[bcsco]

I worked a kettle in front of our local Walmart on Friday and again yesterday. I’ll be working it again next Saturday. That ‘take’ seems somewhat low for 13 kettles. We have two kettles on location in town both Fridays and Saturdays. The total take for Friday for both kettles was around $900. And we’re a small town, nowhere near the size of Charlotte, NC. I wonder if the workers had already cleared/locked up some of the proceeds before the crooks arrived...

[bgill]

I wonder if the workers had already cleared/locked up some of the proceeds before the crooks arrived...

Or a few were in on the robbery.

Not you, of course. There are people with good souls and then there's others with no souls.

[pillut48]

I choose to trust them (may be naive, but hey) and whenever we leave a store where they are standing out front, I clean out my wallet and donate the small amount I have. My 9 y/o doesn't even ask, just takes the change (not like I have $4K on hand, usually less than $20 on a good day) and sticks it in the kettle. She really likes helping others too, which is not a bad thing in this 'gimme, gimme' world we live in.

What do I get in return? Some may say a fleecing ;-) but I feel like I've done my small part in helping someone else have a better holiday. And like the other day, when I donated all that was in my wallet (maybe $8 or 9 total?), the lady ringing the bell gave me the biggest bear hug and said thank you, thank you several times in broken English. Made my day. :*)