leftovers and some extra food in the end of dinner. Then, the kitchen helpers told us that we can actually take some food back, if we don't mind. In fact, there were a lot of leftovers, fried rice, vegan fish and soup. There are leftovers and there were extra. There was one old lady even hand out some food to us, volunteers that she purposely made for us and she told us to eat in the kitchen area to avoid any bad mouth behind I guess. Most of the volunteers were happy about the taking food back home since most of us were students. Taking food back home means we don't have to coooooook! :)

Okay, so this is the story.

The next day, my friends and I were sort of sharing the experience to other classmates. To be honest, the volunteers I met in the charity dinner were all happy people, we had a lot of fun. I am serious. Most of them don't mind taking extra food or even leftovers. They were happy, I can see it.

Alright...so we were sharing then one of the volunteer who was one of the volunteer said that she actually don't like to take leftovers. Okay...that's still ok, not too harsh and I respect her own opinion. Not everyone is the same. Then, she continued...

"I think they (as in the organizers) should not treat us like that by giving us leftovers since we have already volunteer to help them..."

She did continue saying something but I did not pay any attention to what she said coz I can feel my blood is already boiling.

First, I think she don't know the meaning of 'volunteer'. Second, for God's sake, it is a freaking charity dinner, and the organizers need volunteers and she is expecting a good return? Just dumb. If the organizers can afford to get professional waiters, they need not any volunteers lah! Still expecting good return? What kind of good return? ABALONE MEHHHH.

Later, I brought up this to my friends and said that I am not happy about what she said and so on la. Then, one friend asked me..."Did you heard what she said in the end?" Nope, I didn't.

Guess what she said. She said that by giving us leftovers is kind of treating us like dogs.

Good job girl! Dogs.

This even boils my bloood! What the hell is she even talking seriously!! It's a freaking charity dinner and it is a freaking volunteering job!

Oh my god! I am speechless. I was so angry. I was really angry. I would lecture her in front of everyone if I have the courage! How can she said that when people are offering good things to us? It's not like the foods are spoilt or what, the food were all edible!

Holy shit. I can still feel anger when I am typing this. 

After what my friend told me about what she said in the end, I finally know why she was staring at us one kind and smiling one kind at a corner when we were taking some food back home.

Now I know.

Enough said, I am not here to judge her. I am just trying to say that everyone is different.

But I really hope she learn to appreciate. Really.

But, in the end, it's still up to her, it's her opinion, it's not mine.

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