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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:29:48 AM EDT
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They try to push the United Way stuff, some people sell cookies, but nothing like a marathon
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:31:25 AM EDT
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I won't even do the Girl Scout cookies, if you feed one of them then they expect you to pony-up for ALL of them so why even get it started?
I don't let my kid beg for special events either. If he comes home with the "candle" order form or the "holiday cards" or whatever, it gets sent straight back. My kid is NOT free labor for ne'er do wells posing as program directors. Just my .02, nothing more.  Edited to add: ESPECIALLY NOT THE UNITED WAY |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:36:28 AM EDT
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i remember when i was a kid, had to raise money for trips for church and for school.....i remember how shitty I felt when I would knock on doors and the adults would shut them in my face. So when its legit I spend a few bucks for the candies and cookies.....I dont get assaulted with requests either. I maybe get 1 every other month.
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:37:25 AM EDT
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Thats obsurd, paid vacation to go run.
Off topic: how do you people with kids teach them about capitolism? How do you instill a work ethinc in them? How do you teach them the value of a dollar? And how do you do all this in a positive light? Nothing like working as a kid mowing lawns for a dollar then realizing that you are getting ripped off, then the kid says to himself "f&ck work, I wanna be a socialist". |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:38:50 AM EDT
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Last company I worked for, the kitchen workers came up with a reason to beg for money every other day...
"my boyfriend is an alcoholic, spent all of our money and now I can't pay the electric bill" "They're going to cut off my water/phone/cable service if I don't give them some money by next week (said employee was "sick" the last three days)" "My grandfather died <extends open hand>" Eventually you become jaded and run the tisk of turning away someone who legitimately needs the help... I don't work for the same company anymore (my marketing counterparts were jackasses) and this isn't a problem in my current environment. |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:39:56 AM EDT
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You heartless bastard........
can I borrow $100? 
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:40:28 AM EDT
[#7]
Ditto |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:41:03 AM EDT
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sounds like quite a deal... i think i'll give it a shot
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:43:01 AM EDT
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Reminds me of people who wanted me to help sponsor their missionary work to Sydney, Australia; and by "missionary work" I mean sightseeing, drinking, surfing, shrimp on the barbee, scuba/snorkeling, trips to the Outback, etc. Basically a 6-month vacation.
Seems to me there are already plenty of Christians in Australia. People, even goodie-two shoes Christians like these guys, not to say all Christians are like them, will try to take advantage of the generosity of others. |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:43:35 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:45:10 AM EDT
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I hate all of that at work begging shit. I never donate at work.
It used to really piss me off when the Navy would ride our ass about donating to all of these different causes (circa 1993-1997.) Now. if you work in a building with a lot of women (banks come to mind) you are bombarded with requests for money. Just an observation. |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:45:23 AM EDT
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Hey guys, I have a "fund raiser" going on to help me get out of debt, just need $1 from everyone!!
Sound good??  I have heard that one before..... 
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:49:38 AM EDT
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Off topic, but it's a hard one. I basically am doing for my kids what my dad taught me. First, the work I do for the family is just my part of being part of the family. Dad didn't ask us to pay rent or get paid by us to fix the roof, so why would I get paid to pick up after the dog or mow the lawn. That understood, he did give me jobs for pay so I would learn the value of money and told me that was why I was getting paid. Mine are young, but I am paying them a pittance reward for picking up the pinecones that fall in the backyard. They are too young to understand anything beyond earning and saving yet, but eventually we'll get onto investing. The speeches against using credit started young - hopefully they sink in so they don't learn things the hard way like me (of course, my dad warned me the same way - so hopefully they are smarter than me too). |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:52:00 AM EDT
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I agree. Once you start buying something at the office from someone's kid, they all want something. |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 11:55:37 AM EDT
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This is why I enjoy working in a proper office at 230 Park Ave. (Ok, I'm not there anymore, but I'm still in the same sort of setting.) No f***ing bull***t or solicitations! How can you guys in the flyover bear working in such unprofessional places where such behavior is tolerated? I would jump out the window after the 2nd incident...
A work place should be a place of work, and just that.
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Posted: 4/10/2006 12:16:56 PM EDT
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I read one of those "Financial Tricks" books years ago, it had about every kind of "get Rich Quick" scheme there was...
