No, I don't work at target, and I only shop there about once a year, if that.
I just get ticked off at the hypocrisy of people who expect a company to do whatever they think it should do, but when it comes to put up some effort of their own, they shuffle their feet with their head hung low and mumble that they throw a few coins in the bucket now and then.
It's pathetic, because people just love to call 'boycott' reflexively and never take into consideration the facts of the issue - that target donates millions to charity, including the salvation army - and that they have granted the salvation army an exemption to their 'no solication' policy, opening target up to lawsuits. But they still don't care. They want to threaten boycotts because it makes them feel good about themselves.
And they ignore the fact that target told the salvation army about this in JANUARY so they had a whole year to prepare alternate locations - but they dragged their feet and are now trying to bring public pressure against target.
The SA may do good work, but they keep losing more and more of my respect. Combine this target fiasco with their refusal to accept millions of dollars because the donor won it in a lottery, and it makes me wonder if their ultimate goal is to help the poor or just look pious.
You don't have to like the fact the Salvation Army is a christian organization, and frankly does more and better work than just about any other charity out there.. with over 90 cents of every dollar getting to those in need. But to attempt to condemn them for standing on their Christian princples regarding gambling is flat out ignorant.
Would you condemn them for not takign a donation if it turned out it had come from a Kidnapping Ransom? You either have moral convictions or you don't... whether someone else agrees with them is not relevant.
You have NO IDEA how much any of us is putting in those buckets, but you're not above leaping to unfounded accusations anyway.
Maybe you should check with those they have helped. The most recent being Florida and the victims of the hurricanes. The SA was right there as well as the Red Cross although the Red Cross got most of the publicity.
"Combine this target fiasco with their refusal to accept millions of dollars because the donor won it in a lottery, and it makes me wonder if their ultimate goal is to help the poor or just look pious."
And why should they honor gambling money? What - you are mad at them for having honest, decent principles? I give up...