Do you like or hate when people stand in front of stores asking for donations to their organization?

I am not particularly motivated by it especially when little is known as to what the organization is doing or stands for. I either ignore them or simply tell them that I have already participated and get on with my business. Many stores have become sensitive to this issue and are allowing the presence on the premises only in a passive way.

They can be there but they cannot actively solicit you as you pass...you must approach them. WB.

I don't mind it at all. If I can, I donate - if I cannot, I do not do so. It is quite simple.

Most of the time I do, even if it is just a dollar or two. I think everyone who can should donate. If you cannot donate with money, you can for sure donate some time and volunteer somewhere.

I dislike it, and it seems counterproductive to these charity organizations. They're asking broke people for money. Makes no sense.

Better they set up shop outside of strip clubs and bars, where people are throwing money away anyway.

It depends on the organization and their methods. I don't mind local Cub Scouts or Girl Scouts as the kids are always polite and never aggressive. Sometimes I buy or donate, sometimes not.

I HATE the bell ringers, not because I don't think they are a good organzation, but because the bell ringing is so annoying. While I might donate to those who are just standing there, I NEVER donate to the bell ringers who ring their bells loudly and continuously in front of a store. I feel so sorry for the people working at the checkouts who have to listen to it all day.

I agree with others here that when you are confronted by the same organization every place you shop, it gets to be way too much.

It does put people on the spot when they stand outside, or even just inside the store and ask for donations. It does get expensive so I have started say, "Sorry, not today. " It was hard but it had to be done.

I do try and give at times if the cause is worthy and I am not down to pocket change for the month!

I hate it. It makes me feel bad because they seem to guilt me into donating. Wich I do not mind but when you go from store to store it adds up.

I hate when there are people in front of a store looking for donations. It will sometimes cause me to go to an alternative store.

Depends... If they ask with importunity and keep bothering you even if you said that you have no time or your not interested, simply because they earn money for every person that signs up or donates, then I really hate them. (There was once an article in a local newspaper that the aggressiveness of such activists is increasing more and more, one was even beaten up because he stood in front of a man at the entrance of a railroad station not letting him pass because he wanted him to sign up for something - the man then missed his train and overreacted)But if they work voluntary and are nice then they don't bother me at all ;) (you can instantly see which ones are doing it for the cause and which ones are just doing it to earn money...).

I don't mind, necessarily. If I am familiar with the organization and have the money, I will give some change or a dollar.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.