Friday, December 30, 2005
I'm a bad girl. i promised myself that i'll blog soon. but im just a lousy procrastinator. boohoo. it's not that i have nothing to blog about. i do have lots but i'm just LAZY. i'm a slug. i've got so many photos to upload now!! maybe someday i'll upload alllllll at one time and flood this blog with photos. waha.
So without any photos, i wanna mention about respect today. i suddenly thought of this person, or some persons, whom i've treated with respect in circumstances that him/her did not do so. and when i look back and ask myself why, i thought that maybe i contained such high fancy for that person that i would treat him/her well regardless. but maybe more often than not, i was just reluctant to create even more unpleasant feelings between us. maybe someday she/she/they will come to repent... and regret how shabbily he/she/they have been treating me and all of us will live happily ever after. how lovely it would be.
Just a few days ago i was waiting for tru at orchard mrt station and most people would know that it's a very unpleasant place to hang around, unless if you are lonely and like to get hounded by credit card promoters or donation seekers or people who pretend to be discovering pretty faces. i was approached by a decently dressed man after 10 seconds of waiting and it went like this:
" Hi are you waiting for someone? i'm from [insert charity organisation's name]. we are blessed with good health and good looks like you. but how would you feel if you are poor and left alone? sad right? i know you are a kind person. [insert charity organisation] helps [insert receivee] who are [inserts dire situations]. your kind contribution of $10 will help them in a lot of ways. "
Then pause. guy suddenly looked at me. i think i was supposed to respond at this point of time. so i said:
" sorry i'm not interested. "
Then guy gave me a super dramatic "why?!?!" as though the survival of the entire organisation depends on my $10. what do you mean WHY?!?!? i've done my part in paying attention to your little speech which definitely did not impress me. obviously if i 'contributed' $10 to any tom's harry dick i'd be better off in one of their 'organisations'. i can't be bothered to talk any further. Forever21 was beckoning me.
" erm i'm not interested." without looking a wee bit guilty.
The pathetic pest threw a :" oh so you're not interested in helping people. ok." and turned 90 degrees around immediately to walk away. how about " thanks for listening?" the sacarsm in his voice! the abruptness in his turn! i could swear that he earns his dough in doing this.
I was supposed to talk about respect but here's a side track...
Signs that a guy is working part/full-time seeking cash donations:
1) makes you feel bad about not contributing, as though you don't have a heart. you feel pressured to donate. i can never forget the time when a lady read out her whole truckload of memorised crap, asked jianning for her name, wrote down '$10' beside it and expect her to pay up.
2) gets pissed/belittles you when you finally decide not to contribute.
3) no sincerity in explaining and publicising for the charity organisation as focus is to make you feel like a villian.
Of cos, not saying that everyone who earns commission doing this are like that. and also not implying that this system of paying you accordingly to the amount of donations you manage to raise, is wrong. afterall charitable organisations are indeed allowed a small proportion of operational cost.
But i simply cannot stand people who do not have a little RESPECT towards the organistion that they work for. all you care about is the commission right? best is to force more people to donate so that you can earn more money right? it's for charity (who cares what it does) so you better donate or you'll burn in hell.
Very unpleasant experiences.
I guess cash donations is the easiest way out for people who wants to 'do some good'. ji dian de. to counter the usual 'naughty' things they've done in life. and nowadays you'll encounter increasingly more chances of your easy way out. but it's so meaningless.
I didn't feel a least bit guilty at all when that miserable guy in the mrt station, hateful of those who refused to 'help others', played me down. i'm not a dumb sucker.
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