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Location: The Chatterdome in La La Land, CaliFUNia
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Originally Posted by YaFace
OK it obviously is a different story when you are making 8 bucks and hour. But I work for the government, where everyone makes at least 13 bucks an hour, and everyone in my department makes 15 bucks an hour at least. I sent out three e-mail for the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) the ONLY charitable drive that the gov't allows all year, where you can pick your charity, and donate as little as a dollar or one dollar a paycheck, and not one person out of 15 responded to the e-mail. It is the kind of people like you guys here (not the ones who make 8 bucks an hour and have 3 kids with no child support obviously) who are not helping out your fellow man. If you make a decent wage, you should really donate 3-4% of your income to charitable causes (salvation army, your church, etc) You never know in life when you are going to need those services. As for not pitching in for someone's retirement party or birthday thing, I bet you these are the first people who eat the free food or the cake, the ones who didn't pitch in. (if you don't know the person and will not participate or eat any of the food, obviously then you shouldn't have to contribute, but that is not what we are talking about here)
Why should we be forced to donate to the charities that the organization supports? I cannot afford to give to all the charities that I personally support so how can I afford to give to my company's pet charities, especially if I think they are not on the up and up?
The problem is you are put on the spot to give money and i never liked it.
Yes!! That's exactly it!! You are completely put on the spot and if you say "no, can't do it", you look like a Scrooge or a cheapskate.
I have my own charitable causes that I donate to when I can. I don't feel like giving b'day cards w/money to grown people or "contribute" to a gift for someone I don't know.
I will add to this thread two other little work place "annoyances" of mine:
1.) Co-workers who are always trying to sell you stuff; Mary Kay, Tupperware, Avon, Home Interiors, etc.
2.) Co-worker slackers who never can seem to remember to bring anything to those work "pot-luck" lunches or going away parties, but have no qualms about eating the food that YOU and your more thoughtful co-workers bought or prepared. Often, they are even the first ones in line to fill their plate! This irks me no end.
Location: The Chatterdome in La La Land, CaliFUNia
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Originally Posted by montanamom
I will add to this thread two other little work place "annoyances" of mine:
1.) Co-workers who are always trying to sell you stuff; Mary Kay, Tupperware, Avon, Home Interiors, etc.
2.) Co-worker slackers who never can seem to remember to bring anything to those work "pot-luck" lunches or going away parties, but have no qualms about eating the food that YOU and your more thoughtful co-workers bought or prepared. Often, they are even the first ones in line to fill their plate! This irks me no end.
I agree with you on both points. When I know a potluck is going to happen, I make sure I bring something. My challenge is that as a part-time employee, I'm often not told about potlucks prior to the day of but usually I'm invited to share. I do feel guilty for not contributing but what could I do if I wasn't aware beforehand.
Completely. Don't eat the birthday cake though if you don't want to contribute. The department should just have a special birthday fund and have a cake for each month that employees have a birthday and no cake for those months where there are no birthdays.
Having a mandatory collection is in bad taste in my opinion. No one knows what your financial situation is.
I will add to this thread two other little work place "annoyances" of mine:
1.) Co-workers who are always trying to sell you stuff; Mary Kay, Tupperware, Avon, Home Interiors, etc.
2.) Co-worker slackers who never can seem to remember to bring anything to those work "pot-luck" lunches or going away parties, but have no qualms about eating the food that YOU and your more thoughtful co-workers bought or prepared. Often, they are even the first ones in line to fill their plate! This irks me no end.
LOL, too funny. I actually had a co-worker invite us to a "Fantasia Party"....when I found out what a "Fantasia Party" was I was like, "WTF? I have a life. NO thanks!".
Completely. Don't eat the birthday cake though if you don't want to contribute. The department should just have a special birthday fund and have a cake for each month that employees have a birthday and no cake for those months where there are no birthdays.
Having a mandatory collection is in bad taste in my opinion. No one knows what your financial situation is.
You are just a horrible human being if you eat the cake and don't contribute financially to the party if asked. But there really is no helping these people, it was the way they were raised. You should have enough discretionary funds to be able to drop 5 bucks to help out with a potluck or someone's birthday cake for God's sake.
Last edited by YaFace; 04-19-2010 at 07:52 AM..
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