Boy Scout Troop 325
Scoutmaster Minute
A Call To Check Ourselves
April 23, 2001
George Denise, Scoutmaster

A Scoutmaster friend of mine told me while he was at the donut shop the other day, a boy in his late teens got up and to make a phone call on the pay phone on the wall behind my Scoutmaster friend. He wasn't trying to listen in but couldn't help hear the conversation that went like this. Hello, I am calling to apply for your sales position. Oh you already have someone? Well, I work very hard and I can be trusted to be aggressive, to make lots of sales. Oh, you already have someone like that? OK, thank you for your time. The teenage boy sat down and my Scoutmaster friend wanted to help him give him some comforting words. So he said, I am sure there are many other places that will gladly hire you. The boy said, "Oh that was my boss, I was just checking to see how I was doing!"

Have you ever thought about checking to see how you are doing? Have you wondered if you called your parents to apply for the job as their son? What would they say? What if you called your SPL and asked for your position in the Troop? Would he want to grab someone who wants to do a good job. A Scout is duty bound to do his best. Not just his best at Scout activities, but his best with his family, school work and church as well. A Scout is duty bound to do his best all the time and for everyone. Are we doing our best? Should we call our parents to check how we are doing? What do you think your Scoutmaster or friends would say? My Scoutmaster friend said the teenage boy in the donut shop was grinning from ear to ear.

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