# Street fundraisers appear in top 50 pains in public

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/11/08/street-fundraisers-appear-top-50-pains-public/
- Published: 2004-11-08T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**A new humourous book profiling the 50 types of people most likely to annoy you
in public not only lists street fundraisers but features a cartoon of one on its
front page.**

“Pains in Public: The 50 People Most Likely to Drive You Completely Nuts!” is a 
new book by Andrew Holmes and Dan Wilson. They describe it as “a manifesto for the
perennially grumpy”.

Dreadful drivers, dog owners who let their dogs foul the pavement, financial service
telemarketers, and of course face to face fundraisers, or “chuggers” as sadly they
have now been permanently branded: all of these and more are included in this rant
against pushiness, incivility and annoying people.

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“Down with pushiness, poor personal hygiene and fluorescent tabards”, demand the
authors. “Together we can make the world a less painful place.”

On street fundraisers in particular they comment: “chuggers behave like rabid dogs
on heat.” In fact, they seem to confuse face to face fundraisers, who are usually
seeking regular committed gifts, with fundraisers involved in public street collections
for coins and notes. “Be sick into the collection bucket”, they suggest if you encounter
such a fundraiser.

The book is out now, and is presumably aimed at the Christmas market. Amazon are
selling it at 20% off the list price of £7.99.