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Post by Jennifer on May 24, 2019 3:10:40 GMT
I asked via WW chat---this is the answer I got: "WW coaches can weigh in members if the line is getting too long but they are encouraged to talk to members instead of weighing them in." "Prior to the meeting the coach could have weighed in members." "The number of guides is based on the attendance. Two guides are scheduled if the attendance is 36 or more." "No they are just encouraged not to weigh in members if possible; but they can if the line is long." "The required numbers have not changed in years." "Maybe losing one of the guides." "I don't know what happened in your meeting exactly and I am very sorry that it did happen like that." "The required number of attendees to guides has been the same for many years; one guide to 35 attendees, two guides from 36 to 54 attendees, three guides above that." "The coaches are encouraged to talk to the members in line but are allowed to weigh them if the line gets too long. That is the policy." So there it is. I think if the line is that long again I'm just going to sit down, listen to the meeting, and weigh after the meeting is over. Is this all from ONE chat? Or did you ask the question numerous times to see if you got the same answer?
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Post by zazzles on May 24, 2019 3:13:09 GMT
Yes! I totally forgot that Zazzles! Back in 1997 my leader weighed us all in. The girls sat outside in the hallway to check us in and then we went to weigh in. The scale was one of those tall scales with the sliding weights like you see in drs offices. Yep, those were the scales we used—balance-beam scales. Ages before digital scales were invented. Weigh in starts 30 minutes before the meeting it seems to me like the lines clog when people pile in the last 10 minutes or so. That was never a problem in my Monday meeting. They used to open at 8 for an 8:30 meeting, then then changed it to a 9:00 meeting and opened at 8:30. We kept on showing up right around 8:00 and the leader would let us in; it drove the receptionist screwey because the two of them were supposed to have a brief meeting before opening but she (the receiptionist) was always late for work. She finally gave up trying to get us to stop coming early; it may have had something to do with the time I told her, “Our schedules are geared to 8 AM. If we have to change, we may just stop coming altogether.”
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Post by fullmahina on May 24, 2019 11:44:26 GMT
We kept on showing up right around 8:00 and the leader would let us in; That would never happen here. I've arrived early and seen people standing outside (the meeting is in a store-front type building in a strip mall) before the official opening time and those doors are not opened until that clock strikes 0900. Not even in lousy weather. If I'm early I just hang out in my car and listen to my music until the opening bell.
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Post by diva49 on May 24, 2019 11:53:19 GMT
We kept on showing up right around 8:00 and the leader would let us in; That would never happen here. I've arrived early and seen people standing outside (the meeting is in a store-front type building in a strip mall) before the official opening time and those doors are not opened until that clock strikes 0900. Not even in lousy weather. If I'm early I just hang out in my car and listen to my music until the opening bell. The Thursday folks will let people in (store-front WW studio) before the "official opening time" of 9:30 but will not boot the computers/start weigh-ins until 9:30 for a 10 AM workshop. The Wednesday evening folks (same place) will not unlock the door until "exactly the right moment" - as they stand there talking, just on the other side of the window. I don't know about Saturday; I check in (only weigh once a month) a few minutes before the 8 AM start.
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Post by Laura M on May 24, 2019 14:09:32 GMT
We had that happen one time, but attendance was down. Our leader always helped out. HOWEVER, it always bummed me that people would hold conversations at the scale when there clearly is a line behind you - have questions? Ask the leader, not the receptionist. Chit-chat? Scale isn't the place for it.
I've also always thought that new members should be given their sign-up sheets and asked to sit down to fill it out. After the regular meeting, during their "new member meeting", they could finish the sign up for them. It would really help in keeping the weigh-in line moving.
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Post by Jennifer on May 24, 2019 14:14:56 GMT
I just don't go that early .. if weigh-in starts at 9:30, I'm there at 9:30. In all fairness, if they are supposed to have a team meeting (Zazzles mentioned) before the meeting, or before the weigh-in starts I get it and agree with holding people off. I'm pretty sure they just get there 15 minutes before weigh-in starts. Any other company .. (Kohl's comes to mind) make you wait until their opening time, not sure how this is different.
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Post by fullmahina on May 24, 2019 15:12:12 GMT
HOWEVER, it always bummed me that people would hold conversations at the scale when there clearly is a line behind you - have questions? Ask the leader, not the receptionist. Chit-chat? Scale isn't the place for it. This is a major pet peeve of mine. A typical scenario at my place is that a meeting has started, the leader is talking away, and the line is still at least ten people long. While waiting on line people will be rolling their eyes and harrumphing, pretty much doing the hands on hips and foot tapping routine. Yet when THEY get up there they suddenly become oblivious to the need to keep things moving. Blah blah blah about vacations, family in for a visit, their trip to Florida, their doctor visits (and the results of their lab tests), the weather, etc, etc, etc. I get in there, toss my stuff on the chair, hand over my booklet, kick my shoes off and stand there waiting to be told when it's okay to step on the scale. I say hello and thank you and I am on my way. I have to wonder sometimes if the weekly chat with the WW Guide is the only interaction with human beings that some of these people have.
