- Nov 28, 2010
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I send multiple emails, give notes home, post info on facebook and the club website and still there is always one parent who texts me just to check as she wasn't sure!! She always manages to do this while I'm at work or just about to start a class then complains when I dont get back to her asap. This is my biggest peeve with parents, please just read the information you are given and when you see it on 4 different formats saying exactly the same thing please trust it. It really is my only issue with parents as we have had a very nice group for the last few years. They all understand that as a single parent with a full time job on top of the 18 hours I spend in the gym this week that I don't always have the time to discuss things at the end of practice, like @Just-a-Mom I am also sprinting out the door. They do know however that if it is something quick I can talk to them during warm up or am happy to arrange a meeting. I do however have to kick a few out the door at 9.30 on a tuesday so I can let my sister free from babysitting my son and the other coach can pick up her daughter from swimming but they know why we need them to leave fast, I swear they probably spend another 30 minutes chatting in the car park sometimes though.
All that being said I have worked in 2 gyms that had no respect between coaches and parents so I fully understand both sides. I left them because I didn't like it so I know why parents would get annoyed. At one the owner had no interest in dealing with parents, she felt they should be paying her for the honour of coaching their children yet she treated some of them appallingly. At the other I saw some of the worst behaviour by both parents and coaches, thankfully I was only covering for 6 months and I tell you I ran far away when I was done.
All that being said I have worked in 2 gyms that had no respect between coaches and parents so I fully understand both sides. I left them because I didn't like it so I know why parents would get annoyed. At one the owner had no interest in dealing with parents, she felt they should be paying her for the honour of coaching their children yet she treated some of them appallingly. At the other I saw some of the worst behaviour by both parents and coaches, thankfully I was only covering for 6 months and I tell you I ran far away when I was done.