Another present thread.

[Sportslady44]

I go to an art club and somebody organised a present for the woman who runs it for Christmas. I knew nothing about it but somebody asked me after it was handed over for donation.

She did specify the amount too. I don't really like this woman who organises it much and I don't want to give anything lol.

Would be nice also to discuss it and know it was happening rather than just bring told after what the expected donation was.
Wwyd
Pay it
Leave it. Don't Pay.

I think it depends on how much it is, whether you can afford it and whether you are willing to stand your ground with the collector.

I think I would have to say something though about how it would have been nice to have been asked before the gift was purchased.

The problem is about saying things to ppl is it can often turn awkward . You see these people week in and out and sometimes if you say something it's never the same again. Hmmmm

Yeah, I agree with PhotoPhobia. It's annoying, but if it wasn't much - about £3 or less - I'd probably pay up, with a comment about preferring to be asked in advance in future.

If it was more than £3, I'd say that was all I was prepared to put in.

It’s a really common thing for a group to buy a present for the organiser, to say thank you for organising it. It doesn’t matter whether you like her or not - if she didn’t organise it, either someone else would have to do it, or the group would fold.

I agree, it would have been a courtesy to be involved before the present was bought, and to be able to choose how much you donated yourself, but I think it’s ungrateful and lacking in community spirit to begrudge her the gift.

So she's asking for a donation now?
Regardless it's a personal thing. I don't like when somebody decides to do this for something like a club - if the person wants to give present let them do it on their own.
You don't care for the woman so just smile and say sorry but you don't do group gifts and prefer to do your own thing (which can be nothing obviously).