Woman: "Hi! My name is Christina!"
Me: "Um, hi?"
Woman: "What's your name?"
Me: "Who are you?"
Woman: "Oh! I'm with Amnesty International and I--"
Me: "Look, I'm sorry, but I'm in a rush to take my daughter somewhere and I don't have time."
Woman: "Well, let me just tell you for thirty seconds about Amnesty International..." [goes on for about ten seconds while I'm standing there, trying not to be outright rude and also cold because she's letting all the cold air into the house and I'm in a short-sleeved shirt]
Me: "Look, I don't want to slam the door in your face, but I told you I'm in a rush to get somewhere, so I'm going to close the door."
The whole interaction really pissed me off because I've heard Amnesty International isn't a bad organization, but she got me so angry in that minute of interaction that I would never consider giving them money ever. I assume this pushy approach must work on some people, but seriously, at the point that I said I needed to go, did she really think I was listening or going to hand her money?
I give a lot of money to charity, but I would NEVER give money to a solicitor who showed up at my front door.