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Got this in my mailbox today!
Grrr to the chuggers!!! :angry:
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Briggykins
03-08-2009, 19:41
Gotta hand it to whoever wrote that though, they could sell snow to Eskimos. Describing charity work as social and enjoyable? Might as well say "Enjoy meeting new people? Like working outside? Then become a tramp!"
Is it just me or does anybody else question the whole concept of being paid for charity work? :confused:
Is it just me or does anybody else question the whole concept of being paid for charity work? :confused:
Especially at £10+ph!!!!
Is it just me or does anybody else question the whole concept of being paid for charity work? :confused:
Ethical my arse!
I paraphrased!
They get paid significantly more than me even when I was working a graduate job last year :shocked:
I'm glad I never have anything to do with them in which case. Always make sure I do my research with regards to who I donate to :)
Are these the people who stand in supermarket doorways rattling change cans and saying "disabled children" in a disinterested tone?
semi-pro waster
04-08-2009, 07:27
Are these the people who stand in supermarket doorways rattling change cans and saying "disabled children" in a disinterested tone?
Generally I think these are the ones who stop you on the street and don't ask for money directly, they ask you to sign up to the mailing list and/or give direct debit details there and then.
I hate it when these guys stop me. Tempted to carry a copy of this around and say 'So, you're being paid to do this are you?', so where's your charity then?
Cheeky buggers. Thankfully there aren't any around here I don't think, but I see them every time I go to Preston or Manc.
My standard reply is "already do" no matter what it is - they usually just thank you and leave you alone then. If I want to give to a charity I'll do it my own way and I definitely wouldn't sign up to anything in the street.
There are usually 3 along cosham high street which try and grab you - the number of times I've been on the phone to Mic and said "clipboard people - keep talking to me"
Matblack
04-08-2009, 08:34
These guys are almmost exclusively direct dedit sign ups only and cannot take cash, my usual technique is to tell them if they were able to take money I would give them a couple of quid but I'm not signing up to a DD. They look at you like your some kind of devil but loads of DDs soon add up and make it hard to keep your finances under control, thats not to say I don't have a few because I do but I don't sign up to more in the street.
MB
I'm a bit like MB on this, always say "I don't sign up to DD's, sorry", but if they're rattling a tin I will plonk some wonga in.
What are your recruiting peoples thinking though mei mei?! Cos that's the job you've been looking for?!?!
Mental.
No no no.... twas a job alert I received from TJ! ;)
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I really hate chuggers, get loads of them in Reading during lunch break or on saturdays. Couple of weeks ago one young girl came up to me and tried to get me to donate and I told her "I don't donate to organisations who employ people to acost me on the streets". She looked really pissed off and said "Been rehearsing that have you?" - well no I don't need to rehearse it, you tossers have me saying it almost everyday...
Really annoy the hell out of me. For me charity is a private and personal thing and I don't discuss or make donations on the friggin' high street.
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I'm charitied out at the moment, no more! Call me a git but I've given enough recently. What really topped the bill was in the hotel they are raising funds for charity. They are automatically adding £1 to your bill meaning you have to stand there in reception and say no. Its opt-out rather than opt-in. I can see some not wanting to lose face and just accepting it, it's very much a posing hotel set up on a business park.
"I don't donate to organisations who employ people to acost me on the streets"
Good line that!
And I WILL rehearse it :p being Charity of the Year person at work and sponsoring people etc etc, I feel do my bit for charity.
Usually I have 'The Look™' on when I see a Chugger in the street.
They usually don't approach me with that ;)
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Pumpkinstew
04-08-2009, 12:27
Are these the people who stand in supermarket doorways rattling change cans and saying "disabled children" in a disinterested tone?
I don't think so. I think these are the guys who get paid a commission for every direct debit sign up they get.
It's only really the team leaders that make any money from it. It's a glorified pyramid scheme in a lot of ways.
I don't think so. I think these are the guys who get paid a commission for every direct debit sign up they get.
It's only really the team leaders that make any money from it. It's a glorified pyramid scheme in a lot of ways.
Doesn't say commission on that ad - which I was surprised at.
You are right, pyramid scheme... grrr!
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Usually I have 'The Look™' on when I see a Chugger in the street.
They usually don't approach me with that ;)
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Gah, can't access imageshack at work. Someone put the "blue steel" look up ;D
I had a boasty encounter with an old uni friend who was so up her own arse about how she's been doing promotional charity work all around the country for the last few months - and then was all smug at how she was on 13k/pro rata...
She didn't understand or even begin to take on my point when I asked as her travel and accomodation expenses were paid for, would she be donating her wages to the charity in question.
Mug.
LeperousDust
04-08-2009, 14:03
My mate does this! ;D:D
I'm charitied out at the moment, no more! Call me a git but I've given enough recently. What really topped the bill was in the hotel they are raising funds for charity. They are automatically adding £1 to your bill meaning you have to stand there in reception and say no. Its opt-out rather than opt-in. I can see some not wanting to lose face and just accepting it, it's very much a posing hotel set up on a business park.
It's across all the brand. They did it to me at the weekend :/ We are refunding left right and centre when people get home and read the bill and think 'WTF?'
Those of you who think charity employees shouldn't be paid need to remember that you do need to pay to get good staff. I was never paid a good wage when I worked for the RSPCA but we had better staff and managers than other charities who didn't pay or paid less. It's speculating to accumulate.
I'm always tempted to say 'how long will it be before my donations have paid your salary and start going to the people that you're pretending to help?' But I normally just walk behind them when they turn and try to acost someone else.
If you have a bad ebay experience, give those details instead of your own. Two lots of revenge for the price of one. Then pop onto the interweb to donate to a proper charity.
Simples!
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