Fair enough, what you said was true, but don't blame the guy on the street. Sure, some of them will be cocky bastards, but thats what happens when you do this job for long enough, dealing with people being rude to them constantly.

I did a similar job to this (door to door, not on the street) and when I applied it's not clear what you're doing. Everything is kept a secret until you're there on your first day of work, and the offers of money seem too good to refuse. Most of the people I met were nice guys, just in need of a job to pay the bills and willing to take anything that came there way. Most only last a few weeks, the most determined ones maybe a few months. It's the people that stick around for years, opening new offices in other cities, recruiting people to do the same job there, and taking a big commission off the people working for them. They become a part of the scam, and they're the real cunts.

Besides all of this, the charities still come off much better than without these people. If there wasn't anything in it for them, they wouldn't do it. Nobody here is complaining about the TV adverts that they pay £1000's for, thats's also just money going into the pocket of those that need it least. People that truly want to give to charity donate do this already, and will be more inclined to give direct. The people that sign up to this kind of thing are the kind of people that just need a push to donate, the majority of people sigining up with us had seen the TV adverts and said they meant to sign up and just forgot or didn't get round to it. They probably wouldn't have bothered without that person coming round.

So next time, just be nice to they guy on the street, they're only trying to make a living too.
(Seasider, Sat 29 May 2010, 3:36, Reply)