Legal Begging
Am I wrong? Wrong to do what I’m about to tell you that I do? You know those “people who hang around busy streets in gangs, wearing various coats, bibs, T-shirts of charities collaring passerbys and brow beating them into signing up for oxfam, greenpeace, the national Dalmatian re-spotting trust. Now I have no problem with charity, I already give to about four (I know this is turning into a Daily Mail-esque rant so I’ll name them - Oxfam £10, Wspa £10, British Red Cross £5, adopt a Bollock £10 Greenpeace £3) but I can’t abide the fact these people hang around around obviously making a wage for being out there. I’m sure they make more more money for the charities than they cost but they do it in a way that makes peoples lives that little bit more stressful, that little bit more guilty, cause theose guys are pushy! So what do you do? Well to stop them in their tracks simply say, I already give to [named charity] they can look at you with disbelief in their eyes all they want, and boy they will cause they know you are liying but they don’t have a leg to stand on. especially if its the Heather Mills Foundation for mental Models. Or you could do what I do to gain a little humour. If its the Deaf alliance, every time they ask ou if you give, say “pardon?” if its the Altziemers charity, “hmmmm I may give to you, I just can’t remember” Is this wrong? Let me know oj.borg@btpodshow.com
