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originally posted by: Lurker1
I hate the charity types outside the grocery store right down to the F'ing Girl Scouts and their financially ruinous and crappy cookies. I walk on by.
What I really resent is being hit up at the cash register. Leave me the "F" alone.
Don't come to my door, don't accost me in public. F'ing F**K OFF!
My favorite charity is my little sister who is doing the job she loves, but which does not fully support her.
originally posted by: MountainLaurel
originally posted by: Lurker1
I hate the charity types outside the grocery store right down to the F'ing Girl Scouts and their financially ruinous and crappy cookies. I walk on by.
What I really resent is being hit up at the cash register. Leave me the "F" alone.
Don't come to my door, don't accost me in public. F'ing F**K OFF!
My favorite charity is my little sister who is doing the job she loves, but which does not fully support her.
Yup, there's a difference between charity given from one's heart and guilt induced extortion ! You can bet the poor cashiers that are FORCED to ask every customer if they wanna donate to whatever charity the CEO of the company has deemed "They" want to support, really means the pressure is put on the employees to collect the funds and meet " THEIR " goal....up to and including having managers put pressure on employees to have donations taken out of their paychecks ! The CEO then goes to a big,fancy , EXPENSIVE event to soak up the "glory" for being such a NICE person...how about using the money spent on these " I'm so Generous circle jerks " to actually give to the charity !!
I know several very nice, well meaning families with kids in Girl Scouts, and I sometimes just want to SCREAM, WTF, when I see the major event of the year for these kids is selling cookies...how about learning about nature, camping, physical fitness...IDK, I'll end up buying the friggin cookies....
You're a Good big sister and your wicked sense of humor made me smile...
originally posted by: Nothin
originally posted by: MountainLaurel
originally posted by: Lurker1
I hate the charity types outside the grocery store right down to the F'ing Girl Scouts and their financially ruinous and crappy cookies. I walk on by.
What I really resent is being hit up at the cash register. Leave me the "F" alone.
Don't come to my door, don't accost me in public. F'ing F**K OFF!
My favorite charity is my little sister who is doing the job she loves, but which does not fully support her.
Yup, there's a difference between charity given from one's heart and guilt induced extortion ! You can bet the poor cashiers that are FORCED to ask every customer if they wanna donate to whatever charity the CEO of the company has deemed "They" want to support, really means the pressure is put on the employees to collect the funds and meet " THEIR " goal....up to and including having managers put pressure on employees to have donations taken out of their paychecks ! The CEO then goes to a big,fancy , EXPENSIVE event to soak up the "glory" for being such a NICE person...how about using the money spent on these " I'm so Generous circle jerks " to actually give to the charity !!
I know several very nice, well meaning families with kids in Girl Scouts, and I sometimes just want to SCREAM, WTF, when I see the major event of the year for these kids is selling cookies...how about learning about nature, camping, physical fitness...IDK, I'll end up buying the friggin cookies....
You're a Good big sister and your wicked sense of humor made me smile...
Have you heard the kicker about those grocery-store charity drives?
You cough-up the money, (for the children of course), the grocery-chain tallies-up the donations, and then presents them to the charity as their own donation, making it fully tax-deductible!
So it actually is an increase profit scam from your local friendly grocer.
We can probably all agree that there is something nefarious about the girl guides, and those friggin cookies.
originally posted by: MountainLaurel
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
a reply to: MountainLaurel
So, one being "nice" held up traffic, and another was in your face and pushy! Seems they wanted to be seen being "nice". I'd have been annoyed, too.
Yeah, I don't think feeling annoyed was an unreasonable reaction, but it was uncomfortable to feel angry with people who probably where just trying to be nice ...you know ?