Dear Pastor Assface,
For the past two weeks we have had a plexiglass box at each register to collect money for Haiti. We have a nice sign saying which charity we are donating to and have a book about said charity next to the box. Since the boxes are clear you can see the money inside and how generous people have been in their giving. I’ve seen ones, fives, tens, and twenties in this box. Someone said a very kind gentleman put in a $50.
You are not that gentleman. The clear boxes also mean we can see when people put stupid things in the box. Non-monetary items. You put in something that fell in that category.
Now maybe you didn’t read the sign; didn’t understand that we were donating money; not having some sort of auction. That is what I thought when I first saw a giftcard for our store in the box. Maybe someone thought we were auctioning off items, or maybe they thought…I have no fucking clue. At this point I had to open the box.
The envelope containing the card was worn, very worn. It had a couple of receipts in it and the offending giftcard. Your name was in to “To:” line and it was from some family. I learned that you are a pastor. I thought pastors had to have some form of higher education, I thought you would have had to pass at least one reading comprehension test in your years of schooling.
The giftcard was for 20 cents. The newest receipt said “Remaining balance: $0.20. Really? You put a giftcard for a local bookstore into a donations box for Haiti? For Haiti!? Did you think they wanted to order books online? On what? Home building? If you didn’t want to card tell the clerk to give the remaining balance to the next person in line, or give it to the clerk, we like money off our books as much as the next person.
Do NOT put it the a donations box. I took it out and put in a quarter. I know it’s not a lot, but it’s more than what you did. At least my quarter will add up to a greater total instead of making the donations box look like a trash bin.
Sincerely,
Kelly
