As I've said before in this thread, I think my Consultant comes onto this forum but .............. I really think I have to vent these things .... the more I read about other groups, the more I realise just how GOOD the members are at my group.
My current Consultant turns up AFTER most of the group! She only pays for 1hour hire of the hall we're currently in, so the caretaker just turns up for 1hour and insists he leaves on time. (I know that our last Consultant at this group used to pay for a 2hour hire, which gave us all much more time, and the Consultant was always early, so had everything set up before most people turned up - if anyone was early, they would help out but weren't "expected" to)!
Our current Consultant gets anyone who's willing to carry her scales and cash box, any other stuff she does bring, from the boot of her car, while she just saunters in carrying her handbag! She doesn't help us members to set up the room, WE set out the chairs, tables etc. while she nips to the loo, and fixes her make-up!
She hardly ever has any recipes or anything of interest to display on the "interest" tables we put out! (she does sometimes have a few back issue magazines and a couple of folders with recipes, but not always, and when she does it's the same ones as ever) She expects members to get her a cuppa! She expects members to organise the raffle, providing a suitable prize, selling the tickets - and often gives derrogatory remarks about the prize itself! We members buy in the tea, coffee, milk, sweetener, juice etc., wash up the cups and so on too! The members bring in something for the Slimmer of the Week basket (Consultant DOES announce the winner and gives out the contents of the basket, right enough but doesn't always have a Slimmer of the Week sticker to give out or a nice Slimming World carrier bag to put the basket contents in, whereas our last Consultant always did these things)!
We members do the weigh-in and take in the money - no-one gets any word of "thanks" from the Consultant at all for our efforts! - this is probably the MOST annoying thing overall!
When anyone calls or texts the Consultant for any reason we can hardly ever get her at all, and she hardly ever gives us a note of the password until someone asks her for it during the group ...... if she can remember it!
The Consultant honestly just seems to turn up, does the new members talk, a quick Image Therapy and leaves again! Believe it or not, she CAN be quite "nice" sometimes, but that doesn't make up for everything else!
ooohhh........ rant over ...... sorry for going on a bit - lol
). However, I have now been doing SW since the beginning of June and I stay to class every week because she makes it so interesting and makes you feel welcome.
