Freak

I would like to walk down the high street without getting stopped every 5 yards by some gimp with a clipboard

In order of the ones i just encountered on one (short) high street:
save the children
Amnesty international
greenpeace
British heart foundation
Against animal testing
there were a few others but didnt see what they were as they didnt approach me (for once)

Am i really going to stop in the pissing rain?

I have no problem with giving to charity, and i do so-but what bugs me is this method, and the constant bombardment in the street.
Every single day it happens.
Gone are the days of simply rattling a collection tin...now its the pressurised hard sell tactics.


/rant over
Normal service resumes.....

StickyMicky

you could tell them to **** off, but it will be a diffrent person with the clip board next time round who wont recognise you.

the only thing you can do IMO is blatently ignore them!

SJ_Skyline

reply to them:

"je suis désolé, Je ne comprends pas"

Patt@firstime

or do what I do - talk into your mobile for a minute whiling walking past that way you can make eye contact without getting the 'guility' look!

Matt

Brendan Hughes

To paraphrase Bill Bryson, say "I'm sorry, I don't have any money, I just got out of prison." And when they look at you with the "what were you in there for?" look, you explain "I murdered a guy with a clipboard."

Dracoro

I see these people near oxford circus. You learn to avoid them, avoid eye contact etc. IF I do say anything it's "sorry, no time". Some say "But it'll only take a few minutes" What part of NO time did they not understand!

Personally I think these companies/charidees should have a little stall with the name/charity, questionnaires/donations wanted etc. (bit like what the rac/aa used to do) I'd be less put on the spot and more likely to go over if it interested me.

stevencotton

I walk in and out of Oxford Circus daily, they also hang around Berwick Street whic his where I work so I get it every evening and twice at lunchtimes. I just say "sorry" and keep walking since I don't like to actually ignore people.

SJ_Skyline

Argyll Street

I avoid it like the plague!!

eClaire

I done one of these for Oxfam and agreed a tenner a month. A few months later they rang me and asked me to increase my donation cheeky *******!!