The Salvation Army

I don't necessarily hate the Salvation Army (or helping those less fortunate than myself) per se, it's just that they're always posted at all entrances and exits of shopping malls and retail stores so as to prevent you from being able to get by while they're distracted by harassing those on the way out.

From the time you get out of your car and hear that ominous ringing, you start to think to yourself "Aww, hell!" and start plotting your ways in and out of there before the savior of the poor can find and ask you for money. Typically, you only will see them at or around Christmas.

To be fair, there probably isn't a better way to gather essential items for the have-nots than to ask the haves for some of theirs. I just don't like the feeling of actively trying to avoid helping people, and these guys just make that feeling worse.

Exhibit A:

Ring-a-ding-a-ling-a-ling...



Who you will probably run into when you go to any store, especially at Christmastime...

They always end up catching you sneak out of the store as you try to avoid being detected and always say "God bless you". I found out this is "Salvation Army-ese" for "your ass is busted; drop all your change in here", and this automatically causes you to turn around and give them all your left over money, Don't wanna go to hell, do ya?

There isn't much that you can do about itI don't think; I wonder how the rich keep people like these guys away from them without giving them a dime? I mean side from making a very big tax-deductable donation???