To think this woman was a bit cheeky?

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I was outside my house this evening putting something in the bin, when a woman came along fundraising for a charity. She said "Would you be interested in donating to x?". I said "No thank you". She said ok, and started to walk off, but then hesitated. Then she turned around and said "So you don't normally give then?" I was a bit taken a back, and also flustered as I was trying to stop DS escaping from the house at the same time. I said "I'm sorry, I can't think about this right now". She said ok and then left.

AIBU to think she was a bit cheeky?! There are lots of reasons why someone might not want to donate, but she seemed to assume it was because I was stingy.

I think chuggers are trained to ask that 'don't you care about' question as the more you engage in conversation the more chance they have of signing you up.

Personally I just look them straight in the eye and before they can finish their opening spiel go for a 'don't even think about it'.

Be glad you met her outside and she wasnt knocking on your door they are a pain in the arse the emotional manipulaton is ourstanding I had 1 say how canyou not feel for the isolstion of little blind babies now sign here dont give it another thought.

That reminds me of another one. We were at a firework display and a man came over with a bucket and said he was collecting for charity. I asked him what charity and he looked really put out and pissed off that I dared to ask. He just said, in a slightly sarcastic way, "for the band in the community centre." I said no thanks and carried on. DH missed this and as I turned around there he was putting sodding money into the bucket! I asked DH if he even knew what it was for and he didn't. He just heard charity and gave, which is obviously what this man was aiming for as most people probably don't bother to ask. He wasn't prepared for me asking that's for sure.

You're all FAR too polite. You owe them nothing. Do not engage, just say no thanks and immediately shut the door before they say anything in response.

This makes me so angry, mostly because it used to take hours to get my son to sleep and noise woke him, so an unnecessary doorbell would send me into rage! Until he was 2 I kept a 'baby asleep, we will not answer' sign up. Now I answer, say "I'm sorry, I can't support doorstopping" and shut the door in their face.

Ps and yes I do give to charities, just not to ones that harrass.

I told a chugger I approved of the charity but not of that way of getting donations. She appeared well educated and was well spoken but made the mistake of saying 'I'm just doing my job'. I pointed out that the job was HER choice.
Chuggers have no loyalty to the charity they collect for and usually know very little about it. They'll be collecting for a different one next week. It is Tim e chugging was illegal.

The pressuring charities do these ones a real disservice - and their own! Totally counterproductive!

Notasingle as a fellow weegie I'm thinking he was lucky to leave still possessing his foot!

The vast majority of charity fundraising tgat involves signing up to direct debits at the door or on the street is outsourced to private companies with salespeople on commission. They are given stock phrases and taught techniques to 'turn' your objections, just like any other salesperson. They normally earn £50-£100 per sign up, so that's money from your DD the charity never see.

Direct debit, not daughter!