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Post by hpeterson1951 on May 24, 2019 15:36:47 GMT
There are WW rules and guidelines for staff and then there are the Territory Managers (TM) rules and guidelines. Some of the TM's are a little more flexible and some are real hard liners.
At my old meeting we used to open the building up and let them stand in the hallway (church basement) even let some of the older people sit in the room) but they could not step on a scale until 6:00.
We got a new TM and we could not let them in the building at all until exactly 6:00, even if it was raining or snowing and some of our people were in their 80's.
Same with leaders weighing in. yes WW doesn't say they can't. But if we had a line and our TM caught the leader not walking up and down that line chatting she would have had a fit.
I think a lot depends on the TM
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Post by mattlaura on May 24, 2019 18:00:27 GMT
HOWEVER, it always bummed me that people would hold conversations at the scale when there clearly is a line behind you - have questions? Ask the leader, not the receptionist. Chit-chat? Scale isn't the place for it. This is a major pet peeve of mine. A typical scenario at my place is that a meeting has started, the leader is talking away, and the line is still at least ten people long. While waiting on line people will be rolling their eyes and harrumphing, pretty much doing the hands on hips and foot tapping routine. Yet when THEY get up there they suddenly become oblivious to the need to keep things moving. Blah blah blah about vacations, family in for a visit, their trip to Florida, their doctor visits (and the results of their lab tests), the weather, etc, etc, etc. I get in there, toss my stuff on the chair, hand over my booklet, kick my shoes off and stand there waiting to be told when it's okay to step on the scale. I say hello and thank you and I am on my way. I have to wonder sometimes if the weekly chat with the WW Guide is the only interaction with human beings that some of these people have. I will chat with the receptionist sometimes for a half hour, but there is also no one in line. I've become friends with her that is why we chat at WW and we only see each other at WW, but I still consider her a friend. We both know to break off the chat if someone is waiting, because that is just rude and inconsiderate to others. And, lol, I do have interaction with other human beings. So, I agree with you, chatting if they are busy is not OK, even if they are your friend.
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Post by mattlaura on May 24, 2019 18:04:57 GMT
At our meeting yesterday our leader/coach announced an attendance incentive thing beginning soon WITH BLING. She has seen the bling and it is worthy. She said several times that the feedback had gone up the chain of command that people want bling so now there will be bling. I hope this is true! I loved the bling, and would make sure to go to meetings just to get it.
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Post by Jennifer on May 24, 2019 18:42:05 GMT
It's true, I heard it at my meeting too and am now seeing it on fb pages
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Post by fullmahina on May 24, 2019 19:22:59 GMT
Something was given out yesterday to a member who had lost her first five pounds---it was in a blue card with WW on the front, I think.
Not sure what it was but I am assuming it was some sort of bling?
A member also made Lifetime and she got something too.
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Post by zazzles on May 24, 2019 20:59:58 GMT
I think a lot depends on the TM Totally true. A couple of years ago we got a new TM and she came and sat in my meeting several times. She would actually interrupt the leader and correct her in front of the assembled members. Eventually she was spouting incorrect information and we took her on and made her so miserable that we drove her out of the meeting never to return. I don’t think that one lasted very long. Something was given out yesterday to a member who had lost her first five pounds---it was in a blue card with WW on the front, I think. As I recall the last time I saw them giving out charm awards they were in what looked like a folded card inside a cellophane bag attached inside. Perhaps they are returning to that. The charms (bling) that would mend a burned bridge would be the 12-week challenges for coming to 10 out of 12 meetings for the Summer, holiday season, etc.
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Post by Jennifer on May 24, 2019 21:09:08 GMT
As I recall the last time I saw them giving out charm awards they were in what looked like a folded card inside a cellophane bag attached inside. Perhaps they are returning to that.
The charms (bling) that would mend a burned bridge would be the 12-week challenges for coming to 10 out of 12 meetings for the Summer, holiday season, etc. ***********
The folded blue cards are the awards... 5lb, 10lb etc.
The upcoming is a summer attendance challenge like we had before, it's a charm and 100 extra wins.
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Post by zazzles on May 24, 2019 21:12:50 GMT
The upcoming is a summer attendance challenge like we had before, it's a charm and 100 extra wins. Great. I wonder if we’ll get it for checking in weekly during open hours; there is no longer a Monday meeting so we check in, sit there, and hold our own Monday morning social.
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