Requirements revealed too late

Text A: an original contemporary practice extract.

I signed up for an evening moth survey after reading that beginners would receive equipment and instructions at the meeting point. At two o'clock on the day of the survey, a reminder arrived saying that new volunteers had to complete an online safety briefing by noon that day. I had already arranged my journey and kept the evening free, but the link was closed when I tried it.

The leader said I could stay and watch from the meeting point, but I could not join the survey without completing the briefing. I watched the group set off with their equipment, then went home. The briefing was important, but the message had reached me after the time I needed to act.

Text B: an original contemporary practice extract.

A local history group invited volunteers to help index scanned newspapers. Its notice said that computers would be supplied and that no previous experience was needed. When I arrived, the supervisor asked for my project login. I had not requested one: the notice had not explained that accounts took forty-eight hours to activate.

The supervisor let me sit beside an experienced volunteer and suggest names and dates to check, but I could not enter anything in the index myself. The group’s account could not be used for my work because each contribution had to be saved under its own login. I had made the journey expecting to index newspapers, and instead I could only assist someone else.

Both texts describe problems caused by information about participation requirements arriving late.

What similarities do the problems with the timing of the information share in these extracts? Use evidence from both texts to support your answer.