Tomorrow, my agency is participating in this back-to-school bash thing at a local hotel. What that means is that we're setting up a table with information on volunteering and such.
The event is really geared towards kids, so there will be a ballroom full of little screamers. They'll be entertained by other stuff going on in the room, so I won't be interfacing with a whole lot of people, but the adults that do stop by will probably want to ask me an assload of questions I don't have politically correct answers to (i.e. "why don't you work with my son's school?").
The thing is, I have to be there for four hours. My supervisor, depending on how bored his kids get, will be there for one. One hour. One. And then I get abandoned to slump in my chair and look pitiful.
As much as I recognize the "throw her into the water and see if she swims" approach to things, I think in general it's a bad idea to leave someone who's been working with your agency for less than four weeks in a role they didn't expect they'd be playing. Because I'm awesome, I know that I'm not going to embarrass myself, but at the same time I really feel like this is a task a more outgoing person should be involved in. I suck at making small-talk and I won't make eye contact with a person unless I'm actively conversing with them. I could just do without the crowds, thanks.
Posted by Tiffany at August 23, 2006 05:51 PM | TrackBack