I just went to my local Wickes as I am decorating my bedroom. I get to the checkout hand over my card and I am asked if I would like to donate x amount to charity. My response was no, I came to Wickes to buy a paint roller and a tube of filler, not to donate to charity.
Is it just me of does anyone else get totally fed up with constant requests for money? It seems like every time I go to Tesco or Sainsbury there is someone waving a bucket under my nose as I walk through the door asking me to donate to sick children.
A few weeks ago I was at the checkout and some guy was in my face with his bucket asking to pack my shopping for me. NO, I will pack my own shopping thank you! He then stood two feet from me and watched me pack it myself with a disgusted look on his face.
I think there are a lot of people who actually feel coerced into giving money rather than appear cold and uncaring. The ONLY ones I do actually ever give money to in the street are the old soldiers selling poppies - the only ones who just sit there and allow people to approach THEM.
Then there are ones who stop you in the street to set up a Direct Debit of £2 a month. I heard that they get something like £100 for every one they sign up and the £2 a month has to pay them before the charity even see it.
I may be in danger of sounding like a grumpy old woman here ( love that show lol) but I just want to leave my house, get what I need and come home without having to fight off a pack of people who want money from me.
Dont get me started on the guys who literally chase me across the car park begging to wash my car armed only with a filthy sponge and a tiny container of cold water - no sign of hot soapy running water to be seen......
Rant over.
Is it just me of does anyone else get totally fed up with constant requests for money? It seems like every time I go to Tesco or Sainsbury there is someone waving a bucket under my nose as I walk through the door asking me to donate to sick children.
A few weeks ago I was at the checkout and some guy was in my face with his bucket asking to pack my shopping for me. NO, I will pack my own shopping thank you! He then stood two feet from me and watched me pack it myself with a disgusted look on his face.
I think there are a lot of people who actually feel coerced into giving money rather than appear cold and uncaring. The ONLY ones I do actually ever give money to in the street are the old soldiers selling poppies - the only ones who just sit there and allow people to approach THEM.
Then there are ones who stop you in the street to set up a Direct Debit of £2 a month. I heard that they get something like £100 for every one they sign up and the £2 a month has to pay them before the charity even see it.
I may be in danger of sounding like a grumpy old woman here ( love that show lol) but I just want to leave my house, get what I need and come home without having to fight off a pack of people who want money from me.
Dont get me started on the guys who literally chase me across the car park begging to wash my car armed only with a filthy sponge and a tiny container of cold water - no sign of hot soapy running water to be seen......
Rant over.
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