Three little words that strike fear in the hearts of every office worker in America:

[soonerboy_odanorth]

United.

Way.

Drive.
























(I gave, I give, I will continue to give...But Dear God please make it stop...)

[jeremy885]

Yep. About as bad a NPR pledge drives. Seriously, I think they have those at least once a month.

[OUHOMER]

We still have posters all over the walls, hell, i signed up, i am paying every check, plus my boss has a big pot out there for people to put their loose change into. I am waiting to hear the salvation army bell ringers next.

[Rogue]

We do CFC (Combined Federal Campaign) and it includes UW. Started giving in the service and keep giving now. We have fun with it, and I finally won the chili cookoff this year. I actually sorta like going through the big book of groups to which we may give.

[Jerk]

They did that stuff when I worked for BOK. That was after their big scandal so I don't think I ever gave a dime.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

Ours is more fun. You can give through payroll deduction or a check, but that's low pressure.

We can also pay $1 to wear jeans one day a week and then we have food days that benefit UW.

[soonerbrat]

for our UW drive this year our execs (including the CEO) dressed up like rockstars and we had concerts, a dunk tank, lunches, a week of wearing jeans and a bunch of other fun stuff.

[yermom]

for some reason i actually like the idea of paying $1 to wear jeans, lol

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

for some reason i actually like the idea of paying $1 to wear jeans, lolOur staff loves it. Most of the people here would easily pay $20ish a month to wear them every day.

[M]

I used to work for a company that did that. They sent out a couple of staff-wide e-mails encouraging us to donate. Being the poor recent college grad that I was, I was like, "screw that, I'm not giving any money." But one day I got called in to the CFO's office, got a lecture on how said company likes to brag that 100% of its employees donate to United Way, and they want to be able to say that again this year...

So I donated $1 to their cause so they could keep bragging and feel all warm and cozy about themselves.

[Howzit]

Hooo boy. I've been holding this in to keep from sploding in a furious fireball of crankiness, but soonerboy hath uncorked it...

My company does United Way. I contribute to UW, and have every year. The other day I am walking by the president's admin, and she says, "So you don't play golf?" referring to the UW golf tournament.

"No," says I, "I don't"

"Well would you like to make a contrib..."

"I already make a contribution every paycheck, I'm good," says I again.

So now I'm the a-hole because I didn't give MORE than what I am already giving.

And I wish it was JUST the UW...every store I go in either girlscouts, or boyscouts, or the FMHS football team, or the band, or some other organization is lurking by the entrance/exit to sell tickets or goods or just take cold hard cash, and when I get inside the store and am checking out they want to know if I want to donate a dollar to fight breast cancer, even though I just gave $200 to a friend participating int he walk for life...

It. never. ends.

[Viking Kitten]

You lost me when you griped about Girl Scouts, Howzit. I don't think there are enough Girl Scouts on the planet to keep stocked up on Thin Mints and Tag-A-Longs and those whatever-they-call thems with the coconut and chocolate.

[yermom]

maybe they should sell them more often ;)

[IB4OU2]

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mmm...mmm Girl Scout cookies.

[Oldnslo]

You lost me when you griped about Girl Scouts, Howzit. I don't think there are enough Girl Scouts on the planet to keep stocked up on Thin Mints and Tag-A-Longs and those whatever-they-call thems with the coconut and chocolate.
It's Girl Scout Candy time right now. Should I put you down for something on the Princess' form?

[frankensooner]

I thought you were going to say National Boss Day which happens to be today. I hope everyone took a few minutes today to honor their boss! ;)

[JohnnyMack]

Hooo boy. I've been holding this in to keep from sploding in a furious fireball of crankiness, but soonerboy hath uncorked it...

My company does United Way. I contribute to UW, and have every year. The other day I am walking by the president's admin, and she says, "So you don't play golf?" referring to the UW golf tournament.

"No," says I, "I don't"

"Well would you like to make a contrib..."

"I already make a contribution every paycheck, I'm good," says I again.

So now I'm the a-hole because I didn't give MORE than what I am already giving.

And I wish it was JUST the UW...every store I go in either girlscouts, or boyscouts, or the FMHS football team, or the band, or some other organization is lurking by the entrance/exit to sell tickets or goods or just take cold hard cash, and when I get inside the store and am checking out they want to know if I want to donate a dollar to fight breast cancer, even though I just gave $200 to a friend participating int he walk for life...

It. never. ends.

Back in my day, they used to have carwashes to raise money. Some crap like the South Tulsa Hott Hott Hott Blazers Fastpitch 14 and Under Softball Team needs money to go to the N.A.F.P.S.B.P.A.T.R.E.D Winter Western Regionals held in Albequerque, so they have a car wash. Now they just stand around asking people to give them money. Parents stand there begging right along side the kids. Pathetic. You ain't gettin' something for nothin' from me.

[Viking Kitten]

It's Girl Scout Candy time right now. Should I put you down for something on the Princess' form?

Hell yes. We've got one more year until Princess S is old enough to join. When that happens, I'll probably dedicate the whole freezer section of our beer fridge to Thin Mints.

[ultimatesooner1]

our company has drawings where you get your choice of a ps3, xbox 360, iphone, video ipod or a $500 dontation to a charity of your choice for the UW campaign. IF I win, hello 360 and sorry charitable organization

[TheHumanAlphabet]

God at my place they go ape-excrement about it...Spend about a month doing all sorts of things. I always decline as I don't want my money mingled with organizations I don't like and I prefer to give my money directly to the organization.

[soonerbrat]

Hell yes. We've got one more year until Princess S is old enough to join. When that happens, I'll probably dedicate the whole freezer section of our beer fridge to Thin Mints.

you know keebler's grasshoppers are just like the thin mints, right?

[KRYPTON]

Bob Stoops told me that there's no such thing as luck, it's all preparation and hard work, so clearly I have all this money to give because of all my preparation and hard work, and those poor unlucky SOB's who need help from United Way are in that position because they didn't prepare and/or work hard, so why should I give up any of my hard-earned money to help them?

Hang on.. some big red muscled dude with horns just walked into my office, and interestingly enough, Ann Coulter is on his arm... dang my feet are getting hot...