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  • #16


    There are few things that truly bother me, but preasuring others to donate ranks right up there with preasuring to join a religion.

    I've only encountered this once, and all I did was smile and walk away without a word.

    Calling a fee a 'donation' also ranks up there fairly high, too, as it's basically a lie.

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    • #17
      I've never once turned in the "mandantory" response thing, either. Nor have I attended the "mandantory" meetings. It's an intimidation tactic.

      The people in charge of this are usually way too intimidated by me to challenge me on it.

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      • #18
        I'd start cracking statements in a non-serious tone to the person that keeps hounding you to donate.

        "Heh, going at this rate, why don't you just skip all the way to the end and pull a gun on me and demand my wallet and entire paycheck?"

        "Last time I checked, I work a job to get paid, not pay to work here."

        "Are you sure you weren't a panhandler before you worked a career for a donation program?"

        "If I needed a conscience check, I'd ask you first."

        *Take a penny out of your pocket, hand it to the "donation specialist"* "Here. My donation. Have a nice day."

        Hand them a box of 1500 pennies. "Here's my donation. Have a nice day."

        "I have problems of my own and I'm not asking you for money. I bust my ass working this job to try to fix my own problems. If hounding people for money is considered fair game, why don't you go get other people to donate money for my causes? After all, it is for *MY* charity."

        Oh, and by the way, getting your day off request rejected because you won't donate. I'd take it up with HR about this bullshit. Get the management to provide proper documentation and logic explaining why you didn't get your day off. Make sure you have recorded the exact date/time that you made said request and when it was denied. Compare management's "excuse" with your records and have HR put 2 and 2 together.. see if they can see through the BS.

        Hope this helps.
        Last edited by Blade_Raver; 09-15-2011, 09:59 AM.
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        • #19
          You could always hit them with this:

          "They say charity begins at home. I'll be home tonight after 7."
          I will not be pushed, stamped, filed, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own. --#6

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          • #20
            If someone pressured me to donate anything that much, I'd smile sweetly and say, "Well I was going to donate to your charity, but since you've been so goddamn annoying about it, I've chosen to send my donation to (other charity) instead."

            I've also heard some fun stories from my mother when her co-workers' kids would be peddling shitty cookie dough or popcorn balls and she'd feel obligated to buy some even though she's dirt poor. She sure has enough balls to boss me around at home, so why she can't unleash the bitch-beast on her co-irkers is way beyond me.
            Last edited by Dips; 09-27-2011, 11:23 AM. Reason: removed fratching statement

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            • #21
              How about this:

              "My philosophy is to only give to those that don't ask for it. The humble ones are the ones that REALLY need it."

              (btw, I do try to keep to that philosophy myself!)
              I will not be pushed, stamped, filed, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own. --#6

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              • #22
                Or start talking about the desperate need of one of your favourite charities.

                (I find talking about the plight of mentally competent adults who need nursing home care but not palliative nursing home care works very, very well. Explaining how their only options are palliative end-of-life nursing homes, nursing homes for those not mentally competent to live their own lives, or privately funding their own nurse ... well, most leave before I can direct them to 'young people in nursing homes' the charity.)
                Seshat's self-help guide:
                1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
                2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
                3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
                4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.

                "All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.

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                • #23
                  Quoth Bright_Star View Post
                  NO employer can force you to donate your hard earned money to charity.
                  They're not forcing them to donate....they're just asking REALLY REALLY LOUDLY
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                  • #24
                    I've donated 1517 WU's on my primary machine in the year I've had it, gods know how many on the previous before the mobo died, and likely upwards of 5000 WU's on my other box, except I can't get it to display a counter and the website doesn't differentiate between machines on its count.

                    Cash? Sorry, I'm broke. CPU cycles or nothing.
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                    - H. Beam Piper

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                    • #25
                      "I have charities of my own that I donate to regularly. Thanks anyway."

                      Nobody's ever persisted past the two sentences above. Nor have I ever suffered from 'retaliation', to my knowledge.

                      Apparently I give off a real bitch-don't-screw-with-me vibe when I want to.

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                      • #26
                        There are a couple of those larger groups that I refuse to give to. I have reasons (I won't go into them here). The forms we get at work have a "Declined" box to check off, so I check that, sign it and turn it in. Of course, last year I didn't bother, and no one asked me for the form anyway.
                        When you start at zero, everything's progress.

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                        • #27
                          Quoth MoonCat View Post
                          There are a couple of those larger groups that I refuse to give to. I have reasons (I won't go into them here). The forms we get at work have a "Declined" box to check off, so I check that, sign it and turn it in. Of course, last year I didn't bother, and no one asked me for the form anyway.
                          I'll never turn in such a form again. If pressed, I'll call the Labor Board.

                          I've had enough. The campaign is about to start where I work now, and the hints to donate will come right and left.
                          Last edited by Dips; 09-27-2011, 11:24 AM. Reason: removed name of charity to avoid fratching
                          They say that God only gives us what we can handle. Apparently, God thinks I'm a bad ass.

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                          • #28
                            At my co-op one of my coworkers called a certain charity "the charity gestapo", you didn't have to donate, but you would pay a price for it. It seems promotions and incentives were based around those who were setup to give a portion from each paycheck to this certain charity. Personally, I hate when a corporate wants to influence their agenda on my personal life or affect work life because you choose to be "greedy" by being like my coworker who donated to local charities through his church where 98% went to the cause where I forget how bad the overhead for this certain charity was.
                            Last edited by Ree; 09-27-2011, 11:53 AM. Reason: Removed name of charity
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                            • #29
                              I have run into this so many times, though I haven't had retaliation. The only reason the bosses want us to donate is that they get credit. The good ones take the crap for it and don't hound us. If I want to donate to an organization, I will do it on my own. And why are these charities hounding the retail people who probably qualify for the programs? Suck all around.
                              "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

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                              • #30
                                We're kind of dealing with this at work right now - the city's current campaign is underway, and while it's not insisted that we donate, we DO have to give a "not contributing this year" sort of response. (wasn't sure how to approach my supervisor about why the city requires this)
                                Last edited by Dips; 09-27-2011, 11:25 AM. Reason: removed name of charity to avoid fratching

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