Chuggers!

Today I spent half an hour watching the antics of your so called charity collectors in Portsmouth (Commercial Road) and have to be the first to admit that I am not one who supports this form of charity collection as I prefer to give directly if at all. On top of that I have read reports (in the Times for example) that claim that as little of 10% of what these people collect actually reaches the charity for which they are collecting.

My complaints are pretty much this;

• I have no desire to be accosted in any shape or form by someone brandishing a clip board and T shirt in an over familiar way.

• I DO NOT under any circumstances wish to shake hands with a stranger who has already shaken hands with at leat a 1000 other strangers he or she has encountered in the street. Now I know this may seem rude but given the current issues of health regarding Swine flu, MSRA or C-Dif that can be passed so easily from person to person, this handshaking practice is foolhardy to say the least.

• These collectors are commissioned based as far as I am aware and this I feel is wrong!

Sorry about that... rant over!