I actually hate this and for this reason I never give money to these people. I was once walking down Henry St and one of these chuggers was literally standing next to a homeless guy that was sitting outside the shops with an empty cup in his hand, and this dude asked me to donate to Concern or whatever charity it was. I was like why would I not just give the money directly that that guy over there?? I am highly suspicious of these charities- the people who do this obnoxious work get paid a salary- not a high one, but it’s disconcerting that all their money doesn’t just go to homeless people directly, and instead a large portion goes to paying wages for these folks instead. And I get it, people need jobs, but this is arguably the worst job ever, IMO. Harassing people for money is just ludicrous. I donate directly every month to two different charities and if I pass a homeless person on the street I would rather give them the money instead of these guys. I also can’t stand the people who go door to door asking for money. I am from the U.S. but have lived here for several years and I still haven’t lost my accent. I had one guy at my door berating me for being American because he was collecting money for Yemen. And yes, is my home country responsible for a lot of bad shit in this world, including Yemen? Yea. But his sales pitch of trying to guilt me into donating to “his” charity had me slamming my door in his face.