Fed Up with Charity
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I was reading strait times on Fed Up with Flag Days, and trying to relate that to my experiences....
as far as i can recall, flags days have been part and parcel of Saturdays activities at bus interchange. I always dread of going to bus interchange and have to give part of my miserable weekly allowance to the charity. If not possible to avoid bus interchange, i will drop a coin into the charity tin at the first instant, grab a sticker and paste it on my chest or somewhere very prominent. In order to fend off the rest of this "collector"....
nowadays, i venture into bus interchange & Mrt station rarely, thus do not have the opportunity to meet this flag "collector". The last time i met one, at the MRT(last month), i prompted grab a $1 coin and put onto charity can even though there are other smaller coins with me. After reflecting on the action....har.....what happens to me?
CouldnÂ’t it be because i seldom see those flag collector that is why i am not sick of their sight? Or is it i am piss off with those tv charity, that i feel flag collection, are more pleasing to my sense than tv charities?
i donÂ’t know about you folks, but i rather piss off at those tv charity shows.
it is a waste of $ on those charity and dont deserved my donation. I have not make a single call god knows for how many years. Even at the beginning when i do make a few calls, it is more for the "lucky draw" than really take it as a donation. Mechaim like buying toto like that, if you buy even a single entry there is a chance that you might strike. if you dont buy, you dont have any opportunity. 
why do we make calls on the tv charity? is it because we care or is it because of the prizes? or is it because this idiot person doing something stupid of the tv
i am not fed up with charity. too much charity drive makes me tired/annoying to see them again and again.
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what to do? everybody needs and loves money!!!
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I only donate to those who make it a point to ask me to donate at the same time telling me the organisation they represent.
"Sir, will you like to donate to the Children's Society / Old Age home?" -
Somtimes when i walk in AMK central,there are some "surveyers" always ready to catch unawareOriginally posted by kops21:I was reading strait times on Fed Up with Flag Days, and trying to relate that to my experiences....
as far as i can recall, flags days have been part and parcel of Saturdays activities at bus interchange. I always dread of going to bus interchange and have to give part of my miserable weekly allowance to the charity. If not possible to avoid bus interchange, i will drop a coin into the charity tin at the first instant, grab a sticker and paste it on my chest or somewhere very prominent. In order to fend off the rest of this "collector"....
nowadays, i venture into bus interchange & Mrt station rarely, thus do not have the opportunity to meet this flag "collector". The last time i met one, at the MRT(last month), i prompted grab a $1 coin and put onto charity can even though there are other smaller coins with me. After reflecting on the action....har.....what happens to me? CouldnÂ’t it be because i seldom see those flag collector that is why i am not sick of their sight? Or is it i am piss off with those tv charity, that i feel flag collection, are more pleasing to my sense than tv charities?
i donÂ’t know about you folks, but i rather piss off at those tv charity shows. it is a waste of $ on those charity and dont deserved my donation. I have not make a single call god knows for how many years. Even at the beginning when i do make a few calls, it is more for the "lucky draw" than really take it as a donation. Mechaim like buying toto like that, if you buy even a single entry there is a chance that you might strike. if you dont buy, you dont have any opportunity.
why do we make calls on the tv charity? is it because we care or is it because of the prizes? or is it because this idiot person doing something stupid of the tv
i am not fed up with charity. too much charity drive makes me tired/annoying to see them again and again.
There was one incident...a "surveyer" stopped me and he told me about his objective
"Sir,I am helping xxx which takes care of handicapped people...my company xxx is helping them to raise funds,would u like to buy a ticket of $5?"
I found it a bit too costly($2 would be reasonable for a student like me) and i told him that i couldn't afford it,as he saw my wallet containing a $10 note,he stopped me again and asked me to help if i could as i had $10 with me..I told him that the $10 was the pocket money for me in the weekends and so i couldn't give it to him....he grabbed my arm and scolded me of being heartless of not helping the less forunate...I yelled at him that it was my right on how i should spend my money and i told him that i could report him for assault
I wonder nowadays,are the companies seriously helping or do they do it for the money that they can get in return -
no, thank you!!Originally posted by Troy437:I only donate to those who make it a point to ask me to donate at the same time telling me the organisation they represent.
"Sir, will you like to donate to the Children's Society / Old Age home?" -
Dat's true,some ppl just shove the tin at u or they just say "Sir,donate" n expect u to part with your moneyOriginally posted by Troy437:I only donate to those who make it a point to ask me to donate at the same time telling me the organisation they represent.
"Sir, will you like to donate to the Children's Society / Old Age home?" -
Originally posted by kops21:I was reading strait times on Fed Up with Flag Days, and trying to relate that to my experiences....
as far as i can recall, flags days have been part and parcel of Saturdays activities at bus interchange. I always dread of going to bus interchange and have to give part of my miserable weekly allowance to the charity. If not possible to avoid bus interchange, i will drop a coin into the charity tin at the first instant, grab a sticker and paste it on my chest or somewhere very prominent. In order to fend off the rest of this "collector"....
nowadays, i venture into bus interchange & Mrt station rarely, thus do not have the opportunity to meet this flag "collector". The last time i met one, at the MRT(last month), i prompted grab a $1 coin and put onto charity can even though there are other smaller coins with me. After reflecting on the action....har.....what happens to me? CouldnÂ’t it be because i seldom see those flag collector that is why i am not sick of their sight? Or is it i am piss off with those tv charity, that i feel flag collection, are more pleasing to my sense than tv charities?
i donÂ’t know about you folks, but i rather piss off at those tv charity shows. it is a waste of $ on those charity and dont deserved my donation. I have not make a single call god knows for how many years. Even at the beginning when i do make a few calls, it is more for the "lucky draw" than really take it as a donation. Mechaim like buying toto like that, if you buy even a single entry there is a chance that you might strike. if you dont buy, you dont have any opportunity.
why do we make calls on the tv charity? is it because we care or is it because of the prizes? or is it because this idiot person doing something stupid of the tv
i am not fed up with charity. too much charity drive makes me tired/annoying to see them again and again. ... 
