Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Spare me the charity

Who else is pissed off that you can't move more than 5 metres along The Terrace or Lambton Quay these days without being cornered by a clipboard-wielding charity worker asking if you can spare 'a minute' for WWF/Save The Children/Amnesty/Greenpeace/[insert charity du jour here]?

All valid causes of course, but it should be my choice to approach them to learn more and sign up, not the other way around.

It probably breaks a WCC bylaw anyway (a la busking without a licence)... maybe I should script a letter to the editor and join Tom in print.

Comments:
I know, they make you feel like a bad person, when that ain't necessarily the case. They even loiter around Jackson St.
 
I totally agree. Sometimes I want to scream "get a real job!" and then I realise I'd be Ebenezer Scrooge.

And yes - I think busters should have to audition for a licence which includes showing that they know more than 3 songs with differing beats.

Some crazy guy sang Your Song 10 times one night. Drove me crazy!
 
charity starts at home? or on the streets?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3654015.stm
 
Chugging? Damn, they've named it already...

I almost got chugged at lunchtime but my steely "No thanks" was quickly met by a "Have a nice day anyway".

Professional.
 
My resolve firmed by your tirades, I'm going out chugger-baiting as soon as possible. Any unsolicited solicitations are going to be met with a stern look, a curt reply, and a stiff forearm to the throat. There's storm-clouds a-brewin' and I don't mean the ones that are looking set to hang around for the next couple of weeks.
 
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