Re: Internet rant

kaydee50 · ‎02-07-2011

@Wsmom wrote:
@Ronettes wrote:
What annoys me are those 'Go Fund Me' postings on local neighborhood sites, usually exposed by other posters as frauds or those unwilling to get a job! LOL
@Ronettes , it really gets to be too much. My very favorite was a local kid who started a go fund me when he graduated from high school for a trip to Europe because he deserved and it and it would be the right thing to do for the community to send him. lol

I would NEVER contribute to a "Go Fund Me" request unless I personally knew the person. An easy pass for me.

Snowpuppy · ‎03-09-2010

I use pop up blockers, too.

The only subscription I have is Sirius in my vehicle. I buy music cd's and movie dvd's.

We live in a world that wants their income stream while you get used to never owning a thing.

Ronettes · ‎12-13-2022

@Wsmom wrote:
it really gets to be too much. My very favorite was a local kid who started a go fund me when he graduated from high school for a trip to Europe because he deserved and it and it would be the right thing to do for the community to send him. lol

LOL, I like the ones who are exposed by other posters who ask them, now that this is their tenth go fund me, when are they getting a job, ever?

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@1tuffcookie wrote:
No problems with internet - I guess it's because I use the pop-up blockers and clear the browsing history once or twice a week.

However, I'm getting inundated with requests for money/donations at work. Every week, there's a new baby, wedding, funeral, graduation, birthday, buy a gift card to show your appreciatiation for _____, buy ______ to support a child's team/club, or . . .

@1tuffcookie

Just curious ... what do you do? I've been self-employed for years, but remember the PITA it was when everyone was always asking for a contribution in the office. SO annoying! How do you handle it?

Coastalcarolina · ‎04-02-2015

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
@1tuffcookie wrote:
No problems with internet - I guess it's because I use the pop-up blockers and clear the browsing history once or twice a week.

However, I'm getting inundated with requests for money/donations at work. Every week, there's a new baby, wedding, funeral, graduation, birthday, buy a gift card to show your appreciatiation for _____, buy ______ to support a child's team/club, or . . .

@1tuffcookie

Just curious ... what do you do? I've been self-employed for years, but remember the PITA it was when everyone was always asking for a contribution in the office. SO annoying! How do you handle it?

Yep, I remember all of that. So annoying. When I found my backbone, I told them I was working to support my family not their causes. If they wanted to reciprocate they could help pay my child's college education. They shut up.

sabatini · ‎06-29-2015

@Ronettes wrote:
@Wsmom wrote:
it really gets to be too much. My very favorite was a local kid who started a go fund me when he graduated from high school for a trip to Europe because he deserved and it and it would be the right thing to do for the community to send him. lol

LOL, I like the ones who are exposed by other posters who ask them, now that this is their tenth go fund me, when are they getting a job, ever?

IDK if you're talking about NextDoor, but I was once given a 30 day 'time out', so don't bother w/ that site anymore.

My comment was regarding gofundme, & it wasn't heinous at all.

The request was from a woman who'd been renting a casita to live in (a small house behind a house) with her kids and her mother.

As time passed, the owner, along w/ many neighbors, decided to sell the property to a developer.

This infuriated the renter 'The owner is a greedy landlord and just wants to make money. I'm not moving.'

The renter complained that now, month after month after month, she can no longer relax during the day w/ all the construction noise going on all about her, and the dust wasn't good for her kids or her mom.

So she set up a gofundme requesting $10,000 so the family could move to a real nice place.

Muddling through...

Wsmom · ‎03-09-2010

@sabatini , I want to know what your comment was! lol

People are unreal but they must make money at it because they keep it up. I know a woman who posts go fund mes regularly for everybody under the sun. She announced it was her grandson's bd and how he would love if everybody sent him a little something so here's his venmo. I. kid. you. not.