To hate charity bag packers at supermarket checkout

[DameEdnasBridesmaid]

I want to pack my own bag.
I want to choose who I give my charity donations to not feel obliged.
I think they are a bloody nuisance.

Good grief BackOnlyBriefly

I hope there aren't too many who feel like you do about small local charities.

I'd like to know how exactly posters think charities should earn money if they are banned from shaking a tin, bag packing and the like.

So the only way you can raise money, is by bag packing or shaking a tin?

Really????

You have to have someone in your face in a situation where you are a captive audience?

You'd never donate to a charity because you were informed about?

Maybe that says more about you, than me then...

Was just nattering about this thread to my OH over some very late dinner.
She was doing a supermarket shop the other day and a lady offered to pack her bags. Conversation went something like this...
OH - Oh, really sorry, I only have my card in my back pocket, no cash.
Bag packing lady - Oh, not to worry, I will pack your bags anyway.
OH - Thank you so much. What is it you are collecting for anyway?
BPL -
OH was so very impressed by the charity, she asked for cashback when paying and donated. Despite her overdraft, credit cards etc.

How hard is it to say no thank you,,, to a SCOUT?

Scouts are very scary Harold, especially when out raising money for a trip which their parents should just pay for (according to many on here) so they put in bugger all effort at all.

harold it's not hard to say no but that's missing the point of being in the position to have to say it.

Redtoothbrush.

Sometimes I do give to a charity collection, on a whim.

Because I don't have the time to read about every single charity in the whole world and thus make my decision on my one pound based on the most deserving. Though I have a few favoured ones like most people.

Does that tell you something about me, really?

If you knew the scouts, I'd say it was pretty darn hard tbh...

But your desire to not have to say a simple no to a scout shouldn't trump my desire to have a choice to say yes or no so I think YABU.

Harold, the point was that someone was saying that without this type of charity collection, then charities wouldn't get any money, which is bullshit.

So small charities should lose this fund raising avenue because it's so upsetting for some people to have to say sorry I have no change or whatever?

I really admire the teenagers who give up their time to raise money for projects that would otherwise get no publicity.

My DD has done sponsored walks, sponsored swims, bag packing, washing cars, clearing local woodland, car boot sales, charity concerts and loads more, all in her own spare time.

I would much rather she and her fellow scouts were doing that than many of the more antisocial activities popular among some of the young people in my neck of the woods.

The "big charities" get lots of money and can afford to pay their executives lots of money and buy them expensive cars etc. Organisations like the scouts do a great job, not only of doing useful work for those that need help, but also in educating kids about having a social conscience and giving up their time to help those less fortunate than themselves. They help to produce good citizens.

So I don't begrudge them a few coins for packing my bags.

Is it MY desire? Or is it my objection to high pressure tactics that can mean that certain people are exploited or feel uncomfortable or even vulnerable.

I'm sorry, but the reason these funding events are so 'successful' is precisely because of that.

I feel its in a similar vein to practices that are outlawed in a commercial sense, and as such I see no difference with they being on a charitable basis.

obfus, I think more people struggle with ACCEPTING help, rather than declining it.
Let's just hope they aren't asked if they have a Nectar card or would like any cashback...

Well ok that's coming on a bit strong, but I did some work with a small local charity who raised for an annual event and the bag packing did bring in a lot.

By all means if anyone is being pushy or packing badly or generally guilt tripping, that's not on, but they've always been fine with me and I don't always use them.

TBH - I think the scouts are generally very polite and non-threatening. They are much more likely to get abuse thrown at them than to make anyone feel under pressure.

But your under no obligation to have you bag packed, it's a service offered which can be declined.

Agree obfus, it was more your point about being helpful.

A scout asked me this Christmas did I want scout stamps for him to do my cards and I said no, I didn't feel guilty about it though.

Maybe I have a cold little black heart or something.

Anyway the answer in tesco is scan as you go, them damn scouts can't tail you around the store

Are Scout stamps a form of violence authorised by Baden-Powell?

backonly your post is utter tosh

red you appear to have wilfully misunderstood my post.