Anyway, it had a whole chaprter about "Free Vacations" or how to make your vacation "Tax Deductible" (read: AUDIT BAIT) and had several ways including: Talk to your pastor and get a bunch of people together for a group vacation, then call it "Mission Work" and deduct all your expenses. Go on a job interview, where ever you might want to vacation (going to Hawaii? get a newspaper while you're there and look in the want ads for a similar position and then schedule an interview while you are there) to make the vacation "tax deductible". Go to a "seminar" while you are on vacation at DisneyWorld (or whereever) and call it business expense) Call your travel agent and get a "group rate" for travel to whereever, then factor in your own costs and high-pressure sell all your so-called "friends" into going on a cruis with you (and make sure you divvy up all your expenses between the prices you quote to your friends...) Sounds like your situation came straight out of one of those books... |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 12:22:33 PM EDT
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"I gave at the office. Er, I gave when your kid bothered me at dinner."
Kharn |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 12:26:01 PM EDT
[#18]
Doesn't United Way support the NRA (as a 501c3)???
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Posted: 4/10/2006 12:27:28 PM EDT
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+1 And add "so & so is getting married/having a baby/retiring/lost X# of lbs on her diet" so please donate money/food/time for the party we're having for her Friday......   |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 12:31:31 PM EDT
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I've heard of walks/ runs to fight/research disease, but they're local
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Posted: 4/10/2006 12:32:38 PM EDT
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Not to hijack the thread, but my wife got my kids a candy machine. They sell skittles at the local grocery. The money they make gets divided up into money to put back into the business, money to save, money to play with and money to donate. When were at the store and they want candy or little toy I just ask "Did you bring your money?" No fussing, no begging. When they do have their money they think long and hard about what they'll spend it on. They're 4 and 2 years old. By the time they need more money they'll be able to buy a couple more machines and find other locations. |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 12:34:54 PM EDT
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Some girl awhile back tried to get me to help sponsor her for an AIDS walk. I told her, "Why, I don't have AIDS".
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Posted: 4/10/2006 12:37:21 PM EDT
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At least with the food I'll get something back for it. It's just a matter of keeping the free-loaders out. |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 12:38:19 PM EDT
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Christ Almighty!! One of my girlfirend's coworkers is having a baby out of wedlock. She notices no one has jumped at the chance to throw her a "baby shower" (parties for womenz where they babble and get gifts). What does aforementioned whore do? Asks the girlfriend if they're having her a shower. Girlfriend concedes (why I don'y know...she doesn't want to do it either). So now I've got to "find someplace to go" while they cackle, eat my food, and dirty up our home!!!!!! WTF? My girlfriend is her boss...it's not like she HAD to say yes either. |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 12:42:57 PM EDT
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Most company's ban the sale of "anything" in the work place. This means scouting, avon, school fundraisers. If they allow someone to sell cookies, how can they deny someone selling adult toys? So the result is, no selling of any kind.
Here at CSI, generally people put catalogs in the break room. Anyone ordering can write the order down and stick it inside. As a result, people do not bring in catalogs they wouldn't want the boss to see. Also keeps people from walking around on the clock trying to solicit items. Works for us but maybe not for a larger group of people. |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 12:53:33 PM EDT
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+1 even though I end up being an invited freeloader a lot of the time (being one of the few guys around & helping them set up tables/chairs/extension cords counts as contributing I guess ). But even then I'll make damn sure everybody who contributed has gotten their fill before fixing a plate. Usually it's a case of finishing off the remains so they can clean the dish & won't have to take home leftovers. Mooches who always end up first in line for food really piss me off. One coworker is a real assclown about it. First thru the line to get a plate, stuffs himself silly with free food, drinks free soda like he's dying of thirst, double dips chips, fingerfvcks every pretzel in the bag, etc 
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Posted: 4/10/2006 1:08:10 PM EDT
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I work at a bank and if someone quits they want us to chip in to give them a gift. I have never heard of such BS, I am getting hit up about every week for some BS donation fund raiser crap. |
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Posted: 4/10/2006 3:34:01 PM EDT
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Most of the stories are nothing compared to what I saw in a union shop in Indy:
Every day, (and I mean every fucking day), one of the stewards would come around collecting for one hardship for another. Over time, the "hardships" degraded to broken down cars, appliances and whatever bullshit somebody was whining about. One day, the steward who was his mob's "chief collecting agent" had a car wreck and they came around asking for cash. I had enough and declined, as did most people in the plant. When this douche returns to work, he begins asking about "his" collection. He pitches a fit and sends all the other stewards around with a jar. Some people began spitting chewing tobacco on the few dollars that some suckers contributed. That shit finally stopped. |
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