Up to Here with it all today

[Greenspade13]

I work in Social Service in my community.  My philosophy on my work is to help people get back on track who have been derailed some how.  I hear it all, the sob stories I could tell you.  As you work in this field you can tell what is a true story of need and desperation and what is one filled with crap.

This week the crap has been flowing big time and I'm fed up!  Thirteen (count them) different people have called my office today with sob stories.  I have patiently and politely listened to them and either given them contact information for agencies who could help or given them the honest truth that no one helps with that in our community.  "That" being burial for the deceased and to pay for prescriptions to name just two.

Three of these people have gotten mad at me for having no program to assist them.  I don't make the rules, we have no programs--we are fundraisers, we don't give money to the public or individuals but to nonprofit agencies who help those people. 

I've been called a b*tch, cu*t, and a**hole to name just a few today.  I've also been told that I need to get off my fat butt and raise more money to help the needy.  My organization raised over 1.1 million dollars this year.  I've also been told that if we don't have programs that I should take money from my pocket to help them and if I don't then I'm a hyprocrite for not helping them.

WTF???? Are you kidding me?  I work for a very small nonprofit with very low pay.  The money we raise goes back into the community.  I have worked here for 5 years and only once were we given raises in these 5 years because the need was too large in our community.

My family is struggling too.  We're wondering how to juggle our money to pay off bills and we've cut expenditures in this economic decline.

It is just ticking me off big time today.  Where do these people get off getting pissy with me.  How dare they call me names.  I've done nothing to deserve this crap from anyone.  I won't accept it in my personal life so why should I accept it in my business life.