I've seen a lot of stupid news stories, but this has to rank as one of the most worthless pieces of news journalism that I've seen in a long time.
Little League Player Benched Because Mother Failed to
Work Concession Stand
A 7-year-old Massachusetts boy was benched during his Little League baseball game because his mother failed to show up to work the league's concession stand, and the mother isn't happy about it.
Jodi Hooper of Freetown said she was unable to fulfill her obligation at the concession stand because she couldn't get time off from work, according to MyFOXBoston.
Dave Brouillette, head of the Freetown Youth Athletic Association, told MyFOXBoston that the concession revenues are necessary to fund the league's programs and that he has to enforce the rules, which require parents show up for their assigned concession stand shifts or risk suspensions for their children.
Brouillette told the station that he wasn't able to see his own son play because he had to cover the concession stand shift for Hooper, according to MyFOXBoston.
Hooper told MyFOXBoston that she believed she could make up the assignment at another time if she missed one.
C'mon! Who really cares if some mom missed her shift at the concession stand? And if the league policy is to bench the player - well, it's a retarded policy, but WHO CARES!?
I was in charge of staffing our team's turn at the Little League concession stand this season. Guess what? Only 4 of our assigned parents actually showed. Do you care? Should I call King 5 news & report it?
Geesh. I know that the election news is getting stale, but let's not sink to this low.
5 comments:
Your right I would much reather read about some child being abducted. NOT!! I think it is refreshing that there wasn't anything more pressing to write about. If you ask me I would like to live there.
I have concession stand duty next wednesday (3 hour shift!!)and I am in the process of trying to find someone to "hire" to do it. I have to get Trent to a class he teaches, Nathan to the baseball game that night, and Oh..did I mention that I have a baby? What a freakin nightmare. They are sticklers with the concession stand duty around here too, not to that extreme of banning a kid from the game though.
No, you should call the Kitsap Sun. :)
Little League parents are a harshly self-punishing bunch, anyway. God forbid you fail to show up without Rice Krispie treats and Capri Sun juice boxes for everyone. You'll never be allowed to live it down. They're like eighth-graders with mortgages and receding hairlines.
You should watch the news here in Utah-now that's quality journalism!
Hmm. The other day, one of the local (NYC) news stations -- not Fox, to my surprise -- kept running a teaser all evening about the latest fashion trend, "Botox boob jobs."
There, I kept your streak going.
:-)
The story, about deranged women injecting their breasts with Botox to get a "lift," naturally included countless gratuitous shots of well-endowed chests from all around the tri-state area. I was too queasy from the whole concept to tune in for the full story. What will we inject with Botox next? (no, please don't answer that question!)
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