Anger at Charities
We must all be aware of the 'Chugger', the charity mugger who accosts us on the high street, who tries to be witty and amusing and only wants a few seconds of our time. Recently though I've become more aware of what I'm going to call a 'Churglar' or charity burglar, someone who comes to your house and asks for money (incidentally, I hereby stake my claim to the copywrite on the word 'churglar'. I don't know how the legalities work, but if anyone makes any money out of the word then I demand some of it. I don't often invent things). One appeared tonight at around quarter to eight, just after I'd sat down to my dinner. I told him that I was having my dinner, and he said that he'd keep things short. When it was obvious that things weren't going to be short, I told him that I was going back to my food and I shut the door. I'm all for giving money to charity, and if I had any of it spare then I'd donate some myself, but I refuse to be pressurised into it. People stopping me on the street was uncomfortable enough, but coming to my door is too much. So from now on, if I see any more of these people then I'm telling them, even if it means lying, that I won't be donating to their charity in future or that I or Miss J will be cancelling our potentially fictitious standing order to that charity. I demand my right to chose who I give money to without pressure and while not worrying that my risotto is going cold. Hopefully anyone who has read this far and agrees with me will take the same measures, and maybe we can work towards being rid of this scourge.