I always wonder why people are so open to flattery, so impressed by people with money, and so okay with wasting their time listening to a sales presentation.

The other day a UNICEF 'representative approached me. I just looked at her and said "I don't have any money to give you."

She told me she was not asking me for money. So I listened - impatiently. Two minutes in, she said, "What is your name." As if that's improtant. I have no time for people who try to make me feel good so that they can manipulate me.

Next thing she's telling me how 50 cents every day adds up, at which point I say "Oh, so this is about money.'

She tells me no. that she is not asking, that she is just leaving the decision to me...