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If You're An Odyssey President, You'll Be Annoyed By These 11 Things, Too

We love our creators and we literally bleed Odyssey, but that doesn't make our jobs easy.

Tessa Boucher
Dec 05, 2018
Rhode Island College
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If You're An Odyssey President, You'll Be Annoyed By These 11 Things, Too
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Being a part of the leadership roles here at Odyssey is honestly a life changing experience. I've gained a whole lot of knowledge, and patience, and how to run a pretty kick-ass team. However, being a President of anything can have its challenges, and leading a group of college kids can be even more challenging. If you've ever held a leadership role with Odyssey, you'll know these things to be true, too.

1.When your creators don't submit on time.

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You've had ample time to submit AND ask for an extension, so where's your article??

2. When they ignore GroupMe messages

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Sorry for ruining your life with my FRIENDSHIP

3. When your creators straight up ghost you

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No, it's fine, really, I'll just keep thinking about why you hate me and this team for the rest of my life.

4. When they don't attend important meetings

We get it, you're busy. And that's fine! But missing every single one, or not caring to at least attempt to go? That hurts.

5. Or they skip Odyssey Hangouts

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These aren't required, but we plan them especially FOR our creators, so we can feel more like a family than an organization. So when nobody shows up after we planned months in advance, it hurts our feelings.

6. When they don't respond to call to actions

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They usually take less than 5 minutes to respond to, anyway, and I KNOW you're on your phone 24/7, so, why?

7. When they ignore weekly emails

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Because I love crafting the perfectly worded email, adding a ton of colors and fonts to make it pop just to be ignored. Seriously, I love it SO much.

8. When they don't ask for an extension when they're a repeat late submitter

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Knowing full well they're gonna be late submitting again this week. I see you.

9. When you see them in person and they ignore you

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Cool, I'll just be in my bedroom, making no noise and pretending I don't exist then.

10. When they ask the wrong people for extensions

I'm the President for a reason, what are you doing?

11. But at the end of the day, you love them like they're your children

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Even the disobedient ones. Even the ones that don't respond to your cute texts. Because being an Odyssey President means leading a team, and you love the people you're surrounded with. For better or for worse.

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