Dear all those who have commented on the nature of charity cold calls and advised how to deal with them.
Have you ever considered the people who are making these calls? yes they are people. people like you who work hard. people unlike you who work hard for little pay to try and cause a little bit of good in this world. Perhaps next time you recieve a charity cold call you might show a little respect to the person on the other end of the line. Do not toy with them, do not leave them for hours, its simply rude. Most of these people truly believe in the charities for which they are trying to raise money. The reason they ask for direct debit regular payments (even something as small as 18p a day) is so that when an earthquake strikes unexpectadly in a place like haiti, stores are already in place to provide these people with food and water. if there were'nt any stores, these people would die, these children would die of thirst or starve or die of a terrible disease. The you have advised that we treat these people shouldn't be put upon anyone. The money that is donated from the people that really care goes straight to the charity. the charities simply emply these agencies so that they do not have to spend tons of money buying telephone equipment when they could be spending that money on those who need it. truly charitble people would recognise this and recognise that these people are not evil or even rude. They have feelings and more importantly they care. if it wasn't for these people the charities would have half the amount of support. if it wasn't for these people, many more would die. you are lucky enough to have been born into wealthy countries. I can assume this because you are all sitting at your computers moaning about people who called you on your telephones whilst you were sitting in your nice house with a roof over your head and i'm pretty sure, a tap in your kitchen. think about what you have. Think about how lucky you are. Think about what a difference you could make for those who are not as lucky as yourselves. not anywhere near as lucky. not even lucky. why were they born into poverty and not us? I don't know but i certainly do know that every one of you is capable of donating to people who have nothing. 1 pound from your hard earned salary per week. not even 15 minutes work.
count to 4...
A child dies...
count to 4 ....
A child dies.
