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Tesco food bank collections
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Tesco are running these again from now till saturday when they will add 30% to what has been donated,i make no points other than
1)help by donating goods if you can
2)don't help if you can't
3)don't help if you can't be arsed/bothered/concerned or you couldn't care less
:xmassign:
1)help by donating goods if you can
2)don't help if you can't
3)don't help if you can't be arsed/bothered/concerned or you couldn't care less
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Ideally that should replace 3) above which is somewhat pejoratively and offensively worded and probably makes more people less inclined to support this Tesco initiative than it does encourage support. It certainly has that affect on me.
It is fine to promote Tesco's initiative but those who choose not to donate to it should not be criticised in such a manner. There are plenty of other equally or more worthy causes than this particular one that people may choose to support and I find the OP to be unnecessarily unpleasantly worded.
Woodbine, I suggest that you don't apply for a job as a charity fund raiser.
Larry Lorenzoni
Larry Lorenzoni
Once had a lady stop me in a work restaurant. Collecting from colleagues for "a good cause".
The people I was with muttered to themselves and shoved some coins into her collecting can.
When she rattled it under my nose I told her what she was doing was moral blackmail and that I strongly objected and she would be getting nothing from me.
She seemed a bit miffed.
Without the smell.
I am exceptionally proud of my 17 year old daughter who this week is giving up 8 hours of her free time to assist in collections in our local Tesco, despite being busy studying,mentorship of younger kids who need learning support at her school,learning to drive,working part time, visiting her boyfriend at his uni and celebrating her own unconditional uni offer ( Msc Biomedical Science) for September 2015. ( that turned into a bit of a brag - sorry #notsorry)
It's easy to be cynical, and sometimes in our aim to help , we may assist the undeserving, but if our hearts are in the right place, and there is a chance that someone genuinely in need could benefit, where's the harm - it is probably 0.001% of your shopping bill total. That said, if you don't want to participate , you shouldn't be made to feel bad - your reasons are as valid as anyone elses