AIBU to feel harassed by charity chuggers targeting women in public?

I agree. I hate them with a passion.
But a chugger approaching people is part of their job.
A builder being leery at passing women is being a twat, and it is not part of his job at all.

But an awful lot of them seem to behave atrociously in doing their job - crossing people's personal boundaries and harassing them, as well as attempting coercion and emotional blackmail.

Would you say the same about a builder who keeps shouting leery comments at passing women that 'he's just doing his job'?

YABU they target everyone, and they themselves are a mix of men and women.
YANBU to be annoyed by them though, but they are just doing a job.

In the days when I was out and about among the shops I ued to be quite rough with them. If I saw one approaching I held up my hand palm outwards in a"barring" motion and if they continued to approach the classic two fingured gesture said it all.

Yesterday my doorbell camera showed a group of Jehova's Witness people coming down the street past my house. As they walked by my door and caught sight of the stern "no callers without appointment" notice and the "24 hour CCTV recording" one said to another "Not there" and they zipped quickly past. A few minutes later they zipped back. I dont expect they had much success as its a diverse area and most of my neighbours are Moslem or Hindu.

totally off topic but a once reporter came to our door re a big news story a few doors down and they got my H to talk by saying 'sir this is the nicest yard on the block can I ask you about Ms Smith's death' H beamed with pride and spoke so kindly about the person who was killed too.

You are of course allowed to film them on your phone.

Are you kidding? Some of them are downright aggressive, trying to block people's way. Scumbags.

Yes, it was in response to a pp who said the male chuggers were targeting young women. I made a throw away comment about why wouldn't you target attractive members of the opposite sex.

That's 'target' meaning 'to chat to' not stalk, letch after, be sleazy towards which for reasons I don't understand you think I meant 🤷‍♀️ Someone even suggested I have a liking for low tops and high heels fgs 😂

Like I said previously, I can't be the only person who enjoys chatting (caveat: in a non sleazy or pervy way) to members of the opposite sex.

And not forgetting: IT WAS A CASUAL THROW AWAY COMMENT not intended to spark serious debate 😁

I imagine a very loud "get away from me you pervert!" might also be quite effective.

I had one of these chuggers come up to me with similar, telling me I look friendly to which I replied ‘well looks can be deceiving!’

seriously I know we all have to earn a living but you need some thick skin to do this kind of job, especially in poor weather. However, I prefer to support charities directly and donate to charity shops than sign up with direct debits to paid chuggers.

Haha that’s only just dawned on me 😂

Then I dont know why you keep insisting that we must have said "no" incorrectly or in some kind of weird way to elicit rudeness or being called a bitch or whatever insult is thrown at us.

How on earth can "no thank you" be said in such a manner that it deserves rude insults back? blimey.

I think if you are deliberately hassling people and not listening to their polite "no thank you" then frankly, you deserve a fuck off. People wouldnt have to resort to that if they just backed off and respected people's answers

"Why would I? They're probably Elon Musk's..." 😉

We have been donating monthly for the last 20 years plus, we prefer to choose our charities.

This is 100% it, surely. Most of us have causes that are close to our hearts, but we can only spare a certain amount to give in aid of them. Why on earth would any of us choose how to direct our charitable giving based on who accosts us in the street with their suggestion?

Those rules sound like a good start but I do wonder how many reports will get ignored if you can't prove it and how many people will report the issues

My late DM used to say that once she reached the age of 60,chuggers didn't bother her any more. She said that she probably didn't fit their demographic (assuming that older people didn't have money to spare). However,I am 62 and I still get pestered by these people! (Not a stealth boast,I don't look particularly young for my age!). Thankfully there doesn't seem to be such a proliferation of them in my local high street nowadays,up until a couple of years ago they were everywhere, every day. I think I was a good target for them as I walk so slowly, being disabled. If I encounter one now,I just say 'No thank you' and keep walking. Thankfully,I've never had one being really persistent, although I know it does happen.

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Take a photo of them and report. They get fined quite heavily.

Charities and their third-party agents have definitely seen the same lucrative bandwagon that many of the big companies have - whereby they make much more money from getting people to 'subscribe' and pay automatically every single month in perpetuity rather than making a one-off purchase/donation - and leaped right on it.

It will be interesting to see if the new law coming in next year to make it quicker and less obstructive to cancel monthly subscriptions will also include charity donations. I know they're semantically different things, but they have a great deal in common - especially when they're 'sold' to you with pressure by a salesperson, rather than you contacting them yourself of your own volition.

No, what you actually said was that you'd 'target' the good looking men. Which is a bit bunny boiler/ stalkerish.