collections at bingo vent

jull_2

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Padz_2

Did they collect for the same dead person for 3 weeks running or is that bingo hall just a really dangerous place to work?

heretolearn_2

Were they customers? Regulars? Perhaps their 'friends' at Bingo would want to send something.

You don't have to give them any money if you don't want to.

qetu1357

Padz wrote: »

Did they collect for the same dead person for 3 weeks running or is that bingo hall just a really dangerous place to work?

They were probably squashed to death by the two fat ladies.........

OrkneyStar

Perhaps they thought if you could afford to waste money on bingo you could afford a £ or two for a collection ? If you don't want to give don't! It seems collections/charities are everywhere these days!

Ronaldo_Mconaldo

"I go to the bingo to try to win some money not give it to the relatives of some drug addict for all I know."

And yet what you actually do by piddling your money away in an attempt to win slightly more money at the bingo is probably not too far from that.

HappyMJ

jull wrote: »

So what are people supposed to do with their hard earned money?

I actually have a greater income than I need to survive and pay bills so I spend it on bingo and drink and other things that are not necessary.

So what?

Get a life.

I can think of many things to do that are better than Bingo.... At 72% return to player it's one of the worst gambling options to take....apart from lottery tickets but at least some of the lottery income goes to good causes. But...if you like it as a form of entertainment then that's up to you. I find the number calling rather boring.

essex1990

A collection for the family ... no thanks

A collection for the a charity such as hospital that treated them like Great Ormand Street, or if they died from cancer for CancerResearchUK, or Parkinsons for example then yes.

There is a big difference between a genuine charity collection and opportunistic family members cashing in on the death of a 'loved' one.

mountainofdebt

Oh for goodness sake you sound like a right misery.

You weren't forced to give to the collections so where's the problem? And for the record no not everyone dies tragically - some die very peacefully in their sleep. By tragically I would guess that they died in an accident.

I_know_my_ABC_and_my_CMYK

jull wrote: »

Is this the latest thing at the bingo now?

The past 3 Saturdays I have been to the bingo the caller gives the following announcement.


Someone died tragically so we are having a collection for their family, put any spare change at the side of the table and someone will be round to collect it.

Doesn't everyone die tragically?

No one had a collection when my cousin was killed by a drunk driver.

I think I will write in my will that when I die tragically my local bingo hall is to have a collection for my funeral.

No flowers just give the money to charity.

I used to be a member of a disability group on Yahoo a few years ago.

It was actually really good group only they started asking for money to send flowers to a member as they were feeling down etc.

Once or twice wasn't a problem but it started to become a regular occurrence .

We all had the same disability, we all had the same bad and good days, hacked off days, pain days etc etc

So, I unsubscribed, I was sick to death of the email asking for money. Had someone died and they wanted to send a wreath, I wouldn't have minded that, but it became practically a weekly occurrence.

purple.sarah

essex1990 wrote: »

A collection for the family ... no thanks

A collection for the a charity such as hospital that treated them like Great Ormand Street, or if they died from cancer for CancerResearchUK, or Parkinsons for example then yes.

There is a big difference between a genuine charity collection and opportunistic family members cashing in on the death of a 'loved' one.

The family would probably be using the money to try and afford a headstone, not a holiday! Funerals can be very expensive. Or they might be suddenly struggling because the deceased was the main earner. Just because someone has thought to have a whip round for them does not mean the family instigated it or is exploiting their loved one's death!