Monday, August 15, 2005

So. Work.

Actually, let me correct myself:

So. "Work."

Without the quotations, I would be the worst kind of liar, because, well, there was no actual work involved. There really wasn't. If things go well, there wont be tomorrow, the next day, or any of the days after that, either.

Allow me to elaborate/explain.

At the beginning of the summer, I believe I mentioned having been approached by a member of the staff of the child-care my sister attends, while picking her up, and asked if I wanted to work there as a volunteer these two weeks to get my community service hours. I figured, "Hell, I'm not doing anything then--why not?" So, foolishly, I agreed to work full-time, without pay, for two weeks. At a fairly pathetic summer camp.

Now, this is probably an easier and more fun job than, say, retail, but you'd expect it to involve some kind of responsibility. You know, taking care of little kids, pretending to enjoy playing with some of them, breaking up fights, etc...

However, since the kids as so damn...docile, none of that is necessary. So, aside from handing out snacks twice a day and giving the odd child the go-ahead to run to the washroom, there's absolutely nothing to do.
So, to fill time, all the staff--paid or otherwise--sit around talking about cars/arguing over obscure, irrelevant crap/not understanding jackshit about computers. And I mean jackshit. As in less than I do. As in the equivalent of knowing riding a bike somehow involves wheels and a chain. I asked one of the guys how many megs and what file-formats his cellphone could carry and he stared at me like I had sprouted a second head. Hell, he stared at me like I had sprouted two extra heads and a cactus.
Then, he said, "...What? What are you talking about? I have no idea!" and went outside to smoke.

Accompanied by the second-to-head staff-member.

Then, every one else went outside to smoke, eventually, barring myself and a two other volunteers.

What the hell? Who smokes behind an elementary school? And asks 17 year old kids to come and join them? What kind of summer camp is this?

One where the senior staff sit around talking about which kids have hot moms. While shirtless.

I swear to God.
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