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Humbug! (A vent, if you hadn't guessed.)
Christmas brings out the best in people... but also the worst.
I decided to help out at work with a charity drive. My organization made the "brilliant" decision to collect for EIGHT different charities this holiday season. Well satellite locations, like mine, decided that they were going to pick two or three charities to focus on. We did one for clothing and one for non-perishable food items.
So a co-worker of mine just came into my office, all pissy. To her credit, she was clearly trying to be nice, but was failing miserably. She wants to know why we decided not to collect for Toys for Tots. I explained that the discussion had been that many area business (starbucks, church organizations, grocery stores, etc.) commonly collect for Toys for Tots, so we figured if people wanted to do that, they could do it through those outlets. We chose lesser known charities to support. She was all huffy about it, and upset that she would have to send the items she got through interoffice mail to another location. I advised her to make sure that location was collecting for that charity, and she gave me this snotty "Duh" statement about already being in contact with someone there.
WTH? I sign up to help with a charity and I'm getting (*&^ for it? What's wrong with people?
Re: Humbug! (A vent, if you hadn't guessed.)
Ugh, that sucks. You said it though, holidays can bring out the best and worst in people. Wouldn't it be eaiser for her to just walk to the local Starbucks than to send it through inter office mail?
Sorry you have to deal with this when you are just trying to do good!
Okay, so I just talked to the volunteers for this charity and found out that historically our location collected for Toys for Tots. So my co-worker's assumption to buy toys is understandable, and I feel bad that we weren't clearer about this year's drive. I mean, we sent an e-mail saying who we were collecting for, but we didn't specifically say, "No Toys for Tots this year."
Her anger, though, is not appreciated.