Charity workers on the street

Duggy747 · 28-06-2007 02:33PM #1

Okay, so for the past 4 days my journey from home to work (including lunch) has been swarmed with people working in charities with positions all over the town. Anti-abortionist, child workers, homeless workers, etc. Now, I feel crummy walking by them with some excuse but I did sign up for one of them. The child workers seem to consist of young, hip, stoner-type kids but there is one emo kid in a pink t-shirt (I get angry when I see him) that seems to be very pushy towards people and I feel like decking him when he constantly comes near me. Obviously, you gotta be a bit persuasive in order to get the job done but this kid is pissing me off as I have to see him 4 times a day and is in the mood to put everyone down with our "rich" lifestyle. Anyone here ever had a problem with a charity worker?

Tusky · 28-06-2007 02:34PM

They get paid 10-12 euro per hour. This puts me off giving them anything. If I want to donate to charity, I dont want somebody making comission from it.

Pighead · 28-06-2007 02:35PM

No problems with Charity Workers, plenty of problems with Charity Workers threads though. Fcuking hate them.

Gone West · 28-06-2007 02:39PM

Tusky wrote:

They get paid 10-12 euro per hour. This puts me off giving them anything. If I want to donate to charity, I dont want somebody making comission from it.

and commission

Slow Motion · 28-06-2007 02:41PM

Yayyyy !!!! Another chugger thread

Wear headphones and scowl works for me everytime

Don1 · 28-06-2007 02:41PM

"Can I have a moment of your time"
"No thanks, I'm in a hurry"
"Ah it'll just take a few minutes"
"I haven't got a few minutes"
"Ah come on, you look like somebody who cares"
"Look buddy I don't have time, I'm not your new best friend, and if I want to donate money/take a survey/talk about globalisation I'll do it in my own time so please be nice, and F**K OFF!!"

In short, I don't like them.

johnplayerblue · 28-06-2007 02:42PM

Or when your after spending a small fortune on food at dunnes or somewher and theres some little ****ers packing your bags and then the shake a can/tin of some kind in your face.

Did you not just see how much i have had to spend to stay alive and now you little basterds want money for packing my **** badly. **** of and die you little *****

philstar · 28-06-2007 02:42PM

i'd stop and chat with them if they are cute lookin...otherwise i'll just walk past

aren't i the shallow one:p

AlmightyCushion · 28-06-2007 02:56PM

If it's always the same ones doing it (like that emo twat you are on about). Then there is a simple solution but it will take up a few minutes of your time unfortunately.

Next time you see them stop and let them go through all that twaddle they speak. Then just have a nice big discussion about how they are the scum of the earth because they take money from a charity to stand about annoying people. If they say they don't actually earn that much just bullsh!t that you're friend did it one summer and was getting whatever the above posters said (€10 - €12 an hour and commission).

They will deny it of course and proclaim that they are getting below minimum wage and that they are really just doing it to help people.
Then just say "Fine. Why don't you get a job that pays decently (even the supermarkets like tesco, dunnes and lidl pay nearly €10 an hour which goes up with every year of service), give the difference to charity and spent your Saturdays volunteering to help these charities." I did this one day during my lunch at work and it was the most fun I've had. Seeing those cúnts squirm while trying to think of a response. Plus you take up time that they could be used signing people up and thus losing them some commission.

If the debate gets heated enough they won't dare ask you again.

bandit*baby · 28-06-2007 03:01PM

"sorry can i have a moment of your time"
"don't bother mate i'm a student"

normally gets a laugh and they pi$$ off

zuutroy · 28-06-2007 03:08PM

Can I have a moment of your time?.....You can have all the moments you want, but you cant have any money.

Gone West · 28-06-2007 03:11PM

Heres what I say:

them: blah etc
I: Hi how are you, are you a charity worker?
them: yeah blah etc
I: *cuts them off mid speil* do you get paid?
them: yes
I: right so you're not actually a charity worker, good luck so.

biko · 28-06-2007 03:15PM

Sometimes I stop and talk if they are cute and also to allow other people to escape. But never give money.

Duggy747 · 28-06-2007 03:19PM

bandit*baby wrote:

"sorry can i have a moment of your time"
"don't bother mate i'm a student"

normally gets a laugh and they pi$$ off

Yea, normally works but one of these hip kids at lunch kept pestering me and wouldn't listen to me:

"You can save a child's life be giving.........."
"Sorry bub, don't waste your time on me I'm a student."
"By donating you can........"
"I JUST said I'm a student. I barely have enough money to live in this shìtty town."
"I know man, I barely make minnium wage but if you donate......"
"*sigh* I'm making nowhere near the minimun wage, I only get paid €280 a week, €100 off that for rent, €50 off that for food & fags, €40 to get to and from my home town every weekend, and the rest I spend enjoying time with my best friends who I only see once a week.
"Give up the fags then."
*I cock an eyebrow at him and I lift up my pack of Shepard's Pie*
"I'm on lunch and I've got to shove these into me, goodbye!"

mikemac · 28-06-2007 03:20PM

"An bhfuil aon gaelige agat?"

