Tell me what you really think.
You see, this is why I never joined my school's Alumni Association. (Well, there's also the fact that I grew to loathe my time there by the time I left, but we needn't speak of that.)
I got one of those calls at 10 pm while I was closing down a coffee shop I worked at. I think the guy felt kind of bad when I told him where I was working. Thanks, prestigious degree.
My alma mater calls me too; I just tell them that I'm a teacher, and they need to go after their doctor/lawyer grads--or Bill Gates.
The advantage of only finishing high school (sort of), is the absence of such phone calls...
I got a call like that, years ago, when I was in grad school. (The call was from my undergrad institution). They were asking for a $1000 donation for a "dean's special fund" (for a dean I had disliked).
I will admit I laughed in the poor young man's ear. And then I apologized - I had friends who worked those very phones when I was a student, and it's a cruddy job - but I told him I was a grad student, and that that point in time, $1000 was my monthly take-home pay. He apologized right back to me - and no one's ever called me from there again.
You see, this is why I never joined my school's Alumni Association.
I never did, either, but that hasn't stopped them.
Even when I moved, I'd find an Alumni Association "GIMME MONEY!" letter waiting in my mailbox at my new address.
I never joined either - but Ed Rabel didn't care - since he came to visit me in August, seeking a donation that would get my name on a building. HA! I couldn't name a trash can there (as I am sure it would be more than $5, and that's my limit).
I like to ask them if this donation makes me eligable for free tickets to home football games, tickets to the fancy dinners etc., or if such items are STILL extra? They often do not know how to respond.
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