Will you sponsor me

drdeadlift

I work in a shop,the last few months the number of people all shapes and sizes and ages are coming in asking me to sponsor them.Just happened a min ago.

Are there many others out there getting this cods wollop too?

Mr Benevolent

Generally a scam. I use it all the time to get free sex.

Duggy747

drdeadlift wrote: »

I work in a shop,the last few months the number of people all shapes and sizes and ages are coming in....

*Gets image of hexagon-shaped person walking in*

CardBordWindow

Asking shop employees for sponsorship is a bit brazen. Are they asking you personally to sponsor, or are they looking for the shop to 'corporate sponsor'?

ejmaztec

What pisses me off with this sponsorship business is that most people expect you to pay up front for so much a mile. They're hardly likely to give you a refund if they get hit by a truck after walking 50 yards.

drdeadlift

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Asking shop employees for sponsorship is a bit brazen. Are they asking you personally to sponsor, or are they looking for the shop to 'corporate sponsor'?

They seem not to give a barney if its me or the shop sponsoring them.
One lad came in this morning stood there and asked was it busy(thats annoying when you know they are after something other than you sell) then takes out his card and asks will you sponsor me NO.He didn't even make an effort he was dressed like a scruffball.

mikemac1

Will you sponsor me for a trip to the Andes, walk the Great Wall, climb Mount Kilamanjaro?

Yeah, like I'm sending you on a holiday of a lifetime :rolleyes:

biko

"Will you sponsor me?"

"Why, are you an alcoholic?"

Susie_Q

Maybe they are alcoholics and are desperately reaching out for some help? And there you are, flat out refusing to be their sponsor. FOR SHAME.

Canis Lupus

ejmaztec wrote: »

What pisses me off with this sponsorship business is that most people expect you to pay up front for so much a mile. They're hardly likely to give you a refund if they get hit by a truck after walking 50 yards.

I hate the ones that want sponsorship for a 10k run etc but they intend to walk it. I usually say I'll pay up if you put in the training and actually run.

drdeadlift

Susie_Q wrote: »

Maybe they are alcoholics and are desperately reaching out for some help? And there you are, flat out refusing to be their sponsor. FOR SHAME.

No its more along the lines of im going to do the London marathon stuff.With your bleeding heart they will continue there scrounge quest

mikemac1

A mini marathon is not a marathon

And walking a mini marathon does not mean you completed a marathon

Sorry, probably seems elitist

Just awfully misleading, if you want sponsorship for a marathon then I assume that is what you are doing

DebDynamite

mikemac1 wrote: »

Will you sponsor me for a trip to the Andes, walk the Great Wall, climb Mount Kilamanjaro?

Yeah, like I'm sending you on a holiday of a lifetime :rolleyes:

+ 1

How about you climb Croagh Patrick? The charity would get so much more money if flights, etc didn't have to come out of your sponsorship money.

bc dub

usually the kids looking for sponsorship are members of a certain ethnic background and have a car full of their family outside waiting for them. It's usually for a boxing club that doesn't exist.

always read who it's for and question the kids. they are clueless after a few questions because they trade on people that just give them money for nothing.

and as for the skydiving sponsors? oh will you sponsor me for a skydive?? basically pay for me to do one and anything I make over the cost, will go to charity. Pay for it yourself and have all proceeds go to charity you cheap cnut.

Sky King

-Sponsor me to do a parachute jump?

-No, but I'll give my tenner directly to the NCBI and give you the reciept if you like?

-That's no good at all!