Topic: Are the schools broke again already???
started by: tallenz
Posted by tallenz on Jan. 01 2008,4:33 pm
I went the local Wally World today and as I passed through the doors each time (in going and out going) Why was I slammed with the question do I want to give money? When I said no not today, I was told its for the schools and to help the kids??? OK fine, help the kids and schools if you want but to ask for money right after passing the REF and just after Christmas, come on who are these people and dont they get tired of begging??? Dont get me wrong dont have any issues helping out a good cause but enough is enough already!!!
Posted by banquo on Jan. 01 2008,5:58 pm
I was there also [although I hate to admit it] I think he was getting donations for the church school. Poor guy standing out in the cold, I doubt if many stopped to talk top him, just too cold. 
Dumb Norwegians living up here.
Posted by CalcuttaClipper on Jan. 01 2008,8:19 pm
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When I said no not today, I was told its for the schools and to help the kids??? OK fine, help the kids and schools if you want but to ask for money right after passing the REF and just after Christmas, come on who are these people and dont they get tired of begging???
I dont know the official title of the orginization but they are a non- profit and does help out with programs for school age kids...They are not beggin, they are just trying to help....relax, and ejoy the bitter cold on the first day of 2008
Posted by MikeMurtaugh on Jan. 01 2008,8:57 pm
(banquo @ Jan. 01 2008,5:58 pm)
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I think he was getting donations for the church school.
I'm not sure which school you are referring to, but St. Theodore School did not have anyone fundraising that way that I am aware of, or any other time for that matter. Our PSA has several major fundraising projects, none of them involve standing outside Wal-Mart on New Year's Day.
Posted by TameThaTane on Jan. 02 2008,9:21 am
I thought the big box stores were banning beggers and buckets? It seemed they banned them several years back. Did they change policy again? I don't like it. I shop at Wally's to save money, not give it away so some clown so people like our ex mayor can have their way with it.
Another thing. In the early 80's after the Chevy Chase movie came out my friend and I started calling Walmart Wally World. No one else was doing this. We'd never heard it before we came up with it. Now over 20 years later a search indicates this originated in the Midwest. Just think, if I didn't exist even the thread starters post would've been different. It's funny how one person can change the world.
Posted by grassman on Jan. 02 2008,9:28 am
YOU didn't invent the Wally world, we did! You invented the stock market remember!
Posted by fredbear on Jan. 02 2008,11:24 am
(TameThaTane @ Jan. 02 2008,9:21 am)
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Another thing. In the early 80's after the Chevy Chase movie came out my friend and I started calling Walmart Wally World. No one else was doing this. We'd never heard it before we came up with it. Now over 20 years later a search indicates this originated in the Midwest. Just think, if I didn't exist even the thread starters post would've been different. It's funny how one person can change the world.
What a tool!!!
Posted by GEOKARJO on Jan. 02 2008,11:40 am
In 1981 I was working at a Kansas City Mo Kmart we Always referred to Wal mart as Wally World
Posted by CalcuttaClipper on Jan. 02 2008,12:39 pm
Don't give him the attention, he's just looking for someone who cares, we already know he is the king of all info 
(To TTT, we salute 
)
Posted by White Pride on Jan. 02 2008,4:13 pm
This is sorta on topic, but not with the schools.. Does the salvation army still have the slogain "need has no season?" I've always been a little miffed hearing that slogan, only to find that the "need has no season" season actually starts at thanksgiving and ends at christmas... where are all the little red buckets around memorial day? laborday? 4th of july? is that out of season?
be well!
Posted by Common Citizen on Jan. 02 2008,5:46 pm
Its more likely a marketing strategy than anything else. People are just more generous and giving during the holidays between Thanksgiving and Christmas than they are at other times of the year. Also, they get more mileage out of the generous volunteer's during this time. It's easy to find volunteers to man the kettle's for a few months, but it would be difficult to rely on these same people throughout the year from a practical standpoint. imho