No… you’re wrong!

Sometimes the temptation is almost irresistible… to tell the other person just how wrong they are, that is.

I experienced it this morning and, this time at least, I did resist the temptation and decided to write this blog instead.

Pass on the word

It seemed like a good idea (it still is, actually). I’d received one of those ‘sponsor me’ messages from two people who are raising money for a village in India. The target is £600 and when I looked at their site they weren’t making much progress and had reached less than 10% of their target.

So I thought why not tell people who follow me on Twitter about the project? Which I did, pointing out that the cost of just two cappuccinos from each ‘follower’ would enable them to reach their target for the charity.

Within less than two minutes of posting the tweet I received a one-liner reply ‘Charity begins at home!!’ Continue reading →