Message #41510

[spitfire78]

At my company, it's United Way.  Might as well just call it "highway robbery".  I absolutely refuse to be coerced into donating money to United Way just because the company wants to present a big front.  One year, the big boss' secretary actually called everyone who didn't contribute to "see if they were having problems filling out the form".  Yeah, right.  It was a strong arm tactic.  I very politely informed her that as far as I was concerned, this was harassment and they had no right to do it.  She was very uncomfortable (I don't think I was the only one who reacted this way), and they have never done that again.

This year, however, they want you to return the envelope, even if you don't contribute.  Sounds to us like they want to find out who is contributing and who isn't.  Well, mine went in the trash, and if anybody asks me about it, I'll just say I hadn't heard they wanted it returned and pitched it!