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Got a cold call from Oxfam. A really very nice young man, who wished me luck finding a job when I explained relatively calmly why I was really not going to be giving them money at the moment. Nevertheless.
What they said: 'You've donated one-offs before, we need monthlies, how about it?'
What I heard: 'You've got no money, nah nah na-nah nah, and even if you had money you would only spend it on crap, so you ought to give it to us so we can give it to people in Darfur, people who have real problems, unlike you, you whiny self-obsessed idiot. Look, you're even hearing our genuine plea for humanitarian aid as a personal attack, what a wanker.'
For the record, universe, I was having that angst all of my own accord. You really didn't need to ring me up to tell me about it. Kthnx.
What they said: 'You've donated one-offs before, we need monthlies, how about it?'
What I heard: 'You've got no money, nah nah na-nah nah, and even if you had money you would only spend it on crap, so you ought to give it to us so we can give it to people in Darfur, people who have real problems, unlike you, you whiny self-obsessed idiot. Look, you're even hearing our genuine plea for humanitarian aid as a personal attack, what a wanker.'
For the record, universe, I was having that angst all of my own accord. You really didn't need to ring me up to tell me about it. Kthnx.