Words we hate to hear: ‘Would you care to donate….’
KAMLOOPS — I walked out of the super market very recently with a small bag of groceries (about $50 worth) and started heading for the truck when I heard a voice say, “Good afternoon, Sir, would you care to support those with Parkinson’s and autism?”
Startled, I turned and said, “Uh, no thanks, not today.”
“Thank you very much, you have a great rest of your day.”
On the way home, I thought to myself, “You handled that really badly, Mel. You were caught off guard, you were flustered, and you didn’t do the right thing.”