Is it just me, or are there no Salvation Army bell ringers around?

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Posted: 12/11/2013 2:26:31 PM EDT

I have seen one this year. I don't go to malls and such very often but I have only heard a solitary bell.

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:28:22 PM EDT

[#1]

They're everywhere over here. Every storefront.

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:28:47 PM EDT

[#2]

Charity has been taken over by scientific progressive central planning.

All praise to dear leader.

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:28:53 PM EDT

[#3]

but i still hear them.. but i don't see them..

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

and ya i have not seen any this year either

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:30:17 PM EDT

[#4]

Plenty down here. In front of every store it seems. Probably because the weather is nice right now. I bet there will be less once it dips down to the 50's.

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:31:17 PM EDT

[#5]

shit ton here in southern california

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:33:37 PM EDT

[#6]

You're right. I haven't seen any. Usually Wally World has one

ETA: I just went to Wally World, vBell ringers were out in full force. Glad to see them

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:34:19 PM EDT

[#7]

I've seen a number of them here in LA (lower Alabama...the original)

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:36:02 PM EDT

[#8]

They're in front of the Walgreens stores here.

I did bell ringer for a day. It wasn't that bad.

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:37:13 PM EDT

[#9]

I gave at the office. Want charity? Get it from Uncle Sugar.

No need for bell ringers.

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:38:04 PM EDT

[#10]

EVERY DAMN TIME I go to the fucking grocery store they are there.
Fucking stalkers.

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:38:12 PM EDT

[#11]

Here outside the local walmarts.

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:40:07 PM EDT

[#12]

a lot of place we used to see them have had them removed, No Christian salvation allowed...only Secular Government and central planning
salvation..

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:40:11 PM EDT

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Same here.

Posted: 12/11/2013 2:43:41 PM EDT

[#14]

Every store I go to has at least one outside.

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:00:38 PM EDT

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I have seen one this year. I don't go to malls and such very often but I have only heard a solitary bell.

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Where in PA are you? Here in northwest PA they are everywhere.

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:02:41 PM EDT

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Where in PA are you? Here in northwest PA they are everywhere.

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I have seen one this year. I don't go to malls and such very often but I have only heard a solitary bell.

Where in PA are you? Here in northwest PA they are everywhere.

They are everywhere in central PA too

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:04:27 PM EDT

[#17]

I see them here

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:08:59 PM EDT

[#18]

All over the place here. Saw a guy I know that had his two teenage sons standing in front of the grocery store ringing away, even had sheet music in front of them and the dad was walking around on the phone. I walked by and asked the boys if they were having fun, there was murder in their eyes :)

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Posted: 12/11/2013 3:09:12 PM EDT

[#19]

I see a lot of the kettle stands outside of stores, but very few ringers.

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:11:04 PM EDT

[#20]

Revenue has to be down with people not carrying cash and change like they used to. Surprised they don't have the cashiers asking if you want to donate a dollar at checkout like all the other XYZ charities do at different times.

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Posted: 12/11/2013 3:36:23 PM EDT

[#21]

Saw one at Sams Club today.

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:38:04 PM EDT

[#22]

The only one I've seen was in front of the state liquor store. I've been to Wal-Mart and K-Mart within the past week and haven't seen them there.

No use checking Target who gave them the ban hammer a few years ago.

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:39:54 PM EDT

[#23]

Come to think of it I have not heard one yet this year.

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:41:22 PM EDT

[#24]

I saw two young hotties bell ringing for SA last week. First ones I have seen in a while.

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:43:35 PM EDT

[#25]

I used to do it every year with my local gun club.
The last few 5 years or so, my milk of human kindness has curdled so I don't volunteer anymore.

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:46:45 PM EDT

[#26]

Come to Overland Park Kansas (Kansas City)

P-L-E-A-S-E take a few of ours!

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:51:39 PM EDT

[#27]

All over my locale.

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:57:12 PM EDT

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Wow I was about to say Snopes said no but apparently snopes said Yes

Posted: 12/11/2013 3:59:02 PM EDT

[#29]

All over the place around here.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:00:08 PM EDT

[#30]

nope haven't seen one yet.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:05:36 PM EDT

[#31]

There was one in front of our local walmart-probably a 50-60 year old guys with an AMAZING voice singing Christmas carols. Some people were loitering just to hear him sing.
It was very nice to experience considering all the assbaggery going on lately.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:14:32 PM EDT

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Same here.

I don't mind them, the SA does a pretty good job with their finances.

I'll usually toss in a couple of bucks.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:24:57 PM EDT

[#33]

Not so many in my area as in the past.

I suspect that they get robbed too often for many stores in large swaths of Maryland, the District, and Northern Virginia to permit them.

This is a liberal area politically, so not as many people will be donating to a private / religious charity to begin with. Such an activity only angers the liberals since it implies that the Government isn't needed or doing enough.

There are some very sketchy looking bell ringers nowadays also: no uniform, looking like someone that was just released from a correctional or rehab facility, and innumerable news reports of donations going straight into the bell ringer's pocket.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:26:58 PM EDT

[#34]

Double tap.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:28:33 PM EDT

[#35]

Not a bell ringer but I was in the Salvation Army Special Forces.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:31:09 PM EDT

[#36]

There do seem to be less in my area this year.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:32:36 PM EDT

[#37]

seen them all over here

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:33:26 PM EDT

[#38]

I was ringing one for two hours Saturday morning in 7 degree weather, so yes they are out there! I enjoyed it, you'd be surprised how generous and happy people are overall.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:35:43 PM EDT

[#39]

On a related note, are they legit? We always do toys for tots and that is thought the Salvation Army, but have never just given cash.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:46:34 PM EDT

[#40]

It's just you.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:48:06 PM EDT

[#41]

I've seen a lot, especially in front of grocery stores.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:52:31 PM EDT

[#42]

I bet there will be less once it dips down to the 70's.

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:53:26 PM EDT

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The sunbeams?

Posted: 12/11/2013 4:58:24 PM EDT

[#44]

If they swapped them out for a machine that stops making annoying racket for a set amount of time per dollar donated, they'd probably triple their donations.