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Now I am not a mean person but i really do think it is getting silly now where i work..

First it was halloween. dress up and pay to do so and then all the stuff that was going on such as raffles ect. a couple of weeks later children in need dress up again and all the extras. now it is national Christmas jumper day on the 12th. We have to wear a christmas jumper and pay £2 to wear it or pay £5 not to wear one.

The first charity was cash for kids the second children in need and now save the children.

No doubt we will be asked to wear fancy dress on Christmas eve and pay to do so as well.

I really feel that this is wrong to be forced into these things i give to the charity i want to when i want to.

Anyone else feel the same or am i just a grumpy old woman?

Terri
 
Sod all that [PLEASE DON'T TRY TO BYPASS THE SWEAR FILTER]. I contribute to charities of my choice on a regular basis and refuse to donate to schemes such as this for which I have no control over where my money goes.
 
Never partake in this style of chugging.......I was even asked to donate cash for the barmaid in the local as she had got a new job......that didn't happen either...... competes with Christmas, New year, Halloween and other pointless drain of cash out of your pocket
 
Well they can't enforce any kind of giving.
Just go in dressed as normal and do the job.
 
I've been lucky enough to not work in a place where such things went on, although the very first red nose day all those years ago only meant putting a plastic nose on at lunchtime. I believe I was in that very place the other day Terri, as there was an announcement over the tannoy/radio about Christmas Jumper Day that made me wonder who had that bright idea.
Sympathy with you!
 
Thanks everyone so it isn't just me.. and Peter missed you again lol well if your in n the 12th i will not be wearing a jumper i can tell you.
 
I can't believe they are going to charge you not to wear a jumper. I think the company either want to do what they can or its about the company looking good for its charity work. If you don't want to wear an Xmas jumper don't, and if they ask you for money anyway tell them to 'go away' ;)
 
neil_g said:
I'm sure they're not going to force you to do it. Just say you can't afford it or something.
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Sod that . Just tell them no.
Tell them your choice of charitable donation us just that...your choice.
 
Telling you what you will and won't pay to a charity not of your choice isn't exactly diplomatic either.
 
If they say anything to me i am just going to say that i give to who i want when i want and how much i want. The fact that they also want you to buy the jumpers from the shop so you they can give a % of the sale to the charity then ask you to pay £2 to pay to wear it is what gets to me some what.

On top of which i will also point out i have just paid for our Xmas uniform to keep in the spirit of things. I get paid to go to work not pay to go to work. rant over sorry
 
if its mandatory to either pay 5 to not wear a jumper or pay 2 to wear a jumper i'd just go sick that day
 
It's not mandatory.
 
There are far too many of these `events` these days!

One of our local schools does this sort of thing almost on a monthly basis, grrrrrrrr. they also include `bring a can.....a bottle......etc etc non-uniform days` & pay a £1 for the privilege, THEN expect you to buy tickets to win them/buy them back! The pressure is then on the children if you didn't partake.

Last year they had the kids getting sponsorship money for the British Heart Foundation, for running X# of laps round the playground, which I didn't mind contributing to. I later found out they had only donated a % to the charity & kept the rest for school funds!!!!! (it was in the small print, but found that quite objectionable tbh)

Latest one is on the 12th Dec (it's a national fundraiser) MAKE a Christmas jumper. ffs do they think we haven't enough to do, oh .........AND bring a quid in.
 
OldCarlos said:
There are far too many of these `events` these days!

One of our local schools does this sort of thing almost on a monthly basis, grrrrrrrr. they also include `bring a can.....a bottle......etc etc non-uniform days` & pay a £1 for the privilege, THEN expect you to buy tickets to win them/buy them back! The pressure is then on the children if you didn't partake.

Last year they had the kids getting sponsorship money for the British Heart Foundation, for running X# of laps round the playground, which I didn't mind contributing to. I later found out they had only donated a % to the charity & kept the rest for school funds!!!!! (it was in the small print, but found that quite objectionable tbh)

Latest one is on the 12th Dec (it's a national fundraiser) MAKE a Christmas jumper. ffs do they think we haven't enough to do, oh .........AND bring a quid in.
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Once again, no would be the reaction of choice.
 
big soft moose said:
if its mandatory to either pay 5 to not wear a jumper or pay 2 to wear a jumper i'd just go sick that day
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Not an option to be honest short staffed enough as it is and my other half works there too and he feels the same as me and both of us being off would look a bit odd..

OldCarlos said:
There are far too many of these `events` these days!

One of our local schools does this sort of thing almost on a monthly basis, grrrrrrrr. they also include `bring a can.....a bottle......etc etc non-uniform days` & pay a £1 for the privilege, THEN expect you to buy tickets to win them/buy them back! The pressure is then on the children if you didn't partake.

Last year they had the kids getting sponsorship money for the British Heart Foundation, for running X# of laps round the playground, which I didn't mind contributing to. I later found out they had only donated a % to the charity & kept the rest for school funds!!!!! (it was in the small print, but found that quite objectionable tbh)

Latest one is on the 12th Dec (it's a national fundraiser) MAKE a Christmas jumper. ffs do they think we haven't enough to do, oh .........AND bring a quid in.
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This is what i mean they get us to do all these things and it would be better if they just asked us to give a little to who we want.. if we took part in this day it is going to cost us the best part of £40...
 
gumbo-67 said:
Not an option to be honest short staffed enough as it is
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probably related to making staff do all sorts of silly s***

not a problem for me as i'm the team leader and i just opt out of any such b*****ks - lets just concentrate on getting the job done shall we ;)
 
viv1969 said:
Once again, no would be the reaction of choice.
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I know what you mean & actually have.....err `forgotten` a couple of times, but the kids come home feeling they have been left out.
I try to explain it's character building not to follow like sheep, but it doesn't seem to help. :rolleyes:
 
Slightly different but we went into pizza hut and when we paid thgeyd added a charity donation to the bill, I was not asked. I told the to refund it as I give enough to charity.
 
