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Hahahaha! This kills me how people can go on and on about donating a dime, like it's some kind of crime to even dare to ask
Good stuff
I can deal with being asked...I was once a cashier and I know they have to ask....for whatever programs/services they are offering from a store credit card to a donation of some sort.
But the OP said she laments on and on, conveying her feeling on the subject to the point of making a customer feel guilty or uncomfortable. THAT is wrong! I would formally complain if I was pestered at the point of sale once I gave my polite 'no but thanks for asking'. That should be enough. Dont offer a credit to a customer and then try to guilt them out of using it. That is disingenious at the very least. | |
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Posted: 6/21/2012 2:19:59 PM | Read what you typed, OP!
NONE of us have ANY idea the "story" behind the cashier, the waitress, the librarian.........be respectful to ANYONE you come across throughout the day......good damn grief.
But the guy who won't donate his money? You had him all figured out and knew his "story," did ya?
Gawd I love irony. | |
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Posted: 6/21/2012 4:44:14 PM |
Dont offer a credit to a customer and then try to guilt them out of using it.
Ah! I must not be playing close attention (I space out often)
Yeah, applying pressure isn't the way to go | |
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Posted: 6/21/2012 5:20:43 PM | The mistake the OP makes is that she thinks that all people should think like her. And being shocked that some would choose not to give even a small amount to a charity she feels is great.
I've done United way a few times. You learn a few things from it. While the majority do not mind giving a bit to charity, there are hardcore groups that will not. The reasons from not giving are varied. Some are
- I have my own charities that I already support
-I give to my church
- I disagree with things that your charity supports
- I feel everyone should take care of themselves
- giving enables dependence
You will learn you cannot change there minds. It is just better to accept this and move on. As an example, my company gives generously and more every year but can't increase its participation rate for United Way- About 66% of workers.
Also there is donation burnout these day. Many folks get tired of being asked for donations and even worse pressured into it. I kind of agree with this and feel only those that are willing should donate.
I suggest the OP try something subtle, like a sign by her checkout and let folks decide for themselves. Everyone will feel better that way. And don't judge or worry about what others do- they have their lives and you have yours. Do what you feel is best for YOU. | |
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Posted: 6/21/2012 7:17:40 PM | One of my former employers, years ago, was really rough on the employees about giving to United Way. They wanted to get 100% participation and actually threatened people if they wouldn't sign up. Because this was a facility that was part of a large national corporation, at least we had some recourse to complain up the ladder to corporate HR (and believe me, I did). At that time I was involved with two charities who were United Way recipients and I asked the administrators of those programs about the UW funding. Both of them told me that even if I designated my donation to go to a specific charity, it would not mean that would happen - the UW decided each year to give X amount to each group and that was it. For example, if Charity A was to receive $5000 from UW (this wasn't made public prior to the UW campaign, it was known only to the charities afterwards) - and a hundred people gave $100 each to designate that charity - once the $5K limit was reached, the UW would take the other $5K that was designated to that charity for some other use. Both administrators told me that if I wanted to be sure that my money reached my particular charity, I should give it directly to that charity and bypass the UW.
This was before the big UW scandal, so I don't know if these facts have changed, but I no longer give to UW in any case. I give to my selected charities and that's all. | |
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Posted: 6/21/2012 9:56:19 PM | One of my former employers, years ago, was really rough on the employees about giving to United Way. They wanted to get 100% participation and actually threatened people if they wouldn't sign up
Hey ... I had nearly the same thing happen to me at a workplace many years ago. Although it was not the employer doing the threatening for 100% participation, a co-worker in my department made the threat. I was livid and told the supervisor that if this person doesn't retract the threat, there will be legal action. This is one reason I hate the United Way. They are a front for extortion.  If the UW co-conspirators demand 100% participation, I will give them 100% of my FIST.
BTW SSC ... that Charity Navigator is probably for American charities because when I plugged in the Canadian Cancer Society ... nothing shows up. | |
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Posted: 6/21/2012 10:58:18 PM | | I would have donated the dime, I sometimes donate when asked, but yeah, i can totally understand that people get constantly bombarded with charity requests & just wan to say "hell to the f*ck no leave me the hell alone about it". | |
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Posted: 6/22/2012 5:01:04 PM | I don't believe in charity. Most often the recipients are losers looking to scam the system, or the money's going to some lost cause. Like we need more African orphans to grow up so they can get HIV and watch their own children starve to death. Just throwing good money after bad. And for what. To massage the ego of some liberal-Christian do gooder? You want to do good have children. Raise them to be hard-working, responsible citizens, who will take care of this country when you're too old to stick your nose in other people's business.
Another thing. This is a rich country. Just the other day I saw a person with the most dreadful handicap working at Wal-Mart. A small person, not more than 3 feet tall, all twisted up with deformities, strapped into a wheelchair. And working as a cashier. Paying his own way, just like the rest of us. | |
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Posted: 6/22/2012 5:13:34 PM | It's their decision what they do with their money no matter what amount it is.
I'd prefer to have a sign at the register that gives me that choice whether than being asked each time.
You can't take it personally. | |
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Posted: 6/22/2012 5:22:37 PM | I have a Mercedez & a Range Rover & it pizzes me off that I get labeled as a cheapskate if I don't donate to every cause that is offered to me.
I do my share, in fact more than my share & I have no intentions of explaining this to anyone! I choose where & to whom I wish to donate. I earned my money & it is mine to do with as I see fit. You can beotch all you want & call "rich" people cheapskates, but you have no idea what they do with their money if you did you would be truly shocked as to the number of people they support.
I would not donate, even a dime, without investigating how the money is spent, sorry, but there are too many crooks out there pretending to be needy. Call them cheapskates all you want, but reality is, we have learned to invest our money wisely & giving a dime to every store we shop at is not a wise investment.
