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[EmilyRose1982]

This woman redefines the term c*nt. I was so angry at her, I almost, ALMOST, told her to fuck off. How I restrained myself, I have NO idea.

BG: A high school hockey player was seriously injured last week after being checked from behind. His spinal cord was damaged after two of his cervical vertebrae were fractured. He's currently able to move his arms a bit, but can't feel anything below the waist. His high school is my alma mater.

To help his family with the medical bills, my store decided to have a collection jar--we then take the money each day to WF bank to deposit the cash into a charitable account set up for him. Pretty awesome, right? It kinda stinks for us team members, since people aren't tipping us at all, and that's part of our pay. But I'm more than happy to take the small cut for this kid's sake.

We had signs posted both on the front counter and on the drive thru window. And no, we were not actively asking or "pushing" people to donate. It was merely there for them to have a chance to help.

/end BG

So it's the start of my shift, and this woman is at my drive thru. I take her money, and as I'm handing her the change, this exchange ensues:

SC: So are you making a matching donation??
Me: Uh....I'm sorry?
SC: Are you making a matching donation for that kid?
Me: Um...no...not that I know of...
SC: So what's the point of that? *points at the sign*
Me: We're just collecting money if people want to donate some, and then we're forwarding it to the WF account for his charity...
SC: Well don't you think you SHOULD make a matching donation??? I mean, that's pretty shitty if you guys don't!!!
Me: Well, you are MORE than welcome to call corporate and talk to THEM about it.
SC: I THINK I WILL!!!

And she drove off. And no, she didn't donate a damn penny.

Like I said. C*NT.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Far too many people have lost what it means to have simple human kindness anymore. We have seen recent posts here about how some people have asked for the donations that have made for the past several years to be given back to them, we have seen people freak out and yell at Salvation Army bell ringers, and I have personally seen someone at my local Sheetz (Gas Station/Convenience store chain) grab a pad of the donation tags (where you donate a dollar, write your name on the card and the store hangs it up with the rest of the people who have donated) and rip them up because it offended them.

Personal favorite was at the local Food Lion (grocery store) someone knocked over a display of the food kitchen donation boxes ($5 boxes containing some staple food items that you can purchase and leave at the store for them to donate to the local food pantries) while screaming about they can't afford to "feed every lazy [redacted] who can't be bothered to get a [redacted] job".

Yet could certainly afford the 10 cartons of $60 cigarettes he had just purchased.

My tag line sums up my feelings on the matter.

[Caractacus_Potts]

A few years back a woman in my town was arrested for stealing the Jimmy Fund charity change jars from the local liquor store. She used her young kids (like 5 and 7) to distract the cashiers while she grabbed the jars and put them in her purse. Guess she forgot about the camera.

[MoonCat]

I'm pretty sure that the people screaming the loudest about charities have never missed a meal in their lives.

But as to the OP...What a piece of work. Why yell at you? Since when does the person manning the drive-thru have any say in whether the corporation makes a donation? I would bet money that she never calls corporate, either.

[EmilyRose1982]

I'm pretty sure that the people screaming the loudest about charities have never missed a meal in their lives.

But as to the OP...What a piece of work. Why yell at you? Since when does the person manning the drive-thru have any say in whether the corporation makes a donation? I would bet money that she never calls corporate, either.

It's funny you say that, b/c not only did she not donate a damn penny, but she was also rather overweight.

I was so dumbfounded and pissed off by her comments, I didn't know WHAT to say. What CAN I say in a situation like that that won't get me fired?!?

[Pixilated]

It's funny you say that, b/c not only did she not donate a damn penny, but she was also rather overweight.

I was so dumbfounded and pissed off by her comments, I didn't know WHAT to say. What CAN I say in a situation like that that won't get me fired?!?

Probably not much.

We've had stories around my neck of the woods about people stealing the poppy boxes that go up just before Remembrance Day. It's things like this that make me want to bring back the good ol' days when people had to stand in the public square with a sign around their necks detailing what they'd done.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Another person who can't see anything because her head is too far up her ass...yeah, of course it wouldn't make sense to take up a donation if the company itself won't match it. Better to have nothing than double, right??

[venroses]

I used to work in a dq where our poppy box got stolen - we never sold poppies again.

Another disgusting one: Our dq sold those entertainment books for 50$ and all the money went to the children's miracle network (for kid hospitals). One day we came in and not only was the money that should've been in the safe gone but so was the charity money. One of our supervisors also disappeared...

[Grape The Cat]

At WM somebody once stole Red Cross money for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

[JambaBamba]

I was so dumbfounded and pissed off by her comments, I didn't know WHAT to say. What CAN I say in a situation like that that won't get me fired?!?

Technically couldn't you say "All the workers here have donated" since people are putting what is usually tip money in there so you're all taking a cut? Being the bigger person usually pisses people off the most.

[Blue Ginger]

We've had stories around my neck of the woods about people stealing the poppy boxes that go up just before Remembrance Day.

Would love to see them try to steal the ANZAC day pins money from the sellers around Melbourne. I had to donate several times a few years back. Too many hotties in uniform to resist.

Most places have the collection boxes chained to something pretty solid.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

In Canada they do a poppy campaign every Remembrance Day (Nov 11) where you can donate some change which I believe goes to charities that help Veterans and in exchange get a little replica poppy to wear.

There have been, sadly, several instances where someone assaulted an eldelry war veteran collecting for the campaign and stole the donations.

Just disgusting.

[notlovinit]

I felt compelled to comment on this because of a situation that is happening in my city right now. We recently had a horrible shooting where a suspect shoot 6 police officers and killed one of them. Some of the local banks are taking donations for the families of these officers. Apparently some people have been calling from the main line of the local university (so the call cannot be traced to them) and asking people for donations for this cause, but are actually scam artists pocketing the money for themselves.

[PepperElf]

i like the ones where the "jar" is actually a small box bolted to the counter. makes it harder for customers to steal