Between the chair's response and you actually being faced with intimidating and/or crazy people in the past, I'd say they're lucky if you notify them you're quitting rather than just not showing up and letting them figure it out.
I'll be in my bunk.
Jayne ,'War Stories'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 04, 2014 2:04:20 pm PDT #5602 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
-t - Sep 04, 2014 2:22:52 pm PDT #5603 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just realized that having a grapevine probably means I can make stuffed grape leaves. In fact, I am probably obligated to.
Zenkitty - Sep 04, 2014 2:28:11 pm PDT #5604 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Here's your dumb question of the day: are grape leaves actually edible, or are they just used to wrap up the edible stuff?
Hil R. - Sep 04, 2014 2:32:26 pm PDT #5605 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The leaves are edible.
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2014 2:33:09 pm PDT #5606 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Edible and tasty!
[Oh god, volunteer chair has emailed me 3 more times -- in the past couple of hours -- since I said "I am working late tonight I can't run out a list for you of the books" to try to get me to run out a list of the books. All of my replies were polite and yet indicating that I HAVE WORKED PAST 11 EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK so no, I can't just jump when you say jump. So the most recent email said "Call me at 10 p.m. and I can talk you through it."
Is this where I get to stop being polite and say "I guess I didn't make it clear enough the first 3 times I said I am working UNTIL 11 TONIGHT, but NO I AM NOT YOUR LACKEY AND I CANNOT GIVE YOU A LIST JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT IT RIGHT NOW SO FUCK THE HELL OFF"?]
Tim heard me yelling at the email and said "Tell her I'll call her and she can walk me through it." Which is sweet, but I hate capitulating to people who think they own your time.
Hmm. This is definitely confirming that my desire to quit is the right idea.
-t - Sep 04, 2014 2:36:53 pm PDT #5607 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yup.
Connie Neil - Sep 04, 2014 2:40:00 pm PDT #5608 of 30000
brillig
I would ignore the emails, you've already answered her questions. She is also abusing you. You don't need to put up with it.
Anne W. - Sep 04, 2014 2:45:24 pm PDT #5609 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
At this point, I would be tempted to respond something like, "This is a volunteer position, and I cannot be expected to prioritize it over the paid job that has kept me working until 11 at night every night this week. At this point, I think it would be best if you found someone else to manage the library. In order to give you enough time to find someone else, I won't step down until the end of September. Meanwhile, I will get you that list of books as soon as I have time, and right now I don't know when that will be."
Zenkitty - Sep 04, 2014 2:45:43 pm PDT #5610 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, hell no, Steph. She'll "walk you through it"? Like the problem here is that you don't quite understand? She is taking advantage of you and being rude and deliberately obtuse. I don't normally advocate just walking out on jobs, even volunteer positions, but at this point I'd be gone.
Strix - Sep 04, 2014 2:57:42 pm PDT #5611 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Seriously, Tep, quit now.