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mk_tortieI'm sat here listening to my sister's song for Remembrance Day - never fails to make me cry :'(. It feels so wrong this year, that it's now November the 11th and yet I haven't seen a single poppy seller all week to actually buy a poppy from. Apparently the British Legion doesn't have enough poppy sellers - I actually think I'm going to go sign up for next year. Oh wait, I'm in Berlin. Ok, so I'll do it the year after. But still, it's so sad that apparently people now see the poppies as some kind of political statement. I have always thought they were one of the few things without any kind of bias - they don't advocate war, just commemorate people who died in situations where they were just trying to do the right thing, whether that turned out to BE the right thing or not. And the money from the sale goes to helping those injured or left behind, regardless of race or faith or anything else. What could possibly be wrong with that? The way everything has to be a debate these days makes me so annoyed sometimes.
I spend my days trying to get people to help charities. At the moment I'm calling on Cancer Research UK's Race for Life campaign. Basically, I'm calling women who ran the 5k race and asking if they could help with a regular contribution. Now, don't get me wrong. I understand that not everyone can help like that, because some people are struggling to survive themselves. However. If people in your family have died of cancer, or your friends, or even if you did the race and have never known anyone with the disease, you still know that cancer kills 1 in 4 people in the UK. Or at least, if you didn't, you know that by the end of the phone call! How, then, can you cold-heartedly say 'No, I have no interest in helping this charity' - a charity whose sole aim is to eradicate all types of cancer. I perfectly understand people who explain their situation to me, honestly would love to help, but really just can't afford it, not even 20 pounds a year. But those who just put down the phone? To me, that's burying your head in the sand, because this is something which is going to affect everybody at some point.
Sorry for ranting. My job can be really rewarding, but sometimes it really shakes my faith in humanity.
I spend my days trying to get people to help charities. At the moment I'm calling on Cancer Research UK's Race for Life campaign. Basically, I'm calling women who ran the 5k race and asking if they could help with a regular contribution. Now, don't get me wrong. I understand that not everyone can help like that, because some people are struggling to survive themselves. However. If people in your family have died of cancer, or your friends, or even if you did the race and have never known anyone with the disease, you still know that cancer kills 1 in 4 people in the UK. Or at least, if you didn't, you know that by the end of the phone call! How, then, can you cold-heartedly say 'No, I have no interest in helping this charity' - a charity whose sole aim is to eradicate all types of cancer. I perfectly understand people who explain their situation to me, honestly would love to help, but really just can't afford it, not even 20 pounds a year. But those who just put down the phone? To me, that's burying your head in the sand, because this is something which is going to affect everybody at some point.
Sorry for ranting. My job can be really rewarding, but sometimes it really shakes my faith in humanity.
