Rant

Class outings. A time for you and your old classmates to gather and keep in touch with each other. It’s something that should be looked forward to, or is it? Seems like organising such outings nowadays can be a real chore, something dreaded rather than anticipated. Why has it become like this?

It’s disheartening enough that you try to organize one week in advance and not everyone can make it, but it’s understandable, since some may already have other commitments. The organizer then tries to accommodate everyone by carefully deciding on a time that the majority can attend. After that comes the shitty part.

Everyone has different preferences, no doubt. And of course they should know that what the organizer has planned may not be exactly what they like to do. But please for ****’s sake try to put yourself in the shoes of the poor organizer. For example, here’s how the process for my upcoming class outing went:

Organizer first asks everyone the dates that they are free, so as to choose the day that can accommodate the majority.

Then, it is decided that we catch a movie and have dinner together at Cathay.

Then, change of plans. Watch movie at PS instead cos of discounts in tickets.

Change of plans again. Changed the date from Friday to Saturday cos bday boy cant make it (note that the main aim of the outing is to celebrate someone’s bday).

Change of plans again. Apparently some ppl dunwan to watch movie so change to roller blading and dinner at ECP.

Change of plans again. Apparently now some ppl dunwan to roller blade and hence changed to potluck dinner at organizer’s home.

Can you imagine how many smses were sent throughout the whole process? If I’m the organizer I’ll be damn pissed seriously, cos there’s always this problem with my class outing. There’ll always be people objecting to some activities. Then again these people, after objecting, dunwan to provide any constructive suggestions on what to do. Even if there’re new suggestions, there’s bound to be new objections. End up they’ll say “anything” then give the this-outing-is-so-boring face.

I mean, seriously, you all dunwan this dunwan that then end up complaining that the outing is boring? It’s you yourself that makes the outing boring no?

And please note that since the main aim is to celebrate someone’s bday, shouldn’t we just follow the bday person’s decision on what to do? (which is the initial idea of a movie and dinner at Cathay).

Sigh. Please learn to be more considerate and undersanding.