Charity starts at home

[db]

Alan: Ah Michael, you daft racist. "Curly black and kinky, mixed with yellow chinky," can you still say that?

Michael: Oh, aye. You're all right with that, like, because it's a race of people, and it's a food.

 

[Wolfie Girl]

Let's hope none of you ever need the help of a Charity. You do't have to give, just say no thanks.

 

[Florence]

As I understand it, the collecting tin people need to coordinate so they aren't all collecting on the same day. Is it a council "licence" thing? Anyway, I do try to give my spare change to the people I see and I thank them for collecting. They do give up their day to do it, and it is a thankless task (but not from me!). Particular favourite is the air ambulance. And one of our number is probably glad that I did.

 

[Withnail]

A friend of mine used to work in this field. Charities essentially sub-contract the job to an agency which then dispatches folk to where they want to target. Yes they get paid, but the charities must benefit from it otherwise they presumably wouldn't do it. By the way, it's commonly known as 'chugging' ie charity mugging!
The fact that they seem to target Stafford a lot suggests that someone, somewhere, thinks we are a charitable bunch. Erm....

 

[Florence]

Are you talking about the ones that get you to sign up direct debits? Because they really are a pain in the ass, and paid for the number of people they get to sign up.

 

[tek-monkey]

Let's hope none of you ever need the help of a Charity. You do't have to give, just say no thanks.

If a simple 'No thanks' worked I'd say it, but it doesn't. As soon as you engage in conversation its like staring into the sarlac pit but with the eyes of a puppy. They don't give a crap, they just want as much money as they can from you. They try to bully you into agreeing to give them money, are they icentivised at all? It ****** me off, so all get the cold shoulder. If they listened to what you said, or in many cases even understood the principles of their cause (see earlier post) then maybe they'd get appreciated. If as said though they are merely a company paid to chugg, then they should surely expect the treatment they receive? They are merely beggars after all, but most personal beegers don't approch you like a vulture. Apart from crack heads obviosly, they're like Michael Jackson after mistaking what an 'All you can eat childrens party' actually meant.

 

[Withnail]

Yes them, not volunteers with tins.
I don't think they are payed a sort of pro rata dealy, but they do have 'targets' they are expected to meet.

 

[Gramaisc]

I have frequently seen people in charity shops trying to get the price of an article down - on the basis that the shop got it for nothing and that 'this is supposed to be a charity shop'.

'Yes, and you're not the object of the charity - piss off.' is what I would tell them...

 

[Francis]

The RSPCA guys in the square are the worst. I'm not rude, simply saying no thank you and they followed me. I did a quick stop, about face and went the other direction.

We actually had a guy collecting door to door for the British Red Cross tonight.. at almost 9 pm which I found a little strange and have emailed the BRC to find out if this was legit.

~Francis

 

[Gramaisc]

BRC used to mean someting else to the local people round here..

 

[Francis]

I'm generally new to this area and BRC is just a shorter version of British Red Cross to me. What does it mean to you?

~Francis

 

[Gramaisc]

British Reinforced Concrete. A major employer which once occupied the site from where the new Next warehouse is by the railway bridge - all the way down to Meadow Road. Business had dried up by 1990 and it was all knocked down and converted to housing/retail use.

If you ask most people in Stafford for directions to BRC they will point you that way, rather than up St Leonard's Avenue, where the Red Cross was, or to the Technology Park, where I believe it is now.

 

[Withnail]

Tek-monkey, harsh, man,seriously harsh (sorry v unlikely to get the hang of "quoted thus"). You do have a choice in these matters. I think we all have ( a la shoes post above) causes to which we subscribe- annoying as it is you can still say 'Sorry tis not my thing'. Remember, as also posted before, these folk may not be overly commited to the cause du jour and will forget you quicker than you forget them.
Surely the fact that they will find the donor they are looking for (and, if they sign up, the donor that was looking for them if they did but know it) in the process, it is worth the price of a piss off i'm busy?

 

[tek-monkey]

If I, or a random accomplice, tried to extract money from you every time you went to town, are you saying you would'nt get annoyed? It used to be an occaisional thing, but now its every fookin time!

I have no issue with people like the british legion, they just stand there and let you choose to approach them. The ones that happily butt into conversations then hassle you though, they really **** me off. I already give a fiver a month to 4 different charities, because I choose to. Trying to guilt trip me into giving more will get you treated with contempt, sorry if that's harsh but its how I feel.

 

[Wookie]

My view is that if a collector stands there with a receptacle, they have a chance of getting some of my change. Interrupt or delay me, however, and I shall demonstrate my extensive vocabulary.

 

[db]

jesus, they're charity collectors! i can't believe some people are acting like they're trying to rape their mum or something lol.. fair enough, they're annoying, but it's not like they're actually doing you any harm.. it's not hard to ignore them completely if you feel so inclined!

(sorry v unlikely to get the hang of "quoted thus")

just click the Quote link at the bottom of the post you want to quote - it's that simple!

 

[Withnail]

So, it would appear, am i, didn't see that at all - ta.