Damned 2Ls are pissing me off.

How about this stupid email I got today:

Dear PAD Member:

You are receiving this email because the District Justice of Phi Alpha Delta has called a Mandatory Meeting of the Terrell Chapter of PAD at FSU to discuss an urgent matter affecting the entire chapter.

This meeting will be held Wednesday, October 31, in Room 241 at 12:30.
_________________________________________________________________________


Oh, hell no you didn't just tell me where I "must" be. Unless you are conferring my degree or giving me a large sum of money, I don't "have" to be any damn where. Here's what I wrote back:

I cannot make it to this meeting. I question your ability to call a "mandatory" meeting. Are you going to kick out members if they do not show up? I am not a board member, I am a student who has chosen to be a part of an optional activity--you cannot mandate my participation. Most of the members who are not 1Ls work or have other obligations--if you want to ensure my participation, do not toss about words like mandatory and if you must make a meeting mandatory, give me more than 5 days notice. I realize you are probably relaying the message given to you, but ambiguous messages like the one you sent: " urgent matter affecting the whole chapter" make me suspicious and angry. I suspect I am not the only one you sent this message to that feels this way.


I wonder why this message has made me so angry? well, I kinda know--don't tell me what to do. They can take their shitty little club and shove it.