I am supporter of Amnesty International and a former volunteer. I believe in the work that they do and when they speak up I listen. Honest to god though, I am sick of running the gauntlet every morning through chirpy, yellow t-shirt clad 21 year olds scrambling for my cash.
This morning I simply said "No, leave me alone", to the stick that bounced in front of me and then I felt guilty. Guilty for maybe hurting her feelings, guilty for not choosing my words more carefully, guilty for not politely saying "excuse me but I'm not interested today. Have a nice day". And now I'm ranting about it because I don't think I should feel guilty and I don't think I should continue to be polite to the person that I've politely passed by three days in a row.
It's such a shame because Amnesty International are such a valuable organisation.
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