Lasertag's off...
I have a sad story to tell. So please bear with me, friends, I really needed to vent.
The past 2 times we went to Laser tag my brother, Mark, organized it. Well, this time his friend, John, decided to organize it. So he called me at my parents' house on a Wednesday night (when all the rest of my siblings were at youth group) and told me about Laser tag asking (and I quote) "How many people from the Kearney area do you think you can get to come, for sure?" I kept saying that I knew a lot of people who had wanted to come. But I didn't know how many people could definitely make it. He kept pushing and I kept saying that I'd do my best.
So, I tell everyone I can think of as soon as possible so that those with irregular schedules will be able to clear them. I got MANY more people to commit this time and have been happily looking forward to this upcoming Friday.
Last night at 9:15 I got a call from John stating that we weren't having it this Friday. Mark’s got drills (this is Mark’s last month in the Army Reserves) and John thinks that will prevent many people from the Lincoln area from coming. I calmly, but firmly, explained to John that there were a lot of people planning on coming and that this was a very last minute thing to spring on me. Me, who he decided to give all of this responsibility to. How’s it going to look when I have to tell all of these people that this sure thing suddenly isn’t happening?
I explained that I had felt very pressured to get people to come and now I was very frustrated because this wasn’t going to happen. So he says to me, “I never pressured you. I asked you nicely if you’d ask people to come.” I then reiterated that I felt pressured, not that he didn’t ask nicely. John then claimed that he had no way of knowing that this was going to happen and he only just found out.
While all this was going on my sister-in-law (Mark’s wife) is in the car with me. So after I get off of the phone she explained that John picked the weekend and told Mark he was going to plan another Laser tag lock-in and Mark mentioned that he might have drills. John went ahead and planned the weekend and Mark only checked to see whether or not he had drills just the other day. So, now we’re apparently putting it off for 2 weeks just because of Mark. When John first called me he explained that Mark might have drills, but I thought that meant “Oh bum, Mark might not be able to go.” Not, “If Mark can’t go, the whole thing’s a bust, so plan for that.”
Don’t get me wrong, I love my brother, and John’s a nice guy. You just don’t invite people to something you’re organizing and give them a date unless it’s set. So, needless to say, I’m very upset. Apparently we’re going to have it on the third weekend in February and that’s the set date. You can be sure that I’ll be double-checking that. I would like to deeply apologize to any and all of my friends who were planning on attending this and had to rearrange their schedules to come to an event that’s now been postponed. (Shilo, I’m really sorry.
) I hope that this incident will not reflect poorly on me in future and that everyone who was planning on attending will be able to come to the next date.
*sigh* Now that I’ve got that off of my chest. How is everyone? Maybe I’ll update about my weekend later.
6 Stars in my eyes - 3 Moonbeams
The past 2 times we went to Laser tag my brother, Mark, organized it. Well, this time his friend, John, decided to organize it. So he called me at my parents' house on a Wednesday night (when all the rest of my siblings were at youth group) and told me about Laser tag asking (and I quote) "How many people from the Kearney area do you think you can get to come, for sure?" I kept saying that I knew a lot of people who had wanted to come. But I didn't know how many people could definitely make it. He kept pushing and I kept saying that I'd do my best.
So, I tell everyone I can think of as soon as possible so that those with irregular schedules will be able to clear them. I got MANY more people to commit this time and have been happily looking forward to this upcoming Friday.
Last night at 9:15 I got a call from John stating that we weren't having it this Friday. Mark’s got drills (this is Mark’s last month in the Army Reserves) and John thinks that will prevent many people from the Lincoln area from coming. I calmly, but firmly, explained to John that there were a lot of people planning on coming and that this was a very last minute thing to spring on me. Me, who he decided to give all of this responsibility to. How’s it going to look when I have to tell all of these people that this sure thing suddenly isn’t happening?
I explained that I had felt very pressured to get people to come and now I was very frustrated because this wasn’t going to happen. So he says to me, “I never pressured you. I asked you nicely if you’d ask people to come.” I then reiterated that I felt pressured, not that he didn’t ask nicely. John then claimed that he had no way of knowing that this was going to happen and he only just found out.
While all this was going on my sister-in-law (Mark’s wife) is in the car with me. So after I get off of the phone she explained that John picked the weekend and told Mark he was going to plan another Laser tag lock-in and Mark mentioned that he might have drills. John went ahead and planned the weekend and Mark only checked to see whether or not he had drills just the other day. So, now we’re apparently putting it off for 2 weeks just because of Mark. When John first called me he explained that Mark might have drills, but I thought that meant “Oh bum, Mark might not be able to go.” Not, “If Mark can’t go, the whole thing’s a bust, so plan for that.”
Don’t get me wrong, I love my brother, and John’s a nice guy. You just don’t invite people to something you’re organizing and give them a date unless it’s set. So, needless to say, I’m very upset. Apparently we’re going to have it on the third weekend in February and that’s the set date. You can be sure that I’ll be double-checking that. I would like to deeply apologize to any and all of my friends who were planning on attending this and had to rearrange their schedules to come to an event that’s now been postponed. (Shilo, I’m really sorry.
) I hope that this incident will not reflect poorly on me in future and that everyone who was planning on attending will be able to come to the next date.
*sigh* Now that I’ve got that off of my chest. How is everyone? Maybe I’ll update about my weekend later.
6 Stars in my eyes - 3 Moonbeams