Chuggers

Former Member · June 2006

What do you think of the Chuggers?

Short for Charity Muggers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/chuggers.shtml

I was in central London today and there's loads of them everywhere hassling you to sign up your wages to charities

I think they're annoying and always avoid getting into a conversation with one of them, I'd rather they just stood there with a bucket collecting change, etc.

Former Member · June 2006

DiamondGeezer wrote:

What do you think of the Chuggers?

Short for Charity Muggers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/chuggers.shtml

I was in central London today and there's loads of them everywhere hassling you to sign up your wages to charities

I think they're annoying and always avoid getting into a conversation with one of them, I'd rather they just stood there with a bucket collecting change, etc.

I think its illegal for them to come up and pressure you. Personally I hate it and tend to keep my head down and say no thanks

Former Member · June 2006

i say no to people who shake tins at me in the pub or the street.

Former Member · June 2006

There was a thread about this kind of thing a while back.

Infinite's method of dealing with them:

Infinite wrote:

If they try and stop you in the street, adopt a loud, haughty voice and shout "OUT OF MY WAY, I HAVE AN ERECTION.

Teh_Gerbil · June 2006

Shout "RAPE!" at the top of your voice. Although Infinite's method would be funnier.

You have to say it like the Boss bloke from IT crowd, he'd have the best voice for it.

Or run down the street with a Battleaxe hacking them in half.:yes:

Former Member · June 2006

I dread looking at my bank statement each month, so many of these folk have successfully signed me up. Usually without actually telling me anything about the charity or where my money will go, because I'm in such a hurry to get away but feel too guilty telling them where to get off. I hate the idea of cancelling the direct debits, too, so I'm obviously their ideal target.

Another problem I have is with charity raffle tickets, I must've been entered into 500 draws and I haven't won so much as an electric whisk.

Former Member · June 2006

I just ignore them or tell them I'm busy, that or I dont actually have a bank account! If I want to give money to charity, I will but only for the causes that I feel strongly about, not the chuggers think I should be intrested in. Just ask them how much their getting paid to do it, very very few of them are doing it for free.

Former Member · June 2006

briggi wrote:

I dread looking at my bank statement each month, so many of these folk have successfully signed me up. Usually without actually telling me anything about the charity or where my money will go, because I'm in such a hurry to get away but feel too guilty telling them where to get off. I hate the idea of cancelling the direct debits, too, so I'm obviously their ideal target.

Another problem I have is with charity raffle tickets, I must've been entered into 500 draws and I haven't won so much as an electric whisk.

If you can't afford it ...then cancel them.

Have these people even signed you up for gift aid which is supposed to come out of the money you would have paid as tax? or just taken it out normally?

Charities are Businesses with a special status - there's only about 100,000 charities in the UK but between them they have a turn over of over £17 Billion a Two people I went to uni with work for a children's charity and day to day it's no different from any other business, they have IT staff, offices, and all normal business expenses.

Personally I think it would be better if people volunteered their time and sweat then their money wherever possible. I volunteer at a number of things to help people out rather then just reach in my pocket.

Former Member · June 2006

depends on the charity totally, and the character of the person approaching you.......99 times out of 100 i walk past but this one bloke managed to sign me up to ActionAid, because he seemed very genuine and you could see he believed they were doing great work, he must have spent over 10 minutes describing where your money goes, and i thought damn this guy does this for a living it's the least i can do, £15/month is f' all really if you're a working man..........but if the bloke had been at all pushy i would've been put right off..........what winds me up are the people who give money to animal charities over actual people, like ffs get a grip.

Former Member · June 2006

Senor Miguel wrote:

what winds me up are the people who give money to animal charities over actual people, like ffs get a grip.

Why? I'd rather give money to the RSPCA or Greyhound Trust than another charity. I have reasons for it, perfectly good reasons, too. Of the four charities I would want to give money to if I could afford it, two are animal charities, one would be CRUK and the other would *probably* be Oxfam or something similar. Does that make me any worse a person because half of my money would go to animals?

Former Member · June 2006

I'm a sucker for raffle tickets, stickers, badges, charity boxes, buckets and petitions. Any bugger who asks me for my bank details or address can fuck off though. Oh and charity shops, I buy loads of books from them, and Fairtrade chocolate.

Former Member · June 2006

Franki wrote:

Why? I'd rather give money to the RSPCA or Greyhound Trust than another charity. I have reasons for it, perfectly good reasons, too. Of the four charities I would want to give money to if I could afford it, two are animal charities, one would be CRUK and the other would *probably* be Oxfam or something similar. Does that make me any worse a person because half of my money would go to animals?

Yea, that's fair enough I think.

Animals tend to be totally neglected, and sometimes these charities are the only support they have.

Humans tend to have alot of other points of support, though obviously it's not always the case.

Former Member · June 2006

We don't get them around here. In my town we mostly get hippie types that try to get you to sign a petition of some kind. I usually just say "sure, as a matter of fact I'm currently collecting donations for the National Socialist Movement Northwest, wanna make a trade?" The conversation usually ends there.

Former Member · June 2006

If they try and stop you in the street, adopt a lou..........wait a minute.........

Former Member · June 2006

They waste my time. They piss me off. I see them singling me out from the crowd and then they come and predate on me, i must look like a charity fund. If i had the funds for charity i'd sign up myself, not because ive been pestered by one of those.

The funny thing is, when they used to approach me, i'd tell them straight off that i have no money. Then they'd say that they dididnt want my money and that they just want to talk to me about how i can help the charity. So i let them, then they finish their speech with "so all we ask is that you fill out this form and give a little money each month...."

Contradicting themselves a bit there!

Nowdays i just say a stern "no thanks" and carry on walking.

Former Member · June 2006

just say no!

Chuggers

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