They like to moan so everybody knows how generous and saintly they are by volunteering, but they would be really upset if more people actually did volunteer and take some of the workload.
Trust me, most volunteer groups would give their left arms to get more, regular, available, reliable volunteers but can't, mostly because volunteers come and join a group and then want to pick and choose the actual help they want to give rather than what is needed.
If we need people to volunteer for the school fair, we need people to do the "shit" jobs as well as the "good" ones ... and if you only want to do the good jobs, then why should you automatically be given them? Especially over someone who has most probably, on past occasions, been the one left doing the crappy jobs because nobody else wants to and still turned up and did the job they were asked?
And if you get to the fair and only want to sit on a stall and not do any of the cleaning up, then really the PTA aren't losing anything because they already had someone to cobver the job you want to do, and they are still in need of someone to clean up. If nobody else is willing to do it, they're going to end up doing that job too, anyway.
Yes shifting tables and clearing up after Christmas fairs inc taking all the rubbish to the schools recycling area is my dream gig. I would fight anyone trying to prevent me taking on these plum roles hmm. I get all my self worth from doing shit jobs like this.
This attitude is a shining example of what I just said in reply to Richard ... shifting tables, recycling and cleaning is nobody's dream gig but it still needs to be done the same as sitting on a stall, running the ticket desk, selling raffle tickets if a successful event is to be run. Somebody is going to have to do the set up and clean down, and if you're willing to do the other jobs, why do you feel you're above doing the shitty ones?