Our club had its annual clean up day today--club has about 1600 members plus a few hundred others in shooting leagues and such.

I am pistol chairman, so my wife, I and another member are out on the pistol rage at start time busting our rear ends. Painting, cleaning, fixing....

within the first hour 3 members drive up and get pissed because they can't shoot. One demands to know what time I will get done so he can shoot (and I mean a time). One drives off cursing us. I ask all three to help, none do.

The other 10 members who showed up for clean up day made it down to the pistol range after a few hours and helped us finish.

As far as I am concerned, the pistol range is now my private club. I am giving shed keys to the guys who always help, and putting the best and most fun gear in the sheds. Chairs? shed Good stands? shed Bowling pins? shed  Fun spin targets? shed

I also busted into the prize locker to give out some high value match ammo.

Did you warn the other members that the range would be closed today for repairs?

It's a fine service that you're providing, but I wouldn't be happy either if I just drove an hour to find out that I couldn't use the range.

It was on the events section of the newsletter and on the club website.

If they knew about it, then screw 'em.

So you wouldn't be happy.  But would you leave in a huff, or would you lend a helping hand?

Provocative question.

If I truly didn't know about it because I failed to read the newsletter, then I would be embarrassed and just quietly leave.  However, if if I didn't have any guests with me, had the whole day to myself, and had already driven all that way anyway, then I would ask if they needed any help.