SIGN UP to Make Coffee, round n+1

Presenting: the next chapter in the amazing saga of RantWoman vs Signup Genius

RantWoman successfully signed up to make coffee and bring treats to the beloved faith community last Sunday.

Spoiler points:

--RantWoman's services wound up not being needed at all because of special events. RantWoman learned this when she arrived and a figure who shall be known as Grumpy Bald Guy growled at her with the information. Grumpy Bald Guy was growling at everyone so RantWoman definitely did not feel singled out; moments like this are just part of the soul-purifying fun of a good faith community, BUT...
--Some of the #UX things RantWoman griped about in the last chapter above seem to have been cleaned up! Yeah updates!
--RantWoman SOMETIMES gives herself the option of begging off from coffee duties. Large legally blind person carrying carafes of coffee and plates of cookies is a little bit daring. Sometimes RantWoman can charm others into helping. Sometimes RantWoman just gets all in "Me do it!" mode!

But first the path to signup success: this path has been muddy, fraught with both technological and interpersonal potholes.

Providence allowed RantWoman to intersect with an email stream RantWoman officially does not see.

Nothing makes RantWoman feel like her contribution is welcome quite like only distributing requests for signups in a channel RantWoman officially does not see.

Providence allowed RantWoman to figure out what needed to be enetered where in order to see the desired signup stream.

Nothing makes RantWoman feel like her contribution is welcome quite like only distributing requests for signups in a channel RantWoman officially does not see and then making RantWoman guess about key info needing to be entered.

Among further interpersonal potholes:

Faith community is a mix of people of different ages and fluency in matters digital, accessible, and willingness to learn. This includes both RantWoman in perpetual learner mode about accessibility tools and other worshippers in perpetual if slowed learning mode as well. And for extra grins, RantWoman adds to the eyes-glazed-over effects by attempting to explain the extra ramifications of her accessibility needs. RantWoman has decided it has to be sufficient for the community conversation to honor others' moments of clear mutual peer support; RantWoman no longer has any expectation that others will be able concisely to repeat what RantWoman has explained about accessibility needs, let alone whether anyone has tried to meet and interact with them.

Scratch that: RantWoman always appreciates color-blind guys who work in IT: the various forms of color-blindness are more common among men than among women. Colorblindness increases the likelihood that a random IT professional, particularly IT professionals of a certain age, will have interacted with at least some accessibility issues. That might or might not though generate signups for coffee making and cleanup duty

"If you can't figure out I will do it for you."
Succinctly, very nice of you but the software is supposed to make things easier and you have enough on your plate already.

"Oh I see you signed up. If I am there I will HELP you."
Um, Friend, if I decide I need help I will ask someone who is available.

#DisabilityInChurch