Yes, I’m almost to the point where I’m going to print these out and carry ‘em with me:
Please put this note away for the moment, since your boss isn’t paying you to read my note.
Ok, are you no longer being paid? Cool.
Oh… wait… please put this note away until you’re doing something fun, like water skiing or having sex.
Ok, would you rather be doing something else right now? Cool, keep reading…
Hi! My name’s Uncle Vinny. The other day, when I was walking along doing something fun, you were paid to stop and bother me about some organization you work for. The mechanism you used to stop me was insulting, manipulative, absurdly flirtatious or quite possibly all of the above. Evidently your organization can’t raise money without these techniques, or isn’t bothered by paying you to break multiple tenets of the Social Contract so that they can raise marginally more cash than they would by honest, reality-based appeals for donations.
So, NO, I’m not interested in donating to the ACLU, Greenpeace or the “Save the Children”, although I know that the ACLU does do a lot of good work and I’ve supported them in the past. However, every time I get spammed by you or someone like you, your cause suffers. Multiply that by the hundreds of people you annoy every day, and stop getting excited about the two or three people you get to sign up per hour. You’re pissing off way more potential supporters than you are attracting. It’s a net negative for our community, your ability to sleep at night, and the better world we’re all trying to build.
Please, quit your job, and find a less annoying one. Deal? Cool, now you can get back to having sex. Thanks for your time!
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