Icon134 0 #1 April 27, 2007 there are several people in my circle of wuffo friends that have expressed an interest in skydiving (at least once) so I'm trying to organize a trip to our local dz to jump... and I'll be damned if I just suck at organizing things... I suggested a pair of dates (in May) and immediately I started getting responses from one of my friends saying that May isn't good... could we go in early june instead (no alternative date... just "early june") I just... its... Ok... rant over... breath in ... breath out... I'm trying a different approach now... I sent out an evite... hopefully it works better... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 43 #2 April 27, 2007 I gave up a long time ago when it comes to friends that "say" they want to try skydiving. The fact is they don't really want to or they would get out to the dropzone all by themselves. I think you'll find that no matter how you try to organize things, amazingly people will have "excuses" for why they can't go on "that" day."Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #3 April 27, 2007 first.. You are NOT going to make everyone happy. Not possible. Dont even try, All it will cause is frustration. Pick two dates, See what works best for the majority of people and go with it. I used to try to organize some things (Parties, Poker Games, After hours activities, Outings..). I finally gave up. It got to be where everyone had a good time but me because was too worried about making sure everything went smoothly. Most people dont realize how much of a pain in the ass it is to organize a group of people to do anything. and the people participating rarely appreciate the effort you put into it. Now I just worry about if I am having fun. I figure if I am having a good time, Usually those around me will be having fun too and if they are not, It is not my problem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nickkk 0 #4 April 27, 2007 If it makes you feel better I get about 20 people a season telling me they want to jump and none of them do. So now all I say is you call me after you leave your deposit / decide on a day and ill be there. What do you do when someone throws a big planet at you? Throw your pilot chute in defense! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #5 April 27, 2007 Quote I gave up a long time ago when it comes to friends that "say" they want to try skydiving. The fact is they don't really want to or they would get out to the dropzone all by themselves. I think you'll find that no matter how you try to organize things, amazingly people will have "excuses" for why they can't go on "that" day. I agree completely... I've had a number of people tell me that they "want" to go skydiving... so far I've had one person actually show up to jump at the dz... I didn't require anyone to suggest that I go skydiving... I just did it... but alas... that's ok... I just felt the need to rant about it for a bit... and I'm more or less recovered now... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #6 April 27, 2007 As others have said, don't even try! Give them the contact details for your local DZ, and ask them to tell you when they've made a booking so you can be there on the same day. Saves you a lot of grief, and makes your friends figure out whether they're really interested or just talkin'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countzero 7 #7 April 27, 2007 when people i know say they want to jump, i just give them my home DZ web site and tell them to let me know when thier reservation is and i'll see them out there.diamonds are a dawgs best friend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #8 April 27, 2007 I stopped asking people to go, that I know. They might express interest and I do what others say they do, I tell them ok here is where I go, here is the webpage, it cost this and I'll be there if you tell me when you are going. Try getting a group of people to go skydiving in another state that you don't even live in but are going to visit. ughhhhh. I've given up on that. We can do other things instead Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #9 April 27, 2007 I generally do the same thing as y'all do... in fact this is more or less a one time deal for my wuffo friends... after that... its up to them to schedule something and if I'm not busy... then I'll be to support them... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #10 April 27, 2007 True story: I used to work next to two guys who thought my jumping was nuts, but after seeing me show up every Monday morning bubbling over with enthusiasm and stories from the weekend, they began to get interested. Finally they decided they wanted to do it, and picked a weekend. The DZ was a 2 hour drive away, so we agreed to meet at the company parking lot, then carpool from there. Well they started talking to other people, and those people in turn talked to others, and next thing I knew I had 30 people wanting to go. I called the DZ to see if they could handle it, and they made sure they had staff to handle the group. So the morning arrived, and guess how many people showed? The two guys who worked next to me. Don't waste your time acting as a sheep herder for whuffos. If they won't/can't find the DZ after you have provided the address and phone number, they don't have the initiative to jump anyway."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #11 April 27, 2007 i tried to get people into climbing.. same story, all "yea, wonderful, i'll be there.." actually 'til today, not one of 'em showed up..“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GooManChew 0 #12 April 27, 2007 if they say they wanna go, ask for a $50 deposit you will quickly find out who is serious & who's gotta wash the car that day . . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #13 April 27, 2007 Quote there are several people in my circle of wuffo friends that have expressed an interest in skydiving (at least once) so I'm trying to organize a trip to our local dz to jump... and I'll be damned if I just suck at organizing things... I suggested a pair of dates (in May) and immediately I started getting responses from one of my friends saying that May isn't good... could we go in early june instead (no alternative date... just "early june") I just... its... Ok... rant over... breath in ... breath out... I'm trying a different approach now... I sent out an evite... hopefully it works better... Best approach is to just dont bother. If they want to jump they know who to contact. It'll just frustrate the hell outta you because everyone will SAY they want to try it, but then it will be impossible to find a time cuz reality is they really dont.__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,611 #14 April 27, 2007 I had a group of friends good to go skydiving once. We were going to head down to Spain for them to take advantage of the (compared to UK) incredibly cheap tandems and make a weekend of it in the sun. None of them backed out, everyone turned up to catch the flight out.... and the Ryanair jet broke No worries they said, we'll ferry another one over to take you out. So we hung around for hours, the replacement plane turned up... and the replacement aircrew refused to fly us out to Spain because they'd exceeded their flight hours for that week.So we all went home. No jumps, no sun, no tapas, no beach. Fuck Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
