YES!
Christ, yes. Chuggers instantly came to mind when I read this week's question. It almost makes me concerned for my sanity, since I can't honestly say I *hate* any other profession (except maybe dealers in hard drugs and makers of kiddie porn, but they fall more under the heading of 'criminals' than 'career professionals'), but my hatred for chuggers is so fucking venomous that the mere fact of seeing them will make me spin on my heels and gladly walk an extra 500 metres rather than walk past them and have my ears dry-bummed by their Siren scrounging and their vomitous fake cheerfulness.

The thing I hate most about them is that they actually manage to make me feel bad about myself for hating them, because fundamentally they're trying to do a good deed, even if part of it does go towards lining their own pockets. It's just a complete waste of effort: trying to do a good deed in the worst possible way. They're like mobile Jehovah's fucking Witnesses or something. Just thinking about the oleaginous cunts makes me come over all stabby.

*goes to lie down in a darkened room before the brain aneurysm hits*
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Thu 27 May 2010, 13:24, 1 reply)

Actually no
They're not doing a good deed. They get paid. The person who today is caring passionately about children in the developing world will tomorrow be caring passionately about guide dogs or something. They're compassion whores.
( Olembe Refuses to write in this space, Thu 27 May 2010, 17:34, closed)

Not all of them get paid
At uni I used to volunteer to do charity runs and everyone i was with volunteered too. In fact no one i ever worked with got paid for it, except maybe the organiser. I did feel bad going up to random people and asking for a donation though, so i would just stand there in the hope that someone would donate 20p or a quid in exchange for a button or sticker or something.

I myself can't stand it when charity workers badger you or yell abuse or try to make you feel ashamed. That sort of behaviour doesn't help anyone. I also agree that what you do with your own money is your choice.
(it's not hash mixed drops, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 17:11, closed)