Not Another Call-In-&-Win Charity Show again! (as earlier promised)

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Newspapers report we are suffering from charity fatigue.

Not surprising when newspapers hv also reported that the number of charities just keeps growing year after year. same goes for tv charity shows and number of flag days, looks like.

chialat... at home tsc artistes bug me to dial a 1900-number while doing irrelevant stunts. out in the pavements, waiting outside just-stopped buses in interchanges, outside mrt stations, shopping malls and cineplexes... sch kids eager to get their CIP pts which will eventually give them an edge when they apply for university and get a job, thrust their rattling cans at me with a tired "would u like to donate?" NO.

To me, it's akin to begging. "selling flags?" no way that little sticker anything more than 2 cents. swindlers! touts! who wants those little stickers anyway, besides little stickerbook hobby kids? i dun want any. and more than something u want to "buy", now it's become more of a rubber stamp that says "PAID" or "Screened". something u show those pesky kids so they stop bugging u. but u still hv to show it to every kids who comes to u in eager strides.

solution? "buy" a flag from every charity once, and stick in on ur ez-link card holder. enjoying urself silly by flashing ur card like the US cop every saturday. Or, my way. "NO. NO Thanx. NOT interested. get out of my way, my train's coming. will you STOP blocking me??? *short pause* stop whimpering, dammit, and it'll stop bleeding soon enuff. ARGH MY TRAIN!!!!"

now u know y i'm late if i'm supposed to meet u.

"wasn't it last mth i saw TV ppl doing crazy stunts for money? they're doing it AGAIN?" i've lost track of wat charity of wat show since 2 yrs ago. i can't even tell the shows apart anymore, and stopped donating long ago. why?

1) these are the big charities. if they can get national TV to pursue their cause, i dun think they need much help anymore.
2) with such publicity, there'll be no lack of ppl donating. so even if i sit out there's not much difference.
3) donating money to win a car is a winning, albeit contradicting, marketing strategy for charities.
4) the shows are all alike. celebrities doing stunts and making phone dialing actions while comperes gibbering away abt how dangerous the stunt is. after the stunt is performed, concerned, panting celebrity stammers its was dangerous and he/she was scared, but altruism pull him/her thru. and of coz, more phone dialing actions. Token wimpy singing/dancing/magic items performed.
5) advertisements cajole ppl to dial to donate and WIN! without telling ppl just how much they would be "donating" for that chance to win a car. or amount donated in fine print.
6) how much of the donations wld go to gold toilet taps for the respective head honchos? will we ever know?

all this while the poorer charities hv no means to garner for funds coz they didn't hv any to begin with. and no one knows they exist, everyone's mistaken them for another of the hundreds of charities popping up every yr. is someone breeding them like rabbits?

so that's it. i keeping my money, thank you very much.