Ring My Bell-ell-ell, Ring My Bell

YankeeFan · Dec 6, 2011

The Big Ragu said:

TigerVols said:

Matt1735 said:

For two hours tonight, a group of coworkers and I rang the red kettle bell for the Salvation Army at about five locations in our hometown.

I guess it shouldn't surprise me, but the one thing that was consistent this year (and in the past when I have done this)... the people who appear to be able to afford to give (well dressed and groomed appearance) walked by without even acknowledging us. The people who looked the most downtrodden and least able to give, did so consistently.
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I know a guy who usually dresses pretty well and is clean cut and he gives $100 bill to the first kettle he sees each season, and then happily ignores all the rest.

Maybe he's not the only one to do that kind of thing?
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I don't know if I am in the able to afford to give category, but I rarely just hand cash to random people who solicit me. I don't care what kind of props they have, or what they say. I have no faith they are for real or that the money is going to reach anywhere except their pockets.

I do give money to various causes, though. Just in ways I can be more certain it is going to reach where I intended.

I don't know if there are others like me, but I think anyone who hands cash to a total stranger could be getting suckered. In NYC, I get hit for money for various things every day. I have no doubt a percentage of it is straight BS.
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New York has always had fake nuns and other asking for money. This one was just in the Post the other day:

It may be the longest pregnancy in human history.

A chain-smoking panhandler with a rap sheet as long as her blond tresses has been winning the hearts and handouts of Fifth Avenue passers-by for months, claiming she’s “pregnant and alone.”

Problem is, Roxanne Machado, 28, appears to have been expecting for at least 13 months.

“She’s fake pregnant,” charged Benjamin Haberland, 34, a Web site manager who said he witnessed Machado outside Bergdorf Goodman giving “birth” — to a bouncing “foam contraption” she used as a baby bump.

“It was falling out, sort of peeking out from underneath her sweatshirt,” he said. “She was oblivious to it falling out. She didn’t seem to care.”

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/none_in_the_oven_z1UXVqwzjjtEUg0CragbOK#ixzz1flVZ7tUi
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cranberry · Dec 6, 2011

The Big Ragu said:

TigerVols said:

Matt1735 said:

For two hours tonight, a group of coworkers and I rang the red kettle bell for the Salvation Army at about five locations in our hometown.

I guess it shouldn't surprise me, but the one thing that was consistent this year (and in the past when I have done this)... the people who appear to be able to afford to give (well dressed and groomed appearance) walked by without even acknowledging us. The people who looked the most downtrodden and least able to give, did so consistently.
Click to expand...

I know a guy who usually dresses pretty well and is clean cut and he gives $100 bill to the first kettle he sees each season, and then happily ignores all the rest.

Maybe he's not the only one to do that kind of thing?
Click to expand...

I don't know if I am in the able to afford to give category, but I rarely just hand cash to random people who solicit me. I don't care what kind of props they have, or what they say. I have no faith they are for real or that the money is going to reach anywhere except their pockets.

I do give money to various causes, though. Just in ways I can be more certain it is going to reach where I intended.

I don't know if there are others like me, but I think anyone who hands cash to a total stranger could be getting suckered. In NYC, I get hit for money for various things every day. I have no doubt a percentage of it is straight BS.
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I tend to agree. I live to direct my charitable giving to very specific groups (typically Down syndrome/developmental disabilities community, in my case). My lone exception is a homeless guy in midtown to whom I give a dollar whenever I see him (several times a week). Just kind of adopted him because I walk by him every time I go to grab something for breakfast or lunch.

Johnny Dangerously · Dec 6, 2011

Google "Salvation Army" and "gay" and you might see why some people refuse to give.

The Big Ragu · Dec 6, 2011

cranberry said:

The Big Ragu said:

TigerVols said:

Matt1735 said:

For two hours tonight, a group of coworkers and I rang the red kettle bell for the Salvation Army at about five locations in our hometown.

I guess it shouldn't surprise me, but the one thing that was consistent this year (and in the past when I have done this)... the people who appear to be able to afford to give (well dressed and groomed appearance) walked by without even acknowledging us. The people who looked the most downtrodden and least able to give, did so consistently.
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I know a guy who usually dresses pretty well and is clean cut and he gives $100 bill to the first kettle he sees each season, and then happily ignores all the rest.

Maybe he's not the only one to do that kind of thing?
Click to expand...

I don't know if I am in the able to afford to give category, but I rarely just hand cash to random people who solicit me. I don't care what kind of props they have, or what they say. I have no faith they are for real or that the money is going to reach anywhere except their pockets.

I do give money to various causes, though. Just in ways I can be more certain it is going to reach where I intended.

I don't know if there are others like me, but I think anyone who hands cash to a total stranger could be getting suckered. In NYC, I get hit for money for various things every day. I have no doubt a percentage of it is straight BS.
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I tend to agree. I live to direct my charitable giving to very specific groups (typically Down syndrome/developmental disabilities community, in my case). My lone exception is a homeless guy in midtown to whom I give a dollar whenever I see him (several times a week). Just kind of adopted him because I walk by him every time I go to grab something for breakfast or lunch.
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I get giving to the homeless guy. You know the money is going where you intended.

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