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This is a normal post I find people donate at work
based on who you are, how liked you are
not on their chosen profession. Bankers = evil blah.
Look in the mirror.
 (I helped save b3ta! SleeplessAndy SleeplessAndy, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 23:11, Reply)
This is a normal post good point
I raised over £40k, half of which was down to the bank's policy of matched giving, over about three years of marathons. £100 was from a guy who just stopped me on the street to see why I was carrying a rhinocerous head.

Not to take the previous poster's aggressive stance (making a change round here) but it's not the industry, it's the people.
 (pounana Slept well, and dreamed of large women, on, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 23:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Thanks.
What are you trying to say here? I get on very well with people on my current team and keep in touch with people from teams I have worked on in the past. I even get invited out on team nights out for teams I have not worked on for the last 3 years. Am I an antisocial reject? That's your opinion.

I don't know why my event failed to get the support that previous events have. It could be because there have been a lot of them recently and people are a little fed up with dropping change into envelopes. I don't know.

What do you think I can do in terms of being a 'banker'?! I have a job. I'm lucky. I work in IT. Am I a wanker because I'm a banker?! Did I cause the credit crunch?! I'm am right down at the bottom of the rung on this one. I thought that since this a good charity it deserves a bit more support, so I thought I'd post it here on the off-chance that maybe one or two of you might donate a couple of quid. Sorry if that was a mistake. I think your assumption about me and my friends makes you a cunt.
 (I helped save b3ta! more balanced than jeremy beadle It wasn't me..., Wed 30 Jun 2010, 23:30, Reply)
This is a normal post He wasn't saying that bankers are evil
The addition of "blah" implies that the statement "bankers = evil" was sarcasm. He was challenging your original assertion that there was a link between the poor donations for your event and the fact that the people in question were bankers. He was saying that the fact that they are bankers is neither here nore there.

Generally, though, IT people in large organisations of any sort are not well liked.
 (Vlad the Inhaler forgot his password, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 7:58, Reply)
This is a normal post I say!
That's a bit harsh there!
 (I helped save b3ta! giftedweasel forgot what he was going to type on, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 23:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Thank you!
That last post has really annoyed me, and is possibly the first time that an internet post has really got under my skin to the point where it actually upsets me a bit. This is also the first time since becoming a member of B3TA that I have put somebody on ignore!

Edit: I'll ignore him tomorrow! Ignoring tonight means I can't see any reaction from nice folk out there!
 (I helped save b3ta! more balanced than jeremy beadle It wasn't me..., Wed 30 Jun 2010, 23:39, Reply)
This is a normal post I suspect that people at work
donate depending on how much they think other people are donating. I don't think anyone is going to go out of their way to donate without being pestered and seeing other people donating first.

Let's face it, people at work are usually colleagues, not friends, so I suspect popularity doesn't have that much to do with it.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 23:51, Reply)
This is a normal post I think you're right
The mistake here was not going with the form that goes around the team with people having to commit before passing on to the next person. People had a layer of anonymity with the online donation site, but you can't really do a retrospective sponsorship form. Technology is not necessarily the way forward for work based charity!!
 (I helped save b3ta! more balanced than jeremy beadle It wasn't me..., Wed 30 Jun 2010, 23:58, Reply)