Why Must Charities Act Like Teenagers?
I don't know why I bother to check mail. Strike that... I don't know why the USPS is still in existence, but that's another story....
Jody and I donate to various charities throughout the year, either time or money. We like doing this.
BUT...
It's really annoying when you make a donation, or volunteer, and make the selection that if you're going to receive information, you want it electronically and you're ignored. I have an email address on my domain specifically for this, for a number of reasons. When I make this selection, I assume that it helps the organization by reducing their material and administration costs, I'm possibly saving a sapling, and I'm just making life easier for all links in the supply chain.
When I do check my mail, it's usually packed. I mean "difficult to turn the key and I know the mailman hates me" packed. It's too bad for him that he isn't a Tron-like character that delivers electronic mail with links, since that's how I get all the important stuff, and therefore his delivery route would be much more important to me.
Over 50% of the packed-to-bursting payload today consisted of letters and solicitations from these various charities. Many of which, by the way, I have already received electronically. I specifically said I did NOT want this to happen. I want to be able to get rid of my mailbox someday, and the sooner the better. But things like this mean that won't happen any time soon.
I asked you to do something and you ignored me. You are also apparently choosing to waste some of the money that I HAVE given you in ways that I am trying to help you NOT waste it. You're NOT listening to me. It's like having a teenager.
I know when my child doesn't listen to me, or when he wastes money I may have given him for a specific purpose, I stop giving him money until he learns his lesson.
I hope that some of these places stop acting like teenagers soon. For their sake.
