Call me an old curmudgeonly skinflint, but... in the past year, I've had about 15 requests to sponsor people via 'justgiving', a handful of requests for various sponsored events by people at work, a scout or guide doing bagpacking nearly every time I go to the supermarket, the big-issue seller I pass by almost every working day, chuggers on the high street so in-yer-face that I sometimes choose not to go there
because of them, and so on.
I
do give to charity, and I buy stuff at charity shops on a regular basis, but so much charity defeats itself, as people get fed up with it.
Add to that, I did a cycle tour last year, 8 days on the road, 550 miles or so covered... and yes, I got/get asked the 'are you doing/did you do it for charity?' question fairly often. No, I did it for my own mental well-being and enjoyment. Although that's a bit of a conversation-killer
This was on the local news at tea time which kind of put me off my pork chop spuds and veg!
To me that is more civic minded than running cycling walking etc where nothing is achieved apart from someone burning up a few calories. Shame on the dirty devils though who made that charity event possible!
