Charity Days #1

I step into the office today and someone has placed a poster on the noticeboard for the “Jeans for Genes Day”. What I ask you is the point?

I’m not going to rant this time about the plethora of charity days that seem to rule the life of anyone working in the office environment, and the fact that no month can go by without you being accosted at your desk by some do-gooder type waving a bucket at you whilst dressed as a Dalmatian.

No…. my complaint today regards the office-type middle classes who think this sort of day matters. They leap on board their “good cause” eager to do their bit to change the world for a better place. So what do they do?

- Do they recreate the Jarrow March to highlight the poor in this country?
- Do they spend a month living in a cave to have that homelessness experience?
- Do they spend a period of time without the use of their legs to highlight disability?

No…. they have Jeans for Genes day. In order to really do their bit for children with genetic disorders all over the world these people are prepared to…. Wait for it…. Change their trousers.

With effort and sacrifice like that you can just feel the tidal wave of revolution sweeping the world can’t you?

At least people raising for Comic Relief sit in custard or something….. jesus.