And another thing....

Junk mail in any form is bad enough. See Jonathan’s blog for ways to deal with the countless numbers of companies who want you to take out a loan/credit card/insurance with them in the hope of repossessing your house when you can’t afford to pay them back. The thing that particularly irks me (good word that, irks) is when you get what are effectively begging letters from charities. I appreciate that they need to advertise in order to get revenue, but sending out junk mail is a different matter. Especially from environmental charities. How much paper have Friends of the Earth wasted in this way? Does anyone actually use the pens they send? Wouldn’t they be better off spending their funds on their projects? Personally, if I give £10 to Oxfam, I want to give £10 to projects in India, Africa, etc., not £10 to their postage budget. I also get annoyed by being sent raffle tickets which I didn’t order – this is just a non too subtle form of emotional blackmail.