Works every time though I'll be stung by some chugger from the Gaelteacht someday.

excuse the poor spelling

Degsy · 28-06-2007 03:39PM

As Ray Winstone said in the film Scum:"Bastards,Bastards,Bastards".

Stephen · 28-06-2007 03:55PM

I love chugger threads. Kilkenny have been covered in pink-shirted barnardos chuggers lately :mad:

Duggy747 · 28-06-2007 04:00PM

Today has been the worst though. I leave my work for lunch and I'm greeted by a worker, walk by him and head to Tesco to buy lunch where I'm then greeted at the entrance by anti-abortionists. They give me a leaflet, I buy food and then I walk towards my flat up town. I'm then greeted by 3 different workers, 2 of them being from the same charity but they were spread out. I just wanted to relax for lunch, is that too much to ask?

Slow Motion · 28-06-2007 04:02PM

Duggy747 wrote:

Today has been the worst though. I leave my work for lunch and I'm greeted by a worker, walk by him and head to Tesco to buy lunch where I'm then greeted at the entrance by anti-abortionists. They give me a leaflet, I buy food and then I walk towards my flat up town. I'm then greeted by 3 different workers, 2 of them being from the same charity but they were spread out. I just wanted to relax for lunch, is that too much to ask?

Sounds like your being stalked

Duggy747 · 28-06-2007 04:05PM

Slow Motion wrote:

Sounds like your being stalked

I think I've been nice putting up with them politely for 4 days and they should know my face by now. I swear to god if they come near me again I'm just gonna pull a knife on them and tell them to get the fùck away from me!!! One of them was a hot hippie-chick so I gave her the time of day on Tuesday

bandit*baby · 28-06-2007 04:05PM

Duggy747 wrote:

I just wanted to relax for lunch, is that too much to ask?

you should get a t-shirt with that printed on it

Don1 · 28-06-2007 04:06PM

Much in the way dogs smell fear they attempt to sniff out potential generosity but they're just not good at it or subtle when dealing with it.

SimpleSam06 · 28-06-2007 04:07PM

I'm working on setting up arms deals for rival chugger groups, meself, so when the turf wars for the best spots get bloody, I'll be the one making the commission.

Bwaahahaha!!

BrandonBlock · 28-06-2007 04:09PM

lol one of them stopped me last summer on my way to work when I was 2 hours late with an insane hangover, it went somethin like this:

Chugger: Hiya mate! Can you spare just 1 minute of your time?
Red-eyed me: Ugh, no g'way
Chugger: bla bla but you can save this and that for only €3.50
Red-eyed me: Well, I'm 2 hours late for work and a thumping headache so no
Chugger: Where do you work?
Me: Up there
Chugger: Well you're already 2 hours late what difference is a few minutes gonna make?
*Walks off*

stipey · 28-06-2007 04:09PM

"I signed up with one of your buddies earlier" (Got this one from a particularly persistant chugger when I asked if there was anything I could say to make me leave them alone)

or....

I'd love to.... but I don't want to"

ScottishDanny · 28-06-2007 04:10PM

Give to Charity? I buy scratch cards don't I?

Try this one

Chugger: Have you got five minutes to talk about ***?
You: Yes if you've five minutes to talk about Jesus!

Ruu_Old · 28-06-2007 04:10PM

A few of these (bigger versions of course) just to clean them off the street and watch them go right by you and wave.

Degsy · 28-06-2007 04:15PM

Between chuggers and roma gypsies its like trying to walk down the street in some Indian slum.I remember the days when the only people on the streets who panhandled were friendly tramps looking for ten pence for a cup of tea.

petes · 28-06-2007 04:17PM

Ignorance is bliss.

Duggy747 · 28-06-2007 04:17PM

ScottishDanny wrote:

Chugger: Have you got five minutes to talk about ***?
You: Yes if you've five minutes to talk about Jesus!

Good one, whip out some rosary beads and banther on about the power of Christ!

Chugger: "Can you spare a minute........"
You: "No time, Jesus needs me!!!"

*Look at your watch, pull a distressed face and leg it!*

SimpleSam06 · 28-06-2007 04:18PM

Degsy wrote:

I remember the days when the only people on the streets who panhandled were friendly tramps looking for ten pence for a cup of tea.

Aye, and comely maidens dancing at the crossroads...

Charity workers on the street

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