Don’t get me wrong....

Erm why should you have cash cos your a mum? I have no idea what that is about, I never have cash on me, I have cards.

I think it is fair enough to say no sometimes. We try to do our bit but if money is tight money is tight. $20 is a lot especially when on a tight budget.

Oh I know what you mean about the charities phoning.. I don't mind their calls when they ring and ask for donations but they expect soooo much sometimes. If they asked, would you donate $5 then I would be a little happier and fine with it. One asked me the other day if I would spare $30 and I was like ummmm no, I don't have $30 sorry and the person was all cranky when I said that.

The kids in our neighbour are nice and so are their parents, I've never had them say I should carry cash. Why would I?

Edited by kebakat

How rude of both of them!

I know exactly what you mean - We always give if we can but only if we can.

I don't get the Mum's must have cash thing either!?!?

when charities ring up i just say - sorry i have already donated to my two charity organisations for the year...    and $4 for chocolate, thats steep. normally they are cheaper than that, sounds like it may have been a scam?!

I never have cash on me either. That was pretty rude of the mother to say actually!!

We're the same, give bits here and there to charities when we can... and sponsor a child and give money to our church which does a lot in the community... not a lot but you're right, every little bit helps. Imagine if everyone gave a gold coin every time they saw a collector.

And with the whole people being rude on the phone, reminds me of a phonecall I had the other day. We always have these annoying people who say "Hello Mrs **** I'm ringing from Australia" and try and get me to do some stupid holiday thing. I'm always polite, sometimes let them say a couple of sentences before saying "I'm not interested thankyou". And they talk soooo slowly and always have English as a second language so it can be quite painful sometimes as they're obviously reading from a manual thing word for word, cos when you say something, they just say something else that doesn't even respond to what you just said lol. So the other day as soon as he said he was calling from Australia, I said "oh we're not interested thankyou, and could you please take our name off the calling list as we get quite a few calls from you".... polite tone and everything, cos I figure it's their job, they have to do it, they have to pay the bills somehow right. And he hung up on me!!!! Without saying ok sure, thankyou, or bye! Boy was I fuming. I think if I have the common decency to be polite to someone who is actually really annoying (and I'm sure they'd get a lot of people being rude to them), the least they can do is be polite back.

Anyway, totally off topic --- but some people can be rude these days huh?

I got asked if I would like to give $1 to cure kids when I purchased a $2 newspaper the other day.  I said no thanks but felt terribly guilty then annoyed for them making me feel guilty.  I just cant donate to EVERY charity.  When I win lotto (power ball of at least $16mil and no sharing) thenI will make up for my scroogeness but right now my famiy needs the money more than I do.

 

I did get stopped by Barnardoes once and when I said "Sorry but we're on a tight budget right now" the lady said "of course, I understand, thanks for listening, have a nice day".....now THAT is the response you should get.

I never have cash on me....so what is that all about?

And how rude!! if some one says no then leave them alone! I donate to Unicef each month...that day they called to ask if I could increase the pymnts...I told them that I wish I could increase it by loads but I am pregnant and will have no income for 6 months therefore cant commit to more that $5 increase a month (hey I spend that much on a cup of coffee) and he was very nice about it! he kept thanking me and telling me that even $5 goes a long way!!

But badgering people is just pure rude!!

We just dropped my BIL's car back to him as Hubby had been loaning it for the weekend to take a trip away. I opened up one of the compartments in the front seat area and there was about $30 in change sitting in it Fark it would be nice to have $30 to sit around doing nothing in my car!! I have also had people rattling the tin at me lately but I just have NO money to give.

Personally, I think you did the right thing in the face of rudeness, polite but to the point. I don't get it how their kids are trying to make money from candy because THEY can't afford it but think obviously you can because you aren't them - classy. What ever happened to hearing no gracefully?

Yup I think CureKids was the charity I have donated money to several times in the past few days ...at Briscoes they ask you at the counter if you'd like to add $1 to your purchase for the Cure Kids fund ...(I *think* it was cure kids) ....each time I felt horribly guilty and put on the spot so I said yes ....especially since I had the little rascal with me, I would have looked a terrible mother otherwise (or at least thats how I felt at the time) ....the 4th time I had to go back (was trying to track down something in their circular) I turned around and said no I've already donated 3 times THANKS!

But every person infront of me said yes ...so imagine how much money they must make using that approach ...think of all the Briscoes stores (and I assume other shops prob follow suit) and all the customers that go through them and give $1. Definitely an effective way of getting people to donate ....also kinda rude!

Wow crazy stuff, we just had some Indian lady phone here offering that free holiday to Australia ...she wouldn't let me get a bloody word in! I ended up shouting 'NOT INTERESTED' and slamming the phone down! Are they actually calling from Aus? She sounded distant and crackly ....and god couldn't they at least hire people who speak clear English?