Someone just called me Scrooge because I did not wish to partake in:
a) Helping out at a soup kitchen
b) Going carolling
before/during/after a Christmas party I’m holding.
Their reason for calling me Scrooge was this: “Because you don’t want to do a charity thing…”
I know this person does not have ill intentions at saying this, but at the same time, I have to wonder, does everyone automatically feel this way when you approach them with a charitable idea and you kindly refuse because you either
a) Have other plans
b) Do your own charity thing throughout the Holidays
Just because someone says they are not interested in helping out does not mean that they don’t want to do charity things.
Now I’m in a position where I feel like a Scrooge, but at the same time, I don’t feel like I have to rhyme off every good thing I do for charity just to prove a point.
Lesson Learned: Don’t call anyone Scrooge (unless their name is actually Scrooge. Or if they blatantly tell you that they abhor charity work and do not believe in helping others. That’s just plain mean. They really ARE Scrooge!)
7 replies on “Scrooge!”
Scrooge. I.Love.Table.
Table?
I.Love.Lamp.
clearly matt hasn’t seen Anchorman. Aww yea Anchorman viewing at chez pimpson!
Palmer, I’m 100% with you. In fact I really don’t like it when people rub your face in the charity work they do. To me it’s sort of like defeating the purpose of it all…
I don’t mind if someone asks me to help them out at a charity event. I’m not against that…I’m just against the Scrooge comment.
By the hammer of Thor, I feel divine!
I don’t mind that either. I was just saying that I’m with you on this: “I don’t feel like I have to rhyme off every good thing I do for charity just to prove a point.”
I can’t believe someone actually said “Scrooge”. Next time tell them that you are too busy because you manage the Palmer school for kids who don’t read good in your spare time.