unfortunately, it’s rarely just giving a simple ‘no’ & that’s the end of the call. it’s ‘can you give $36?’ ‘no?, then can I write you down for chai? ‘no?, then $10?’ ‘okay, we’ll send you an envelope for when you can send something’. .. or worse– when the calls start: ‘we see you made a pledge for $___ last year, or ’09, or ’08…’: rarely do I even remember giving all these organizations a donation… I’m sorry to say that half the time I don’t believe them. also– when my husband tries to call back the numbers of calls we didn’t pick up, the numbers aren’t even viable!
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