Just maybe the person that turned you down went home, googled the info, decided it was a worthy cause & sent a check to the organization.
I donate bags to the Habitat Re-Store & I do not expect them to pay me a dime to do it. | |
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Posted: 6/22/2012 7:52:36 PM | ^^^ Habitat Re-Store is awesome! We have a great Habitat group here and I have worked with them several times. The Re-Store here is excellent.
@Padawan:
BTW SSC ... that Charity Navigator is probably for American charities because when I plugged in the Canadian Cancer Society ... nothing shows up.
Not being familiar with Canadian charities, I would think that's probably the case, but would also think that perhaps there's a similar Canadian "watchdog group" to evaluate the financials of your non-profits. | |
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Posted: 6/23/2012 3:32:46 AM |
Id fire the OP if I owned that store.
Lol, I was listening to a news program on the home after the work, about a girl who was a waitress Applebee's or Chili's I think, anyway, she felt shi*&y because she only got a $5 dollar tip and on a $150, so she went home and ranted on facebook about cheapskates and then got fired, when i heard that I almost got into wreck laughing because I immediately thought about this thread. | |
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Posted: 6/23/2012 6:25:44 AM | Ditto to *Landra*'s and *U make it entertaining*'s responses. I suspect that this is the reason why a great many people - regardless of their status or income level say no. People do tend to get tired of being inundated with requests to give to X amount of charities every day...boy scouts, girl scouts, children in Somalia, animal groups, womens' groups, mens' groups, food banks, on and on and on...ad infinitum, it sometimes seems. Personally I don't think it's fair to judge anyone because they say yes or no to a donation. And making assumptions is just, well, wrong.
I had an experience a year or so ago when a young man came to my door and asked if I'd be interested in sponsoring a child in Africa ('for only X cents a day, you can help a child to go to school, have clothing...'). I politely declined and was about to close the door when he stopped me, and asked why I wasn't interested. This was not any of his business, and I told him so - politely, again. Then he began to up the ante, trying to lay guilt on me...asking if I drank coffee, and for the cost of a cup of coffee I could be changing someone's life, etc. When that didn't work he then pointed out that I had a dog, and began questioning how I could possibly put as much money as I did toward a pet when children were going hungry in another part of the world...shame on me, etc. That's when I slammed the door in his face, and he began shouting slurs through the glass.
Now this was an extreme case, but yes, people do get tired of the endless pleas, of the guilt that may be directed toward them, and of being confronted with it on what is often a daily basis. And personally, I would take far greater offence to anyone who assumes that they know another person's situation - and that they impose what they believe that person should be doing with regard to charities with that imposition - than I would to the person who simply says, 'Sorry, not today' when asked. | |
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Posted: 6/23/2012 7:02:51 AM | lotustemple: An old friend of mine was the main accountant for Muscular Dystrophy with Jerry Lewis. Did you know he get's 90% of all donated monies from their telethon?
Jerry Lewis get's 90%???? The MD telethons have been around FOREVER, seems like if this was true, SOMEONE would have let "the cat out of the bag" a long time ago and there would be no more MD telethons?
Justmytypewriter: Oh and, OP, you might want to get your keyboard fixed. It seems that the period key is stuck.
That's ok OP.......I think mine is stuck also! LOL | |
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Posted: 6/23/2012 7:13:17 AM | lotustemple: An old friend of mine was the main accountant for Muscular Dystrophy with Jerry Lewis. Did you know he get's 90% of all donated monies from their telethon?
Jerry Lewis get's 90%???? The MD telethons have been around FOREVER, seems like if this was true, SOMEONE would have let "the cat out of the bag" a long time ago and there would be no more MD telethons?
According to Snopes, he got nothing. All people associated with the telethon donated their time. It seems to be a rumor, and I'll bet the person who posted that Lewis got 90% is just repeating the rumor and doesn't have a friend who was the chief MDA accountant.
The MDA's annual report...details where all the money they take in from various sources...goes, and not a penny of it ends up in Jerry Lewis' pocket. http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/telethon.asp | |
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Posted: 6/23/2012 8:15:02 AM | do you lot over the pond have these 'chugger' daftys roaming your streets? they are a pain in the arse. i always thought that giving to charity was a voluntary thing? i do put in collecting tins for the sick kids hospital in edinburgh, cancer research and also dementia charities but thats my lot. i see no difference in what the op was doing to that poor geezer than what these daftys do in the uk
Efforts are being made to stop charity fundraisers who hassle shoppers on Edinburgh's Princes Street.
The clampdown on so called "chuggers" - charity muggers - follows a code of conduct from city centre management and the fundraisers' regulatory body.
Under the voluntary code, the street fundraisers will only be able to work in designated areas and will not be allowed to block shop entrances.
They must also tell people they are being paid to collect for charity.
Essential Edinburgh, which looks after the management of Edinburgh city centre, has agreed the code of conduct with the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association to improve the image of the charity collectors and to cut down complaints about them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-13118090 | |
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Posted: 6/23/2012 9:51:22 AM | Not being familiar with Canadian charities, I would think that's probably the case, but would also think that perhaps there's a similar Canadian "watchdog group" to evaluate the financials of your non-profits
SSC ... I'm sure there's some sort of Canadian watchdog for this kind of stuff but it sounds like a lot of work finding out about a charity's financials ... just to give away money. It's better to paint them all with the same brush and not donate to ANY. More money in my pocket.  | |
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Posted: 6/29/2012 12:24:08 PM |
Because I find it really hard to believe that Mercedes, Lexus, Range Rover riding tight wads really want to save a dime on their grocery bill.
Maybe they like vehicles that can stop on a dime. | |
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