A mother writes: "One hand towel pictured here has been used by a normal functioning human being. The other has been used by a pre-teen boy after being told to "flush" and "wash your hands" from the next room. Can you guess which is which?"
Minimum donation leaves sour taste
"Can anyone advise why some charities collecting outside supermarkets now have a minimum donation amount?" a reader asks. "At my local supermarket today two very nice young men were collecting for a charity. I had $4 in gold coins which I had out ready to donate, but they had no bucket and explained the donation amounts that ranged from $40 to $100. I was in a slight hurry and asked if they no longer took 'actual money' - they only had a wireless Eftpos machine on their table. One of them said they did but at a minimum of $10. I felt embarrassed I didn't have $10 in cash and I didn't want to use my Eftpos card and donate, so ended up saying sorry and walking away."
Road safety campaign could do without the distraction
A reader is not impressed with the road safety campaign launched by Auckland Transport and the NZ Transport Agency. "In Quay St I saw a person dressed up as something (an icecream cone or a peanut) dancing on the footpath right beside an intersection. The wording on their costume read, 'Don't pay any attention to me, focus on the road ahead' (or something similar). Surely this is completely counter-intuitive to the point of the campaign? 'I know, let's purposely distract drivers so they all look at me, and then tell them off for looking at me and not the road. Yeah, that'll learn them.'"
