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} tips to people collecting donations A girl was walking in a bus interchange. A charity person approached her, asking for a few minutes of her time. she refused and hurried away, saying that she had to catch her bus. Charity Person was disappointed, but when she turned around she saw that the bus, in fact, was not at all leaving. being the determined person that she is, Charity Person approached the girl again and asked for a few minutes of her time. embarrassed, the girl relented. Charity Person told the girl about the charity she was representing, showed her their booth, and asked for a $5, $10 or $20 contribution. the girl was hesitating and she looked around for some excuse. Charity Person was persistant: "Please, ma'am? Please?" Finally the girl took out her wallet, and turned away to fumble inside it (probably hiding her $10 notes). She gave Charity Person a $2 note. Charity Person asked if the girl could give a round amount of $5. the girl refused. Charity Person asked if the girl could add another $1 to her contribution. the girl said she had no change. Charity Person asked if the girl could give another $2, and she would give her a $1 change. the girl, frustrated, insisted: "could I just give you a $2 donation??" Charity Person relented. she offered the girl the coupons she was giving out, but the girl flatly refused impatiently. when the girl refused to give her name and details, Charity Person had to explain that it was only for receipt purposes. yeah, what a jerk, right? the truth is, that girl was me. i dont have any excuse as to why i acted that way. if you know me, i'm generally QUITE tolerant of these charities, aunties selling tissue packets, etc. i guess all this shows is that i dont care if you are young or old, of whatever race or religion, whether you are a saint or what: if you pester me, i will get pissed off. (also, i do not appreciate the sarcasm when i really did think that i was going to miss my bus.) also, insisting on more money right after saying "just give as much as you can" generally does not bode well with me. all in all, i am really still a jerk. suck it up, world, suck it up.
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