I think it's plain to see that not everybody is wired the same. For some, it is not an embarrassment to say "no" to a face to face request to give money. Yet there are others, like me, that are more sensitive to that type of situation. I do squirm, I do think that others are watching for my reply, I do feel that it is people like me upon whom they are preying.
I'm not discussing if one should say "yes" or "no" to such a request, I am saying that the whole practice is out of line.
I still contend that the grocery check out line is not the place to put people on the spot.
I have a very, very dear friend who worked for a bank that had a branch office in a supermarket. (This is a veeerrrry big bank). Part of her job was to approach shoppers in the store and hit them up to open an account. She just couldn't be party to that. It was so upsetting to her that she became almost physically ill.
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