So many charidrees want money these days, I stick to a couple of quid a month for water aid.
Also give to the RNLI, lived on the coast for a while and seen the weather they go out in, very brave people.

Well out of order for an employer to pressure their staff like that, just say no.
 
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Turn up at the party stark naked, they might pay you to go back home again. :oops: :$ :eek::D
 
BRASH said:
Sod all that b****x. I contribute to charities of my choice on a regular basis and refuse to donate to schemes such as this for which I have no control over where my money goes.
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Bang on right sunshine.
 
If this forced contribution would take you below minimum wage for hours worked then it could be illegal. If they only pay minimum wage then any deduction at all would be.

If others don't like it either then it might be a good way to stir the pot ;)
 
Now that is worth thinking about Suz.. good point. but it is not forced but i think it is a case of peer pressure... and a flock of sheep and i have never been a sheep
 
Just ignore it, they can't force you to go along with this.

The local supermarket got most of their staff to wear 'spooky' outfits at Halloween, and one of their female managers - who is quite disagreeable - was dressed as a witch. I was tempted to ask her if it was civvies day...
 
I do quite a bit for charity but its my choice and I really object to this type of crap going on regularly in the workplace where people don't feel they have a choice. It's not on..... Many folks are struggling financially or with family issues themselves. I now work for myself but am in various offices and courts a lot of the time and see this more and more. I was in one office where they were recently doing a wear a football top to work for charity. When I turned up in my usual suit there was a bit of grumbling about me not getting into the spirit of things and being a little too serious. As I am in a quite senior position and brought in to consult I was told by one staff member that I should lead by example when it comes to charity. As someone that has done voluntary work as well as full time work for the past 20 years I almost blew a fuse. I told that staff member that getting off their a**se and actually doing something rather than wearing Liverpool and Everton shirts and paying a couple of quid may be a little more effective. I am a Man City season ticket holder so being surrounded by that all day irked me anyway! I have to say the 25 year old female administrator in a very tight Tranmere kit complete with shorts did perk up my interest in lower league football, but I kept that thought to myself:) On a serious note there were people in that office that felt pressured to do this and it created a very interesting and civilised discussion afterwards about what charity actually means. Many do a lot for charity privately or are carers for people that other staff members were unaware of...........
 
gumbo-67 said:
Now I am not a mean person but i really do think it is getting silly now where i work..

First it was halloween. dress up and pay to do so and then all the stuff that was going on such as raffles ect. a couple of weeks later children in need dress up again and all the extras. now it is national Christmas jumper day on the 12th. We have to wear a christmas jumper and pay £2 to wear it or pay £5 not to wear one.

The first charity was cash for kids the second children in need and now save the children.

No doubt we will be asked to wear fancy dress on Christmas eve and pay to do so as well.

I really feel that this is wrong to be forced into these things i give to the charity i want to when i want to.

Anyone else feel the same or am i just a grumpy old woman?

Terri
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Yes I agree with everything you said, especially the bit about you being a grumpy old woman :D ;)
Like you say, I give to those charities I wish to, as and when I can. No one should ever feel pressured to give to any charity.
 
Blue Moon 7 said:
I have to say the 25 year old female administrator in a very tight Tranmere kit complete with shorts did perk up my interest in lower league football,
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this post is useless without pictures ;) did you offer to arrange an away fixture ?
 
There are just too many people doing stuff for charity. We had taches last month, now it's beards.

Seeing as our PM has decided to massively up our spend on aid and increase it year on year I don't give to any charity bar poppy appeal. Charity should be a choice, not forced out of people in tax or office stuff.
 
Well i told my boss today I will not be wearing a jumper and he said you'll have to pay £5 and i said nope i'm not as i give to charities that I wish to give to end of. He was ok with it but said the Big boss may not be. my answer was he will be told the same as i told you. and Tuff if he doesn't like it.
 
gumbo-67 said:
Well i told my boss today I will not be wearing a jumper and he said you'll have to pay £5 and i said nope i'm not as i give to charities that I wish to give to end of. He was ok with it but said the Big boss may not be. my answer was he will be told the same as i told you. and Tuff if he doesn't like it.
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Good for you!
Sod all they can do about it.
 
gumbo-67 said:
Well i told my boss today I will not be wearing a jumper and he said you'll have to pay £5 and i said nope i'm not as i give to charities that I wish to give to end of. He was ok with it but said the Big boss may not be. my answer was he will be told the same as i told you. and Tuff if he doesn't like it.
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I expect he's worried that other members of staff will find out that you refused to pay the 'forfeit', and ask for a refund!
 
They don't have to pay till the day but i foresee a few people not doing so, from what I heard today.
 
At a guess, the company were looking forward to handing over a decent sized cheque so they could get their name in the papers as a generous company, probably forgetting to mention the fact that the donations were all pretty much extorted from the staff...
 
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