At OBAP last year, I talked to a real nice HR lady at UPS. She looked over my resume and complemented me on all my different type ratings. She commented on things that made my resume stand out like being an evaluator or functional check pilot for my wing and leadership responsibilities that I've had like chief of safety, and chief of scheduling and whatnot. "These are all things that would make us want to have you on our team", she said. Of course, I'm thinking "Great!"

Then she asks me, "what have you done to volunteer? I see no volunteer activities on your resume."

There was an ackward pause on my part, then she said, "You see that gentleman over there? He volunteers at the United Way. And that gentleman...he volunteers his free time at Habitat for Humanity. And that captain..." She kept rambling.

Of course what I wanted to say and what I did say we're two different things...

"If you're looking for someone to show up on time, work hard, and not complain, I'm your guy. If you're looking for someone to build playgrounds for orphans on their time off, maybe this isn't the place for me."

And "thank you for your time."