Nurses selling at work?

I do not like them and I do not participate in them at all. I say no thank you and move on. As for school fundraisers, I prefer to make a monetary donation directly to the school instead of having my kids or myself try to sell candy bars, wrapping paper etc.

I also hate the "Would you donate $20 to the fund to buy the CEO a Christmas gift???" crap.

No, no I won't. He makes a few hundred thousand dollars more per year than I do, and wouldn't recognize me if I walked into his office.

ETA: If I were the doc of that chick that threw away the sign, I'd fire her as a patient.

It was at the local hospital, which has plenty of other places ro hang fund-raising posters. The doc had no idea it was there.

Sorry, I still think it was a cruddy thing to do.

Annoying & tacky.

I also hate the "Would you donate $20 to the fund to buy the CEO a Christmas gift???" crap.

No, no I won't. He makes a few hundred thousand dollars more per year than I do, and wouldn't recognize me if I walked into his office.

Boy, did this thread hit such a raw nerve for so many, like a root canal WITHOUT novocaine!!!

There's also one variant of the solicitations that really gnaws at me. It's when the Activities Dept at several LTC places I've been requests the staff to donate items for residents' gifts or to bring in baked good for a bake sale with proceeds benefitting residents.

Now I have mixed emotions about this, so don't flame me! I don't begrudge anything that benefits the residents, but I do bristle that the Activity Dept hasn't enough budgeted funds to provide for them without having to hit-up the staff. It's like BEGGING to me. Esp when Admin spends funds for non-resident activities. I used to participate, but when I saw abuses, I stopped.

I think it's fine if people ask but they shouldn't be pushy.

Where I work, we put the catalogues in the break room. If it's a child's fundraiser, lots of times they'll tape a letter from the child stating what the fundraiser is for. Staff can look if they want to, buy if they want to, but nobody is approached personally about buying. It works well!

I don't mind it as long as they are not aggressive with it.

I feel like I'm constantly being asked for money for gift baskets for people out sick. Now, I've been out sick in the hospital before and the gift basket I got made my day, so I always give money to this cause. But. I very often feel like it's the same people out sick. And it has a striking correlation with nice weather.

The boss's gifts collections drive me nuts.

I don't mind fundraising forms hanging in the break room. How else would I get my girlscout cookies?

Sorry, I still think it was a cruddy thing to do.

I'm sorry, Not_A_Hat_Person, I feel badly about my comment. While it's not something I would have done, you do have a right to your opinion. I hope you accept my apology.