I just want to comment on some of the charity collectors I have been accosted by whilst out shopping in Epsom.
I would like to point out that I do give to charity and have no issues with doing so.
The problem I find is those collectors approach me often when I am in a rush and they don't want to take no for an answer.
I do not like being approached in this way anyway but today I was annoyed by one particular collector in the Ashley Centre. He came over all chatty and smiley as I was trying to put my purse away having just come from the tills.
I said to him that I did not give to the charity he was collecting for and when I said that his expression quickly changed to that of someone who had just been told a close relative had passed away!
What really riled me though was he then had the nerve to ask "why I don't I give to this charity?" To which I replied "that's my business"
If these collectors can't take rejection I suggest they don't do the job.
They should not question people's choices in life and should politely back-off when a person they have approached says they do not want to give.
It is not a crime and some people genuinely just can't afford to give.
Caroline Peake; Bellfield Road Ewell
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