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Most of them are collecting for themselves
Nasty thoughts I know and probably affects real causes negatively.
Most of them are collecting for themselves
Nasty thoughts I know and probably affects real causes negatively.
That fits in with what the missus says about these 'charity' collectors. For a start none carry any official ID saying they're representing a charity.
A while back when we lived in the Capital we got a visit from the guys who drive the rubbish collection truck, asking for a Christmas donation.
I called his bluff - I said, I gave a bit of cash to a guy who passed by three days ago asking for the same. Was he bullshitting me or are you? Clearly startled, he said in a stutter, that must have been Pedro who is also collecting.
There was no other guy - they are all scammers...
A while back when we lived in the Capital we got a visit from the guys who drive the rubbish collection truck, asking for a Christmas donation.
I called his bluff - I said, I gave a bit of cash to a guy who passed by three days ago asking for the same. Was he bullshitting me or are you? Clearly startled, he said in a stutter, that must have been Pedro who is also collecting.
There was no other guy - they are all scammers...
Bastards!! 
I had a Jehovah's Witness call me from Cordoba yesterday asking me to join in with the Lord or something similar. So I told him I had better things to do.
My wife's godfather got a call a few months back, saying we have your son , if you don't gave us 5,000 dollars he's for the chop...
All a bit strange as the godfather and his boy were having a late-night drink together with their wives in his house.
My wife's godfather got a call a few months back, saying we have your son , if you don't gave us 5,000 dollars he's for the chop...
All a bit strange as the godfather and his boy were having a late-night drink together with their wives in his house.
My MIL was sitting at her window when a woman stopped and asked her for the money she owed. The MIL has dementia which on some days can be worse so was confused. The woman said it's the money you have hidden. Thankfully she said I'll call my daughter and the woman buggered off.
She used to keep some money in her wardrobe for emergencies so the missus reckons it was instigated by someone she knows. Now my wife just gives her pocket money every week.
We get them coming around regular, a couple of times a week. Usually it is a man or a man with his kid (different each time) asking for money because they have no food. It's tough to judge the legitimacy of it. Sometimes I give but other times I just don't answer.
A couple of weeks ago I seen a man and a woman digging through the bin at the end of my street. They found some remnants of still edible food and both their faces lit up. I gave them money because that was obviously people in need. Those people knocking the door, though, it is much harder to know.
I have also had the bonus schtick from the guys who collect appliances, old furniture, and trash for the government from outside people's houses. I was out with my dog one morning around 7am and they were collecting from the house next door. All three of them started nagging me for money, saying everyone gives them something. I told them the next time they are actually collecting from my house and not my neighbours I will slip them something. Cheeky f'ers.
. All three of them started nagging me for money, saying everyone gives them something. I told them the next time they are actually collecting from my house and not my neighbours I will slip them something. Cheeky f'ers.
Thankfully I've never experienced that here. If I did I'd just say something to them in English.
… with a cheerful smile!
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… with a cheerful smile!
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Indeed....always do incase they turn nasty. 
Indeed....always do incase they turn nasty.
And/or have a gun -
And/or have a gun -
None of that here out in the sticks thankfully.
