Free Things for Charity

   There are a lot of things that make no sense in the world, I am tempted to list them but I am sure the editors at Triond have better things to do then edit a 1 thousand page list. I would like to focus on the ads we are bombarded with daily, I am sure some are public service by the owner of the median of advertising (AKA free) but most are paid for. I feel by donating to that charity I am wasting my money as it goes into advertising not actually what the charity is for! If I see too many advertisements for a charity I purposely avoid them!

   Almost always now the charities offer you a reward for donating like a teddy bear or a T-shirt or a packet about something or other! This makes me VERY upset as now half my donation is me technically buying an overpriced shirt which I don’t want in the first place! I guess I get to wear a shirt with a panda on it! I would rather that panda still be alive, but that is just me! I went through a fast food drive through the other day and they asked if I would donate 2$ to something or other, I am just a normal person but I was just like, sure. I would help someone while I ate. I got to the window. They gave me an eraser and a 1L drink for donating! OK. 20 cent eraser, almost bearable. 1$ pop now 80cents of my donation goes to the charity! Now the shipping and handling and administration. The kid that needs school supplies got about 5cents from me!

   Now that is a massive waste but how about a teddy bear for a 50$ donation! Sweet! The teddy is only worth 10$ so I actually give 40$ to the starving kids who DON’T have a teddy bear! Now I feel guilty because I have a teddy bear and they don’t! So I call the charity! Can you send my teddy to a starving kid they probably could use some good cheer as well as food! Sorry the teddy bear is yours we aren’t allowed to send it anywhere else! Oh, Okay! I’ll just keep the teddy! I love having a teddy anyway!

   The other day I got a surprise in the mail! A NICKLE! It asked me to return it to the charity under the assumption I would send it back with more! I decided to send it to a different charity with a note saying they should thank the other for their 5cent donation! Seriously! Trying to make us feel bad over 5cents is pathetic I have boycotted that charity and they will never see another dime from me let alone a nickle!