Donations-I Want Stuff For Free!

[edible_hat]

A loaf a beard can be packaged a lot quicker than cookies.

I know it's a typo, but I'm having crazy mental images of somebody stuffing shaved-off beard hair into a breadbag and an SC buying it then complaining that some of it is moustache hair.

[booger]

Blech. I take donation requests from customers and put them aside for the manager in charge of that stuff. Also, when a donation is ready, I call someone to get it out for them. There are a lot of grateful people. But there's also a lot of people who are like, "That's ALL you're gonna give me?" They are so greedy! I wish I could be like, "Oh, you don't like it? Then we can give it to someone else who appreciates it," but unfortunately I can't say things like that to people.

[bainsidhe]

"Oh, you don't like it? Then we can give it to someone else who appreciates it," but unfortunately I can't say things like that to people.

Why not? I mean, I wouldn't say something to that effect either (stooping to their level and all), but some people are such greedy little twerps. Frankly, if you're asking for something free and are going to be rude about it, then you should get the privelage of explaining to your group/higher-ups why you suddenly have to pay for it.

[LadyAndreca]

People just don't understand that yes, there is a donation budget. We can only take requests in writing, and we can only give a certain amount per request.

The type of donation I get asked for most frequently (the people who come to the service desk rather than calling the store) is teenagers, usually girls, trying to find sponsors for an athletic/academic/beauty pagent event. The second most common is non-profit groups looking for merchandise or gift cards for raffles.

[depechemodefan]

One of my co-workers has a son who is an astronaut. So of course the library asked her if she could get her son to make an appearance Luckily astronauts do make appearances, but the thing is they went through his mom, not through NASA.