Colleague- possible charity scammer

[keybored]

How about everybody on this thread pays me my church £10 each. I'll put all your names into a hat and then pull one out. That person can then be the one we burn.

He looks so young there it's hard to believe he's gone

RIP in peace, Neil x

 

[dessiato]

Nah, not been on a walk. I'm a low level civil service employee

I was referring to Edie

Walking can be fun.

 

[D'wards]

I was referring to Edie

Walking can be fun.

Oh yes, I see

I am a fan of walking too

 

[Yossarian]

He looks so young there it's hard to believe he's gone

RIP in peace, Neil x

Had to check if Adrian Edmondson was alive after I saw that post! He is, though I didn't know Rik Mayall had died.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Had to check if Adrian Edmondson was alive after I saw that post! He is, though I didn't know Rik Mayall had died.

When keybored said Neil, I also had to check Nigel Planer too. He's alive, but he looks so different now! Only the eyes have any resemblance to Neil. Google Image Result for http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/persons/212230/212230_v9_ba.jpg

 

[D'wards]

Quick update - another lady who is very sweet and kind, left out a charity box with a Christmas card to sign and donate, and the management got well heavy with her, saying she needs director approval etc.
She just fucked the whole thing off.

Will be interesting to note if the original woman continues with her charity stuff now the rules are being enforced.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Quick update - another lady who is very sweet and kind, left out a charity box with a Christmas card to sign and donate, and the management got well heavy with her, saying she needs director approval etc.
She just fucked the whole thing off.

Will be interesting to note if the original woman continues with her charity stuff now the rules are being enforced.

But, what's happening about the doubts concerning the money she has collected, and possibly pocketed?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Quick update - another lady who is very sweet and kind, left out a charity box with a Christmas card to sign and donate, and the management got well heavy with her, saying she needs director approval etc.
She just fucked the whole thing off.

Will be interesting to note if the original woman continues with her charity stuff now the rules are being enforced.

Hopefully word will get round that the rules are having to be enforced presicely because Original Charity Woman has been so shady with previous donations.

 

[D'wards]

But, what's happening about the doubts concerning the money she has collected, and possibly pocketed?

I don't know for sure, but I suspect it might just be all future charity endeavours. I'm not sure though - they are well cagey in my place.

 

[killer b]

IME Many businesses - especially if they haven't been following company procedure - would opt to sweep something like this under the carpet and just enforce procedure in future rather than make a thing of it.

Disappointing for us if that's the case here, mind, as we may never get closure.

 

[kebabking]

agreed - no company/organisation is going to want to touch what could be a can of very smelly worms. its a lot easier to draw a veil over it and go forward...

they probably have their suspicions, but they know that if they push hard a) it will become obvious that the company/organisation was either not following its own policies or was negligent, b) the chances of getting conviction and the money back for the charities is somewhere between limited and no hope, and c) it will be a nightmare - staff morale in the toilet, suspicion and recrimination everywhere, and fuck all work getting done.

 

[keybored]

d) She's got some dirt on the MD.

 

[tim]

But, what's happening about the doubts concerning the money she has collected, and possibly pocketed?

They remain doubts, procedures are tightened up and the witchhunt comes to an end.

 

[existentialist]

agreed - no company/organisation is going to want to touch what could be a can of very smelly worms. its a lot easier to draw a veil over it and go forward...

they probably have their suspicions, but they know that if they push hard a) it will become obvious that the company/organisation was either not following its own policies or was negligent, b) the chances of getting conviction and the money back for the charities is somewhere between limited and no hope, and c) it will be a nightmare - staff morale in the toilet, suspicion and recrimination everywhere, and fuck all work getting done.

Pragmatically, this probably is the best outcome. OK, so she hasn't been officially busted, but Ms Charity Golddigger is going to be going around with a dark cloud of suspicion hanging over her for a very long time. She could still (probably) quite easily dispel that by coming up with the evidence that she's made the donations, but my guess is that she'll decide she doesn't like the vibe much, and takes herself off somewhere else.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

What, no perp walk? I was expecting a bit more excitement relating to the charity collection woman.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

What, no perp walk? I was expecting a bit more excitement relating to the charity collection woman.

I know - its just not satisfactory. If management aren't doing anything, the least the staff could do make some effort at punishment.

 

[D'wards]

UPDATE

She made motions last week to do some kind of raffle. Her boss printed out the rules which said she needs an audit trail and second counter. Do it in her own time etc.

So she's decided not to do it

 

[Pickman's model]

I know - its just not satisfactory. If management aren't doing anything, the least the staff could do make some effort at punishment.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

UPDATE

She made motions last week to do some kind of raffle. Her boss printed out the rules which said she needs an audit trail and second counter. Do it in her own time etc.

So she's decided not to do it

Guilty as sin then.

 

[Saul Goodman]

You all people defending her, please play devils advocate.

Why would you never bring in a thank you letter?

But go to trouble of printing generic thing of internet?

More to the point, why would you ask/expect her to bring in a thank you letter?

 

[kebabking]

More to the point, why would you ask/expect her to bring in a thank you letter?

Because charities invariably send them, and peplpe who are serial charity collectors invariably stick them on the wall to show everyone how charitable they are.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Because charities invariably send them, and peplpe who are serial charity collectors invariably stick them on the wall to show everyone how charitable they are.

Do they also write to the papers to get it published how selfless they are?

 

[existentialist]

UPDATE

She made motions last week to do some kind of raffle. Her boss printed out the rules which said she needs an audit trail and second counter. Do it in her own time etc.

So she's decided not to do it

Whether we read anything into her decision, it's very clear that Lessons Have Been Learned by the management.

 

[D'wards]

**NEWSFLASH**

I think she thinks she's found a loophole.

She's calling it a "free raffle". The catch being she says if you make a contribution to her charity box you get a free raffle ticket

The prize is a little wicker basket full of miniature beauty products. Real budget hotel free shit.

I won't say anything to management but I hope they pull her up.

 

[keybored]

**NEWSFLASH**

I think she thinks she's found a loophole.

She's calling it a "free raffle". The catch being she says if you make a contribution to her charity box you get a free raffle ticket

The prize is a little wicker basket full of miniature beauty products. Real budget hotel free shit.

I won't say anything to management but I hope they pull her up.

I would contribute a used piece of chewing gum.

 

[DotCommunist]

Do they also write to the papers to get it published how selfless they are?

I'm sure I've seen charity stuff in the local press before. So and so business/community group/church etc raised xx amount or hospital/shelter/etc. Photo with a giant cheque.

 

[existentialist]

**NEWSFLASH**

I think she thinks she's found a loophole.

She's calling it a "free raffle". The catch being she says if you make a contribution to her charity box you get a free raffle ticket

The prize is a little wicker basket full of miniature beauty products. Real budget hotel free shit.

I won't say anything to management but I hope they pull her up.

I think it would be quite good for her to be given enough rope to hang herself. Let's face it, with the climate of doubt that must prevail, chances are that she'll get very few, if any, takers. And I daresay that there will be a few around willing to provide, ah, "background".

 

[Saul Goodman]

I'm sure I've seen charity stuff in the local press before. So and so business/community group/church etc raised xx amount or hospital/shelter/etc. Photo with a giant cheque.

That's something I'd expect the likes of Bono to do.

 

[quimcunx]

That she'd rather go to this effort than the effort of getting a 2nd counter and providing a receipt, or just not bothering, is a little suspicious.

 

[existentialist]

That she'd rather go to this effort than the effort of getting a 2nd counter and providing a receipt, or just not bothering, is a little suspicious.

She'll cover it up with harrumphing and outraged innocence.