“When did giving Tuesday become ‘Give us more money’ Tuesday?”
This may be the first time I started with the one-liner as opposed to the backstory. But it’s me, not a robot, not a chatbot, so you know there’s a backstory.
In case you were not aware, yesterday was the third race in the Triple Crown of the “Dipping Into Your Wallet” series. We survived six weeks of Black Friday (with probably two weeks of extended Black Friday sales to come). We survived Cyber Monday, which began in my inbox on Saturday and is still going strong. Giving Tuesday—which originally was an opportunity to help someone or some worthy institution—requests began showing up in my inbox on Sunday and will likely continue the rest of this week.
In the U.S., PBS stations (radio and TV) are part of our Public Broadcasting System. These stations are “not for profit” and they offer some excellent programming. They are partially funded by the Federal Government, partially funded by large institutions and, as the saying at the end of every show goes, partially funded by “listeners like you.” Well, me, in my case.
I give to my local PBS station annually. I give a little more (in some years) when they can’t quite seem to close the budget gap. But I didn’t respond to the “Please give us more money” email in my inbox yesterday morning. Well, I deleted it—I guess that’s a response.
I did give a donation in response to a request from the University of Pittsburgh. They were asking for a donation to the Pitt Pantry, a food bank for students. That seemed more in keeping with the original intent of Giving Tuesday.
This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. If you have a one-liner, and would like to join in on the fun, you can follow this link to participate and to see the one-liners from the other participants.
All five of my current books are now available in audio book form thanks to Amazon KDP’s Virtual Voice process. The voice is AI generated, but I can honestly say, it’s pretty darn good. The audio books are reasonably priced (all below $7 US) and, if you already own the Kindle version and want to add an audio version, you can do that for $1.99. There is a five-minute sample on the book page for each book. If you’re interested, click on any of the Dreamer’s Alliance book links below the image or on the link below for my latest book.
No Facilities 
Add your thoughts or join the discussion. One relevant link is OK, more require moderation.