To not bother to do anything with this money

[PunningClan]

My DCs recently planned to do a sponsored walk and got a lot of money from family and friends in sponsorship (about £100).

On the day of the walk it all went wrong as someone was threatened with a sexual assault and some wimpy father called the police. This put an end to the walk

I am so annoyed with this over-reaction that I utterly refuse to send the [unearned] money to the charity it was intended for.

I can't imagine finding the time to send the money back to its donors. Of course I would never spend it. AIBU to just sort of leave it?

FOR ANYONE WHO HAS YET TO REPLY, WE'VE NOW ESTABLISHED THAT THIS IS A WIND UP

Should have read the whole thread before I posted. Thanks for the heads up. What a silly cow.

Why I have I posted this?

Well, I have had a personal view for some time that Daisy Waugh, for example, is a twat.

Her column in the Sunday Times magazine today was - to me - pretty jaw-dropping. Even though it ended with a moving description of a charity event in memory of a murdered teenager, her irritation at an attempted sexual assault on a teenager being reported to the police and her blithe assertion that "I can't envisage a day when I'll get it together to return each note to its rightful owner" have left me pretty displeased.

I wondered whether it was my prejudice that had led me to this conclusion, and thought that maybe Mumsnet would help me decide.

I have erred on the side of kindness in my posts. AFN - the actual text justification for withholding the cash from the charity was "I'm damned if I'm going to hand it to the perv-bashers."

I utterly agree with what everyone has said on this thread, but genuinely wondered whether the negative feelings about Daisy Waugh I already held had made me over-react.

Sorry but I can't link to the Sunday Times, as you now have to pay for it and it doesn't worklike it used to.

Ah why didn't you say so. You're right, the scenario is appalling.

FWIW I was gobsmacked by the article as well.

Punningclan I read about this incident in a certain Sunday paper!!

I was really shocked that you didn't bother sending it on to the charity. Don't leave it in a biscuit tin for the next person who moves in.

You're not the writer- phew!!!

Give the money to a charity - it is the decent thing to do, what use is it in your biscuit tin!

Whoa, even if you have garnered this money from sponsors and it's all gone wrong.

You either give back to the sponsors and explain of give it to the charity.

I don't care what went on (not in a horrible sense) but people gave to what they thought was a good cause.

Give it back now.