[Avodah] going to the amud

[Rich, Joel]

I note the following practices at a chareidi shul in RBS which has multiple minyanim: At the appointed starting time for each minyan, there is often not a "volunteer" to lead the services. The amount of time that it takes to start varies as everyone looks at each other trying to influence someone to start. If there is a young bar mitzvah boy, he is often sent for mincha/maariv.
I'm not sure what the community thinking is, perhaps humility to avoid the amud, but I'm struck by the amount of bittul torah caused and wonder how this trade-off was decided upon. I also wonder about why the practice of sending youngsters up developed given the S"A's psak concerning the priorities for a chazzan. Thoughts?

GT
Joel Rich

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