Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Habitat for "In"humanity


Volunteers...ya gotta love em....or do you? Do you know that one of the most difficult things to do is to rid yourself of the sanctimonious volunteer. The person who, because they "volunteer" feel they don't have to treat the rest of us with any respect at all. Now I know there are tons of volunteers who do their causes proud..but those few that don't really piss me off. Yeah I said it. Their time means nothing to me if they can't treat me with any respect. How a charity survives with them I'll never know. I've worked in the public sector for over twenty years, and nothing is nicer than to just be able to help people....not try to push a sale on someone, just to try and help them...and really, that's all volunteers have to do. You don't have to antagonize people...do you? Yes...I have an issue with Habitat for Humanity. I have an issue with organizations, whether they're staffed by volunteers or not, that don't try and help people. No, I'm not destitute, but I am on my own, and I don't own a truck, and the fact that this store would threaten to put the item I paid for back out on the floor because I'm having difficulty finding someone to transport it really pisses me off. What kind of a message are they sending to prospective buyers. And by buyers, I mean the people who actually support the charity with cold hard cash....compared to those who are supposed to be supporting the charity with their "time". I'm sick of the pompous attitude of these people. Stay home for goodness sake!! If you are willing to have your charity staffed by people to don't even care about their buyers (who keep the charity in business I might add) then I hope you close down. I have purchased quite a bit from this store, and then to be treated so shabbily, I would like to pass the message on to all my friends...don't shop here....they don't appreciate your patronage.. Start showing some balls when it comes to staffing your stores.....if you are left with the riff raft of volunteers I would suggest you would be better off closing your stores...till then...I'll say Wen....

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