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When I found the “Save The Children” chuggers at work, a tiny female chugger had already got herself a victim so I watched. After the chuggee departed (smiling!) the chugger played with her PDA a bit and then went back to chugging. Nothing over the top but within a couple of minutes she’s pulled in another victim! In less than 15 minutes, saw her get 4 hits!
I was so intrigued, I wandered in her direction nervously hoping to be on the receiving end of the patter. Too late, she drew in chuggee #5! As I passed, I caught a few words, nothing extraordinary, just asking him if he liked the town. She got him in just a minute, see below
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The average chugger makes around 180 approaches before making a “sale”, this lady was hitting round 1 in 10. Perhaps that’s why she sports a “Team Leader” badge?
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| Another member of the team deploys the big smile and outstretched arms gambit to no avail. |
4 comments:
This blog seems to have deteriorated from a fully valid discussion of the morality of street fundraising in to a cynical stare at people who are doing a job and are mostly polite about it with a few exceptions.
there are a few things wrong with this post. Firstly i'm not sure of the morality of taking peoples pictures and publishing them without their permission. However you clearly enjoy taking pictures of young women at work and posting them on the internet so carry on but I won't be taking any of this blog seriously again.
Also if as you say she is making a "sale" then you are photographing a financial transaction, which is a whole different kettle of fish I assume. However, I don't think that the fundraiser pictured was taking details for a monthly direct debit because, having proudly signed up for Shelter from an informative and caring young gentleman (Shelter is also one of the few that do not use agencies) I know it takes way more than a minute to give over that information, or decide whether to give.
It is far more likely that she is doing what the charity Merlin was doing in my area the other week where they give you a bit of information about the charity and then call you later.
I also have an issue with the word 'Chugging', firstly a lot of these mentioned on this blog (greenpeace, amnesty etc) are not charities. Also Greenpeace and Amnesty have been a pain in the backside to people who don't care on the streets since their inception, they are politically motivated advocacy groups. Granted they're advocating saving the planet and stopping political prisoners but they are still politically motivated and should be allowed to voice their opinions.
Even when they are a charity I am very confused with the second part of this portmanteau: Mugger! I have been mugged, it involved knives, shouting, hospital, crying, feelings of emasculation, loosing ones property, crying and paranoia on the street. This is an offensive term, yes some people working for these organisations are pushy and impolite but i live in a bit city and have only ever noticed this on one occurrence.
The word "chugger" is akin to calling a gummy bear stuck on your leg "jancer" (a mixture of Jelly Bean and Cancer).
Thanks for your feedback! If you explore the blog a little further, you'll also find pictures of young men too :-) I would also post pictures of older people if I found any of them chugging (and newsworthy!) but I've never seen a chugger over 40. "Discrimination" perhaps?
for a more cynical point of view on chuggers have a read of my blog post :-) http://jonnybrand.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/chug-off.html
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