{"id":31458,"date":"2012-04-14T05:01:02","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T22:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-junior-fundraiser-who-delivered-a-sucker-punch\/"},"modified":"2016-10-24T21:49:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T14:49:26","slug":"the-junior-fundraiser-who-delivered-a-sucker-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-junior-fundraiser-who-delivered-a-sucker-punch\/","title":{"rendered":"The junior 'fundraiser' who delivered a sucker punch"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt’s hard to turn away a door-to-door caller when it’s a small boy asking you to sponsor him for a good causeWhen the doorbell rang just after 9pm on a cold dark evening in March, I wasn’t sure whether or not to answer. Wrong day for the local evangelicals \u2013 they tend to do lunchtime at weekends. Same for the fish seller “straight from Hull” \u2013 is he dodgy or not? Too late for the mildly threatening duster sales man, dangling his “employment training scheme” badge \u2013 he tends to come in daylight. And then there’s that guy who sells his “art” door to door? No, he hasn’t been round for ages. Must be the neighbours, then.But it was a young boy, probably no older than 11, with a sort of chirpy cockney\/little toughie look about him. He handed me his crumpled “sponsorship” form. “We’re raising money for our boxing club. Can you give me \u00a35?” Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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