I think I may have hit a critical point in running Scout events. It is the day before a Webelos overnighter and I’ll receive 8 hours of sleep. This marks the first time this has happened in the two years of me running District events. Were I to need something that I forgot, I could still got to a reasonable large store and acquire it. I could place a phone call to someone knowing I hadn’t woken their family. I feel a mixture of relief and deviousness knowing I’ve bucked my own trend.
Month: October 2009
FLS Award
One of my recent venial sins is buying barrels of Hawaiian Punch Light from Walmart. Today there was a Webelos Scout (Cub Scout of about the age of 9-10) selling popcorn (a perennial Scout fundraiser) outside of Walmart and he was a pinball. Every person exiting was hit with “Hi, my name’s Chris and I’m selling popcorn”. That was as far as I got before I gave him a 10 which is my regular tack with such kids but as I walked away I heard him repeat this intro at least a half dozen times being rejected in various ways with responses ranging from “no thank you” to “screw off” and he kept chugging. I don’t even know if he knew why he was selling popcorn as he was more machine than child which inspired me to create a new award for Scouts: the FLS (fearless little shit) award. This would go to the kids who sell raffle tickets in the rain at gas stations, vend popcorn in front of low-cost retailers, or do food drive pickups in Camden. The name may need some tweaking.