I just tell em I'll try to catch them on the way out. Sometimes I do make the effort if it is an organization I know or a cause I believe in. Otherwise, I just keep on walking when done shopping. If they say something, I just say shopping cost more than expected, sorry.
As to those with the sob stories in stores, I really do ignore them. I will happily give to a panhandler on the street but not if you accost me in any manner. I give because I want to not because I feel intimidated or you're playing with my sympathies.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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