Chuggers (charity muggers)

Just keep your window closed and ignore the bastids.

Theres some dude and his wife selling flowers outside Topaz Newcastle... in the road...

Just be happy you haven't got squeegee kids.



Kids dressed like punks who make money by washing your windshield while you're stopped at a red light then demanding payment. Most of the time, your windshield is dirtier than when it started.

DeadSkin wrote: »

On top of that ya have the dude outside [ye old]Roches Stores shouting cancer at people as they walk by.

I keep wondering if he is offering cancer to anyone by the way he says it

good joke.... never heard better.... give them 1e.... yeah, and then you will see ads in telly which must have cost fortune asking you to adopt some bear or elephant somewhere in the middle of nowhere... I will give some change to local groups which I know but not to somebody I never saw claiming that he is working for somebody I never heard of.... Last time they walk in to my house saying that they are helping poor so I told them thank god thet you are here and asked them how much they can give me. They nearly run away... Or the best is "Sorrry mi England is nooo guuud" and then 3-4 times "Sorrry" again and all with big honest smile.... Lots of people didnt realize that they are giving away personal details to strangers - thats new way how to get on you telling you that they cant accept money but they want some 50c a day and demand to set up direct debit to your acc... Whoever is doing this must be pure stupid as they work with volunteers which have nice ID but you never know who they are and what they will do with all your details - what if they will be stolen or lost... No, I am not against charity but charity wants to help poor and they are targeting poor. They should put pressure to rich and get more money...

I've been waiting for this happy combination of the threads on chuggers and Galway drivers. (Expected that if I started it myself, I'd get told to fcek-off for moaning

Is this stuff legal here? Seems pretty dangerous at the madder roundabouts.

KStaford wrote: »

You are making some unfounded assumptions about me here aren't ya pal?

You are assuming that I'm cranky
You are assuming that I lack an altruistic or charitable side

Unfortunately I think you missed the point of my post.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

DRakE wrote: »

none of these charities will benefit me in any way

and for that reason

i'm out

Are you saying that there's no chance you'll some day be a starving black child in Africa? :pac:

Its being done it Carlow as well, i keep a bottle of piss with me in the car at all times

lampsie wrote: »

Slightly OT, but I must say those two guys that are collecting every Saturday (ish?) at the entrance to Edward Square just off Shop street are starting to bug me a bit. There's a line between asking people for charity and being pushy, and personally I feel their methods (two tables to funnel people through, then two rather stern burly types at each side barking at people) is slightly the wrong side of intimidating.
Just imho of course, but I pointedly don't give these guys anything and save the loose change for others..

Situations like this are easy to get out of: Don't make eye contact and act as if they don't exist - simple!

-Edit- And become some C U Next Tuesday comes along and calls me a scabby b4stard, I raise money for charity on a regular'ish enough basis - I just do it in better ways (ie. making an eejit out of myself / putting myself through pain for the entertainment of others which makes them WANT to donate) then standing with a little table eye-balling people

When i'm driving I like to do just that - drive. I prefer not to be having to avoid running someone over. The last thing I want is someone shaking a bucket at my window - i've enough to be looking at (ie. traffic / cyclists)

I've no problem throwing a few quid to charaties at designated events - ie. Blackrock Christmas Swim. People know what the event is about and you know you're going to be asked for some money - that's fine

Another thing that REALLY REALLYYYYY pisses me off is people coming into pubs collecting for charity / selling lotto tickets - FFS I go to a pub to relax and have a quiet pint, not to be pestered to buy stuff. Again, i'm all for fund-raising for clubs etc. but there's a time and a place. Last week I organised a hamper for one of my clubs - however I didn't p1ss people off asking for money - I sent an e-mail, and a location where the prizes would be (somewhere nice and convenient) and if anyone wanted to buy a ticket they came to me - Result was excellent and we raised more than we anticipated woohoo

Xiney wrote: »

this afternoon walking down shop street there were a bunch of young/friendly/funny chuggers (I guess)

anyway, I was wandering down shop street picking at a bag of crisps (the ones that came with my 2.75 meal deal thingo from M&S - really nice baked ones, was very much enjoying them) when one of the girls asked me if she could have one.



It must have been comical the way I oh so sulkily said "...no". I didn't mean to say it in such a shocked tone, she just caught me off guard!


(Xiney does not share food with strangers)

which brings us to those Red/Yellow jacket people on shop street:D

Jesus, I hate them!:mad: they singel you out of the crowd like a wolf hunting a deer, then lay in the ol' intercept course. there's no avoiding the bastards! I'm not going to give you any money! **** off!

Xiney wrote: »

Just be happy you haven't got squeegee kids.



Kids dressed like punks who make money by washing your windshield while you're stopped at a red light then demanding payment. Most of the time, your windshield is dirtier than when it started.

I saw a guy out doing just that at the Wellpark roundabout last week. It just takes things a bit longer to get to Galway, but they do!

As for collecting - can't imagine the Gardaí rubber stamping forms that will directly lead to inattentive driving coming up to major junctions...