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Michael1954 · 23-03-2015, 22:51

Now I'm all for charity (for personal reasons I support the Stroke Association, Age UK, and the British Heart Foundation), but I am becoming increasingly annoyed at cold callers knocking on my door, asking for donations to charities that they support. At first, I would politely explain that I support the above charities and reserved my money exclusively for them, but on a few occasions I have been met by funny looks as though I was being mean by not handing over any money. Nowadays, my response is I don't deal with cold callers, the same response I give to cold calling salesmen etc. I always think that charity is a personal thing; after all there are thousands of charities, and you can't donate to them all. Am I being mean?

23-03-2015, 22:51	#1
Michael1954 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Great Harwood Posts: 1,143 Liked: 226 times Rep Power: 91934	Cold Callers Now I'm all for charity (for personal reasons I support the Stroke Association, Age UK, and the British Heart Foundation), but I am becoming increasingly annoyed at cold callers knocking on my door, asking for donations to charities that they support. At first, I would politely explain that I support the above charities and reserved my money exclusively for them, but on a few occasions I have been met by funny looks as though I was being mean by not handing over any money. Nowadays, my response is I don't deal with cold callers, the same response I give to cold calling salesmen etc. I always think that charity is a personal thing; after all there are thousands of charities, and you can't donate to them all. Am I being mean?