What types of parents are the worst to deal with???

Swim parents are the worst and it's not even close.

One mom sent us an e-mail saying "she's a senior and has done very well" - which was correct; girl medalled at states - "but she hasn't had her picture in the paper. Can you put one of her in?"

I sent an e-mail saying I would most likely put her daughter's name in the story, but I couldn't do anything about photos because we pick the best pictures, not who's in them.
Of course, the front page photo was her daughter. Should I e-mail her to say it was coincidence?

 

"Of course, the front page photo was her daughter. Should I e-mail her to say it was coincidence?"

I *hate* when that happens. I always want to make a note in the cutline.

 

Don't we all love it when some parent calls and says, "well, you've run a photo of every player on our team except mine?"
and you've got the dang urge to use one of the mom's little brat with his fly open.
there, Momma Douche Bag, your son's photo has now run.

 

whatever sport the publisher's kid plays.

at a paper nearby me, she actually told the sports department when to cover her son's team. he was the star player.

what can you say to that? i don't work there, but i'm guessing all the "fuck-you" "i-am-the-gatekeeper" "you-deal-with-it" and "tough-shit" tough-guy responses don't work with the person who signs your checks.

 

Figure skating.

 

Re: What types of parents areFigure skating.

Granted, the title of the thread is unclear, but I think we're supposed to limit this to parents of kids who play sports of some sort.

 

And then they're even more impossible do deal with it because they think they have some sway over what goes on.

I also take pictures as well as write...so a few years ago I had a baseball game, the leadoff hitter's mother came up to me to ask me if I took a picture of her son. I had, but the thing I hate about the Nikon D50 is that I can't zoom in on the pic in the viewer to tell if it's worth a damn.

I told her that I had one, but didn't know how good it was, and she got all pissy and started cursing at me. As soon as I got away from her, sonny boy was deleted off the camera.

 

Two other things that always kill me about local sports people:

1. Bowling scores, when the person submitting them puts nicknames in. They cannot fathom why we don't have time to confirm that everyone approves of their nickname, hence, we want their real names.

"But, but, everyone knows them by that name!"

Me: "I don't, and I'm sure a lot of other people don't either."

2. The "You only cover us when we lose" crowd. Now, we poke fun of them on this site endlessly. But I really don't understand how people think we influence the score of the game. If their favorite team loses, the parents bitch about the coverage. If they were to win, then they holler at us for not being at the greatest upset of all-time.

Make up your mind, people.

 

Cross-mother flippin-country parents by far.
My God; just because your kid likes serene strolls through the woods at 8 a.m. on a football Saturday doesn't mean folks actually want to read about them on Sunday. I've thought about coaxing Jeff Gillooly out of retirement on many occasions to have him take a baton to those parents' kneecaps.

 

Did someone say that "parents with a pulse" are worst? That's my answer.

 

Swimming, golf, tennis and any other sport where most of the best athletes don't practice with and/or work out with the team and just shows up for meets and matches.

I'm sorry, but when most of the best tennis players have their own personal coaches and racket clubs and country clubs -- it is no longer a sport worth getting excited about.

Wrestling -- It probably is exciting, but I for one can't get too excited about a sport in which two people lay on top of each other for six minutes and then won is declared the winner because he moves his legs just enough to get two points for an "escape" and most of the athletes are required to walk around the hallways of their schools spitting in cups "to make weight....."

Soccer -- Yeah, I know, it is the fastest growing sport around and will be popular here some day -- of course, that's what they've been saying for the past 30 years which means most glaciers have moved the dial more than soccer in that time......

Cheerleading - I get it, you are excited because little Jenna can jump for joy with the best of them -- it still ain't a sport and I ain't writing about it......

Little League - I'm sure little Ricky's .897 batting average with 13 triples is legitimate but the last time I watched a little league game I saw maybe one legitimate hit for every eight guys who reached base safely........

Softball -- Oh, well now that you said little Suzy specializes in five pitches - including the fork-drop -- that makes her, well, no different than every other delusional pitcher who thinks there is more than two or three ways to actually throw a ball underhanded.....

Gymnastics - Hey I know your daughter could probably beat Mary Lou Retton head to head but I'll take her a little more seriously when she can actually do a cart-wheel in the floor excercise, much less on the beam........

Does that about cover it?

 

Well, those parents tend to argue that it is a sport.