I've done similar work
and I used to be more well-inclined towards chuggers, but working in Central London has totally turned me against them, just through sheer weight of numbers. I get stopped, on average, five times a day. Granted, four of those will be the sort that are easily rebuffed with a polite "no thanks", but a percentage will be pushy or lay on the guilt. Even after I've taken the time to explain, look, I work here, I walk this street every day, there is always a tosser in a tabard trying to persuade me to part with my cash, if I signed up with every one then I would be working for you guys not for myself - they still persist.

In the end I made myself a rule - I sign up to one a year but only on Christmas day, when I'm invariably working and feeling a little more charitable towards the poor sods standing around outside in the cold. I pick the charity I most want to support and the chugger who seems least offensive and appoach them. For the rest of the year, "Sorry, it's not Christmas" seems to work just fine.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 28 May 2010, 14:28, 1 reply)

that's cool, as I always say ' you can't save everyone'
as soon as someone says 'not today' 'I already give' I tell them thanks anyway and move on.
( Laird Dave Draws Now charges to take off his clothes., Sat 29 May 2010, 0:12, closed)