Devil's advocate: A related phenomenon is impacting the Order of the Eastern Star. You get asked to do things if you're already on the list of People Who Do Things. So ladies who are already officers get asked to bring the refreshments -- but there is no general announcement for Help Wanted. So the people who are already bearing the biggest burden -- officers, Grand Representatives, Deputy Marshals, whatever -- are the ones who get asked to take on more, but the sideliners can just sit back and watch, thinking that no one needs them to bring the punch next time.
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Date: 2006-10-03 06:25 pm (UTC)A related phenomenon is impacting the Order of the Eastern Star. You get asked to do things if you're already on the list of People Who Do Things. So ladies who are already officers get asked to bring the refreshments -- but there is no general announcement for Help Wanted. So the people who are already bearing the biggest burden -- officers, Grand Representatives, Deputy Marshals, whatever -- are the ones who get asked to take on more, but the sideliners can just sit back and watch, thinking that no one needs them to bring the punch next time.