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kops, I know what you mean. I hate it when organisations seem to exploit charity for profit, or for publicity or what-not.
There are WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many charity shows on TV now. It's really an overkill. Even if they don't profit from the calls made, they profit from the publicity and the no. of viewers so they can sell ad space at a premium.
Charity should not be linked with personal gains. If we need a lottery prize to entice us to 'donate', then, it's no longer a 'donation' in all sense of the word but rather, like kops said, it shall then be equivalent to purchasing a lottery ticket because the principle of gambling and trying out one's luck and increasing one's chances of winning is there.
And yes, I do get fed-up when there are flag days EVERY Saturday! It makes a stroll down Orchard Road infuriating! -
Charity has gone commercial. Tt's wat i detest. Sb pls reiterate the true meaning of C H A R I T Y.
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Originally posted by Gackt247:
Yeah, we don't need to see the contorted faces of TCS stars blown up on our TV screens to spur us to donate!
Charity has gone commercial. Tt's wat i detest. Sb pls reiterate the true meaning of [b]C H A R I T Y.[/b]
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Or attractive young girls, wearing figure-hugging top with barely there skirts, drawing commission selling charity tickets.Originally posted by Rhonda:Yeah, we don't need to see the contorted faces of TCS stars blown up on our TV screens to spur us to donate! -
Yeah, or the top prize of a car / condo when you donate and the more you donate, the higher your chances of winning.Originally posted by Gackt247:Or attractive young girls, wearing figure-hugging top with barely there skirts, drawing commission selling charity tickets. -
Or pple who pursue passers-by n drill abt how the handicapped r suffering while they draw commision from the number of "sales" they have made.Originally posted by Rhonda:Yeah, or the top prize of a car / condo when you donate and the more you donate, the higher your chances of winning. -
reminds me of NKF
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This just makes my blood boil! Imagine profiteering from charity!!Originally posted by Gackt247:Or pple who pursue passers-by n drill abt how the handicapped r suffering while they draw commision from the number of "sales" they have made. -
hopefully this wont digress to NKF bashing.... -
Donation should be from the heart.
Publicity sells, whatever methods it may be. Being commercialise has diluted the meaning of donation. It becomes a political or commercial statement for some organisation or people. -
i actually asked a few people collecting for flag day before about what they were there for.. and surprise surprise! they didn't even know what the charity was about!
so i didn't give them anything.. and told them to find out first before they start again
i am EVIL -
I always ask them what charity they're collecting for. If they don't know, I'll look at the box they're holding to see. (Will also give them a look that tells them they really ought to know!)
There were actually two occasions where I found the organisation they were representing dodgy and so, didn't give anything. Organisations that I know about, I'll give more. -
Never donate to TV shows before except the times when my mum use my phone to donate. All the shows are so fake.
As for street donations, I would usually check where the $$ goes to. Religious, education donation are those I would absolutely refuse to donte due to these organization being rich already most of the time.
Rather, I often donate when I am not requested to. Like when I see a charity booth representing a foundation that I had heard good things about (E.g. Ren Ci Hospital) or causes that I support. In those cases, I would even go up to them to make a donation despite them being quite passive in asking for donation.
Last year, I even made a 1K donation when I was feeling generous one fine day
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you must be very well off.Originally posted by Qitai:Never donate to TV shows before except the times when my mum use my phone to donate. All the shows are so fake.
As for street donations, I would usually check where the $$ goes to. Religious, education donation are those I would absolutely refuse to donte due to these organization being rich already most of the time.
Rather, I often donate when I am not requested to. Like when I see a charity booth representing a foundation that I had heard good things about (E.g. Ren Ci Hospital) or causes that I support. In those cases, I would even go up to them to make a donation despite them being quite passive in asking for donation.
Last year, I even made a 1K donation when I was feeling generous one fine day -
Yah. I second that. I will only donate to those that approach and ask me nicelyOriginally posted by Troy437:I only donate to those who make it a point to ask me to donate at the same time telling me the organisation they represent.
"Sir, will you like to donate to the Children's Society / Old Age home?"
When I was a student, I also carry tins go and ask people for money
Nowadays, I carry a bowl and stand at the overhead bridge beside Newton Food Center and ask people for money You can see me there every night -
I got neither flat nor car.Originally posted by dragg:you must be very well off. -
don't know why, those ppl with tins or donation vouchers who saw me in the midst of my group of friends will surely approach me for donation everytime!!
Do I have a face that said "I had tons of cash n nowhere to spend"
So I had made up my mind that I will only donate to those charity that help animals since they are the ones that need the most aids!! -
I know what you mean Kops. In the past, I always drop a coin or more into those charity tins, but now I see them every weekend I don't even bother anymore!!!!
They start to become an eyesore. I mean if schools want to educate the kids about charity, I think it is better off bringing them to the homes to help out, or even the spca or clean up the beach or something. I never liked to go to any Singapore beach including ECP (to skate, not to use the beach) because the rubbish you find on the beach is really super disgusting. I don't see how ANYONE can bring themselves to swim in the sea.
I have some cash automatically deducted to community chest though I feel like changing it to the Children's Cancer Foundation or the Milk Fund.
And I always hate the way NKF raise their money. I never ever call in. The way they do it, it's just so distasteful.