A friend of mine sponsored a toy and gift drive at his business this season and had great participation from his clients. After it was all said and done, his customers gave 6 bags of toys and plenty of canned goods!
So my contribution to the drive was to help find charities that would accept these items. The food was simple: everything went to the North Texas Food Bank, a non-profit hunger relief organization that distributes food to those in need. But the toys were another story . . .
I searched online and ended up finding a lady who was matching needy families to those willing to play Santa for a day. Everything seemed to be going well until this morning during the drop-off.
My friend confirmed with the receiving mom the delivery time and that he'd call as he neared the home. When he made the final call, the husband answered the phone. To make a long story short, the husband said that the toys should go to someone else, that he didn't want some stranger coming to his home, and that they had PLENTY. Then he hung up! Thinking that the call just dropped, my friend phoned back and explained the purity of his giving and that he was only trying to help a needy family provide gifts to its 8 children. Guess that wasn't good enough because the husband hung up again. Can you believe that! Evidently the mom was trying to take advantage of the giving season or the dad was responding out of pride. Either way, it was rude with a capital R.
When I saw this video on YouTube, it made me think of the husband:
Thursday's Photo
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And then one morning you woke up and noticed a strange thing happened when
you hit the esc. key on your keyboard...
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