I had a cerebral palsy charity at my door a couple of days ago
a bloke with a withered hand and speech problems asking for money.

I am a heartless cunt, and I gave him nothing, but it has made me feel guilty for days.
( rob, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 22:42, archived)

Why did you say no?

( LimeyTreat Bitch. Lover. Child. Mother. Sinner. Saint., Tue 26 Aug 2008, 22:43, archived)

because I don't like being charity mugged

( rob, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 22:45, archived)

He couldn't understand the bloke
and the cash he did give kept falling out of his withered hand.
( Druid, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 22:47, archived)

Did you light up a cigar with a £50 note before laughing at him and then closing the door?
I bet you did, you horrible bastard.
( The Gentleman Bastard waxing lyrical. ©, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 22:44, archived)

i told an old man in a book shop that i'd buy some books and needed to go and get money.
in actuality he was charging too much. He was so old and frail I felt sad about it for a year.
(WhiskyForAll! b3ta isn't the place to bully people., Tue 26 Aug 2008, 22:44, archived)

It might be the closest you ever get to meeting jeremy beadle now

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 22:44, archived)

guilty for what?
if you agree with the work the charity does, but not their tactics, then make a donation online, and put a sentence or two with it saying that you won't be donating to them again because of their methods.

I don't know how I feel about it, because the best people to tell someone about the work that a charity does is the person who's benefited from that work, but the best person to ask for money is a fundraiser.
( icklepeach *relurks*, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 22:47, archived)