Comments on: Damn you charity, damn you

By: socko

socko — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:31:58 +0000

Sorry I got to this one late. I fn hate hate hate charities and all these socialite women who are trying to save the world. Half the time they really don’t know the nuts and bolts of what they’re trying to raise money for. And when does taking everyone’s money and giving it to ‘a worthy cause’ make that person a saint? Wouln’t bank robbers giving to strippers be included in that definition? And if all these people need THAT much money every year and it still isn’t enough, shouldn’t we be smart enough to recognize we’re trying to sweep the desert with a broom and try another method? Also, isn’t giving my money to some ’cause’ indicative that I have no solution or ideas and that my input is nothing but a blank greenback? If I can’t solve the problem why do I think someone else can with only part of the money I hand out (since a portion must go to the process- salaries, overhead, etc.)?

This is a round world, resources are finite. I’d love to see everyone have a share of the blanket to stay warm but the blanket never was big enough in the first place. I think I’ll keep my patch of it where it is- no hard feelings.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:33:35 +0000

i hate chrity unless it is really for a good cause, http://www.savematt.webs.com

By: Marcie

Marcie — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:25:41 +0000

I think it can get a little ridiculous, I work at Wal-Mart…the dreaded place I do not even shop at, but since i have to go there 5 times a week, I see people at the doors, the drunken Santa’s with the bell, and it’s EVERYDAY. sometimes i throw in pocket change, but I do not even carry cash most of the time.

the hot girl thing is a good idea though, I bet if they had nipple rings with bells attached charities would get tons of donations.

By: Bobby Finstock

Bobby Finstock — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:13:32 +0000

I totally understand it but there is a point where it becomes intrusive. I shouldn’t be asked to donate at the checkout, then at the door, then inbetween stores, then in another store…. It gets to the point where it is too much.

I donate money and I will usually donate change to these place but after getting asked 10 times in a trip to the mall it is a bit much.

By: Selena

Selena — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:02:36 +0000

In all seriousness… I get where you are coming from but I’m supportive of charity and giving at Christmastime. I am a social worker and I know the importance these organizations that get most of their funding through solicitations at Christmastime (and most of the credit for what they do year round being actually acknowledged). Support your bell ringers who are probably living in a rescue mission! Give a dollar, 5 dollars, your spare change, etc. it’s going to a good cause! They don’t take any state or federal funding so that they can hold church at the mission therefore they pay all their own utility bills, etc. The local rescue mission here pays about $3000 per month on the utility bill alone.
OK I’m off my soap box. People can now debate everything I just said and call me names behind my back. :0)

By: Bobby Finstock

Bobby Finstock — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:01:19 +0000

Good for you… Why I can’t i just shop and be left alone?

By: Karl Rove

Karl Rove — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:32:15 +0000

What about the guys that stop to ask you to donate money to stop racism, then call you a racist if you don’t give them $25? They’re the worst. I don’t donate $25 to a guy on the street who just happens to be holding a clipboard. Show me some evidence that you’re working for a real organization.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:53:11 +0000

Long time listener, first time caller.

I used to work in a grocery store as a cashier and the store was always raising money for some charity. So we were *required* to ask people if they wanted to donate money to So and So’s charity. It was logged and annual evaluations were graded on your performance. It was really embarrassing.

So embarrassing that I stopped participating, straight up refused, and when my boss asked about it at my evaluation, I said that I was a cashier and I wasn’t hired to raise money for the company to earn as a tax write off.

She said she appreciated my convictions but marked me down, year after year.

That and people were always running donation tables in front of the store, ask for money donations for every thing you could possibly think of.

God I hate what Christmas has become.

By: PsYcHo BiTcH

PsYcHo BiTcH — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:01:04 +0000

UM…TIPPING STRIPPERS DOESN’T COUNT AS CHARITY, KEV. JUST SAYIN’.

By: Arjewtino

Arjewtino — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:05:16 +0000

Is there no level charities won’t stoop to?

Bastards.