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Oct. 8th, 2008 08:31 pmI've only been on this job for four days, but last night's debate irritated me enough that I really did not want to go bug people about voting.
(Sigh. This is my conundrum with working for political campaigns. I would not like getting phone calls and visits from volunteers all the time--it feels like nagging, and I hate being nagged. But I want to get these people elected, and statistics say that this works. I hate doing it, but I want to be active. Bah.)
Of course, I did go tonight, since I'm not a volunteer; I'm going to get paid for this, and therefore need to show up.
But the thing is, we've got two 13-year-old volunteers. I think it's great--go them if they want to be active.
Apparently, however, people object to this. One of the kids was telling me today about how he got yelled at on the phone by this guy who thinks that people who aren't old enough to vote have no business working for political campaigns. And tonight another person called with the same issue and had to talk to a manager.
Oh my God, people, are you serious? You actually object to kids volunteering because they can't vote--even though volunteering is about the only thing they can do to affect an election? They have as much of a stake in any election as any other citizen, and here they are, trying to get their voices heard, and you think that because they can't vote, they can't do anything. I'd think people would be glad to see kids with a social conscience!
Jesus fucking Christ. My faith in humanity today is about nil.
(Sigh. This is my conundrum with working for political campaigns. I would not like getting phone calls and visits from volunteers all the time--it feels like nagging, and I hate being nagged. But I want to get these people elected, and statistics say that this works. I hate doing it, but I want to be active. Bah.)
Of course, I did go tonight, since I'm not a volunteer; I'm going to get paid for this, and therefore need to show up.
But the thing is, we've got two 13-year-old volunteers. I think it's great--go them if they want to be active.
Apparently, however, people object to this. One of the kids was telling me today about how he got yelled at on the phone by this guy who thinks that people who aren't old enough to vote have no business working for political campaigns. And tonight another person called with the same issue and had to talk to a manager.
Oh my God, people, are you serious? You actually object to kids volunteering because they can't vote--even though volunteering is about the only thing they can do to affect an election? They have as much of a stake in any election as any other citizen, and here they are, trying to get their voices heard, and you think that because they can't vote, they can't do anything. I'd think people would be glad to see kids with a social conscience!
Jesus fucking Christ. My faith in humanity today is about nil.
