Fund Raising and Waste Weirdness
Like most workplaces, the call center where I works participates in many charity and fund raising activities. We do a food drive and a school supply drive. We've collected magazines for local nursing homes and collected cash for local schools. The Red Cross has come for on site blood drives a few times. I donated Chris' blood.
The biggest push is for Relay for Life for The American Cancer Society. It seems like most of the year human resources and management are offering something in exchange for cash donations. Since it's hard to argue with cancer research, of course, I put money in whenever I have cash.
A couple weeks back, the fund raiser of the day was a chili dog lunch severed by management manning a table in the break room, proceeds to benefit Relay for Life. I didn't happen to have five bucks for the full lunch, but I did have $2.50 in quarters. The manager working the table agreed to sell me a bowl of chili. It was a cold, rainy day. Perfect for some chili goodness.
Here's the weird thing. She put on fresh plastic disposable gloves
right before serving my bowl of chili, even though she'd just severed someone before me.
I hesitated to drop my dirty quarters into her sanitary hands. She told me it was fine, that she'd change gloves. Now, I'm frugal along with somewhat conscious of conservation for Earth friendly reasons. It seemed more logical that I would drop my change into whatever receptacle was holding the profits.
When I went around the table to attempt the cash drop, I noticed she was increasingly uncomfortable. In the end, I cringed when I placed the coins in her plastic clad mitt. I thought those gloves would have served the hungry folks hovering behind me just fine.
I had the feeling she was concerned I would dip into the kitty. What the heck? So awkward. I won't make a thing out of it again, but I still think they are using more gloves then necessary.
Try a jar on the table, people.
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