Christmas Charity

A few hours back, a woman positioned herself in front of our gate, armed with an umbrella to protect her from the rain and carrying a battered white envelope which she kind of waved at me.

Well, I knew what she wanted of course. Money. Charity. It's only during these times (Christmas season), that people get away with this kind of thing.

I opened the envelope she handed to me. It said something like she was part of this organization or something and blah, blah, blah. I didn't actually read it. Just the heading of the letter which was that of a charity organization I have never head of. It looked kind of bogus to me, especially since the woman didn't look to me like the kind of person who was actually a member of any charity organization. Yeah, my cynical mind was working.

My good-goody mind was thinking it actually took a lot of courage to brave the bad weather and well, practically beg for money, especially since most people are not really quite charitable. And anyway, there's always the microscopic possibility that she really did come from a charity organization or something.

Hmmm... maybe next time I'll actually read the letters people hand us and well.. interrogate them or something.