Caller for donation rudeness
Posted By: Was I wrong? on 2009-04-10
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I want to share a conversation I had yesterday with a lady I had on the phone yesterday when she called to ask me to make a donation to a organization that I have made donations to for that past few years.
Her: Hi Mrs. X, we want to thank you for your past donations to X. We would like to send you another envelope for your donation.
Me: I would love to help, but I can only do $10.00 this year.
Her: Well, we do have an envelope that we can mail out for $12.50. I can get that out to you.
Me: I can only do $10.00.
Her: Well, thank you Mrs. X. Thank you for donating in the past. CLICK- end of call.
I couldn’t believe she ended the call so abruptly.
A couple hours later I decided to go to the website for this organization and under donations; there is an OTHER box for amounts to donate. I called the 1-800 number and the lady who answered the phone transferred me to another who was in charge of donations. I told her what had transpired with the previous phone call and she agreed with me that if this phone lady was turning down a $10.00 donation from me, how many other people was she turning down? I have been removed from the call-list and will make my donation online from now on.
I know it’s not much, but to date I am at $70.00 in donations to one charity or another. All of the organizations were pleased to get a donation of $10.00. I am not rich in anyway, and with tax prep/ estimated taxes for state and federal due this month, I wanted to donate to this charity, but I can’t put myself beyond my financial means-
I guess I let the caller get under my skin for not taking my donation. But, in hindsight, I am glad I called the organization since $10.00 here and there from people is better than nothing. It is for a good cause- but don’t belittle me for not having the same cash flow that I had last year!
Thanks for letting me vent…
Mrs. X
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