swarmed. that we were.

students from the local university were having a flag day today, for some student welfare fund. the funding MUST have been pretty short, bc i almost couldn't alight from the car this morning, thanks to a young lady clad in BRIGHT yellow standing condescendingly outside the car door. wait, she did not stand outside the car door, she run TOWARDS the car, with her arms outstretched, grasping the all-too-familiar characterless metal tin.

what a way to start the day.

what a way to do flag-raising.

i know that most of the school population is quite well-endowed with hefty amounts of green stuff, but does it therefore give the uni people the right to stand menacingly around the school gate, attacking the hapless half-awake students? i should think not.

and just for the records, i did not donate. don't dismiss me as weasely little miser, because i am not. i didn't have change with me anyways, so unless one expects me to donate my entire allowance for the week to the NUS student fund, (and how amazingly ironic! why are students getting other students to pay for THEIR student fund??) and get assaulted in the morning by some cold stare of someone who was obviously thinking, "oh you measely crap you, i ran all the way to obstruct your way, why don't you pay up?", i couldn't have donated anyway.

but i digress. when we (students in my school) had to sell flags, we went out to the public, in the middle of the CBD and literally BEGGED for money. THAT is the proper way of doing things, going to a school to collect money is kinda like taking a shortcut in a marathon. no doubt you get to the end point (and much faster, i must add), but it just doesn't say much of the integrity involved. and if uni students are going adopt such means to achieve their goals, then wouldn't all those years of education be an utter flop?

that aside, doesn't it just seems a tad bit lazy of the uni people to harass students going to and leaving school. and why do i say that? because the uni students always, and mark my words, ALWAYS, go after the little 13 year olds, who are so embarassed upon being stopped by a huge strapping guy/girl, that they pay up. kinda like paying protection money if you ask me. but you didn't. so let's move on.

so anyways, this guy thrust his tin can out at this little girl and she got such a shock that she literally stood there, stunned. and what did the nice, kind gentleman do?? he pointed her out to his fellow evil banana (they are in yellow, see??) and laughed AT her with an incredulous look on his face. and still they want people to donate to them. where's the right attitude? the annoying ass.

and what was even more shocking was that... THOSE PEOPLE CAME INTO OUR SCHOOL DURING RECESS TO ASK FOR DONATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hello? what is the school doing??? i'm seriously wondering if the school is receiving some 10% commission for every sum of money collected. for goodness sake, the students are so mentally drained after 3 hours of non-stop lessons that they just want to sit around, relax and eat for all 40 minutes of their pathetic break. but NOOOOO the evil bananas wouldn't let them. i could see alot of people practically choking on their food as a tin can jabbed right beneath their noses.

oh and the bananas decided that terrorizing schoolgirls weren't enough, and decided to plant themselves right at the stairway. hoo boy was that effective in getting money. and why wouldn't it? people just want to go for recess and between going for recess late and donating money for a green light to go, which one would they choose? of course the latter.

i am so surprised that they did not decide to seal off the washrooms and demand a donation for each usage.

for all you flag-day enthusiasts out there, i am not saying that it is in any way wrong to go around getting donations and giving out little stickies BUT... PLEASE steer clear of schools will you? its an institution for education for christ's sake.

do your solicitating elsewhere.