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Originally posted by Lindz928
]Honestly, yeah I suppose they can spend the money however they want... But I would be bothered to think that my donation is going to help someone get smashed or possibly buying drugs. I don't think that is what any of us intend when we donate money.
It goes along with the story about some woman using her debit card to buy a Louis Vuitton purse.... I'm sorry, but that bothers me. Is there really nothing better that she could use that money for?
I'm not saying that people need to be TOLD what they can and can't spend this money on.... But is it too much to ask to show some consideration to the people who have donated their hard-earned money to help you rebuild your life?
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I definitely have to agree here. People from all over banded together to make those donations from their own hard-earned money.
A LV purse????? I've been working since I was 16, and I don't even own a LV purse.
I can't say I liked the story about the big group of evacuees who went to Red Lobster, ordered a ton of food, then announced to the restaurant that they were not going to tip b/c they were poor evacuees. Maybe I'm a heartless *****, but give me a break. It's one thing to quietly tell the waiter that they are thankful for the services, but they cannot afford a large tip, and it's quite another to announce it to the entire restaurant that they are not going to tip just because they are from NO. Like someone else mentioned, waiters LIVE on their tips, so even if it was just going to be a very small tip, I think the waiter would have been grateful for it. (Side question: Don't most restaurants have a built-in tip if the party is big enough?)
While I know (or at least hope) that these kinds of stories are the vast minority, I can't help but feel that some of these people are taking advantage of the whole evacuee thing (Being given places to stay, food to eat, money to buy necessities, even JOBS), and to be pretty honest it makes me mad.
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