When a cashier girl says "Thanks a lot"

hey, I worked as a charity fundraiser too ....for like a day.

was given a bucket, and told go out and collect money. I think I made around 50 quid,

out of that 50 quid, management pockets about 30%, the charity gets about 30%, and you get about 40%

lots of people are under the illusion that if you donate lets say £5 to a chugger that the £5 will be going to charity, but it's not. only a certain percentage will and this will differ slightly based on the agency.

those chuggers lucky enough to be working for hourly rate probably have a slightly differant pay structure, but i can assure you than not 100% of what they collect will be going straight to charities as somehow they will need to be paid.

And they are called chuggers basically because of the way they hound people in an intrusive manor when folk are just going about their daily business. It's almost like mugging lol. I always try to steer clear of them if i spot them in the street or shopping centre.

true though, it's a pretty exhausting job.

As a cashier myself, when I say thanks a lot what I really mean is 'bend me over my till belt right now.'

Don't read into it OP.

As I previously said you think when you see an Oxfam advert on your TV that all that money goes towards the Charity? you are aware that the Advert is not free right?

Are you seriously going to tell me that some child in Africa should starve to death due to not getting the funds that they could raise so that you are not inconvenienced in the streets????

They certainly are.



True, but 30% is far too low. You should aim for charities that spend as high as possible on charitable activities (e.g. >70%).



You are right that we should all help those suffering through no fault of their own. But chugging is a terrible way to raise money. It's incredibly inefficient, it annoys people and potentially turns them off charitable giving generally.

As I have said previously street fund raising is much more cost effective then expensive TV adds.

The barrista at Starbucks always write my name on my coffee. Do you reckon she has the hots for me?

yeah but not necessarily from him :

Those are outrageous figures I don't know what organisation you were working for. Did you make those figures up or are they real figures.
of course not all the money goes to the charity the hourly rate etc. Also you get bonus if you hit certain target. That been said the vast majority does go to the charity.

As I previously said you think when you see an Oxfam advert on your TV that all that money goes towards the Charity? you are aware that the Advert is not free right?

I worked on behalf of World Vision they do a a huge amount of good for the world. (Yes I know they are a christian faith based charity I am an atheist so what they still help lots of starving people)

Are you seriously going to tell me that some child in Africa should starve to death due to not getting the funds that they could raise so that you are not inconvenienced in the streets????

I know you may not want to donate that is your choice which i respect but they cannot know that and in order to get through to the few individuals who are happy to give their money to such a worthy cause they will have to inconvenience a lot of people who don't for 30 seconds or etc. I wonder what you would say if you were that African kid who could not get food water education or clothes on your back.

Would you seriously say oh no dont go out and raise funds for me it may inconvenience some rich dude for like 30 seconds?