Disaster Relief Organizations Are Pompous

So, Haiti was hit with another earthquake earlier this week.  Talk about kicking people while they're down, 2 in one go, that's just not fair.  Honestly, what did these people do to deserve a fate so horrible, and why are relief personnel turning away more relief volunteers?  Stating, "Too much help can cause problems," I guess the few of you there are going to clean up the entire island yourselves.

If someone volunteers just let them, pick them up and bring them onboard.  Honestly, if I blew $1200 on a couples flight to the Caribbean just to help people I don't know help OTHER people I don't know and got turned away...I'd probably blow something up [Truth, he's scary...].  I mean, who turns down that kind of help?  As if having an entire island to rebuild and broken people complaining about poor relief efforts isn't enough, we have douchebags making the news for saying outlandish things about having too much help.  If you were doing a good enough job reports wouldn't get worse and less people would be as proactive as they are now.

Initially, we didn't even think you cared so we decided to anty up and make something happen ourselves...then you move in and steal all the glory.  Suddenly our contributions are no longer welcome and we should just stay home and stop sending volunteers and food.  Is it just me or is that logic completely backward [It's just you...]?  Sarcasm isn't befitting of you, Mr. Marshall.

"Sorry!" - Mr. Marshall

I can't believe how upset I am right now!  These are the same people who quickly crusify others for not caring about a tragedy because we can't respond in time but when we swarm them with help...they decline.  I'm sorry but that's just stupid.  Let's look at it like this, maybe your system just sucks.  As a relief organization you must not be very organized for a truck full of fur coats to arrive at the tsunami relief site.  How is that the fault of people who donate?

Now, you've created an even bigger problem because less people are willing to help.  They don't feel safe sending money and, honestly, I share their concern as the history of monitary contributions in the US is an ugly one.  If someone sends canned goods then have the organization's storage facility STORE them for appropriate times.  Of course, SENDING food to hungry victims seems appropriate enough to me [Especially when ordering it only in bulk takes time they don't have...].  And the world keeps turning.

Immediate rations are extremely helpful.  What can be stored may be handed out for later consumption by victims, stored up and shipped in bulk for practicality, lasts longer, are safer han sending enormous amounts of money through strangers, and distributed immediately while you wait for bulk rations.  Plus the cans can be used for bathroom emergencies [Not a joke...] and gardening [The beautification program...].  Besides, charity is about sending what you DO have and can afford to give up [Preach...].

Without adequate shelter the people, I'm sure, will get cold at night.  Inappropriate clothing can be used as blanketing and padding for medical emergencies.  You call these things useless resources but you're wrong, I call them survival aids in a pinch.  I would know since I grew up and still reside in hell--I mean Detroit and have been homeless before.  I've nicknamed it Martha Stewart living in the hood [Which is basically their whole island...].  I can think of uses for these things, why can't you?

I'm not conceited enough to believe I'm right about everything [*cough*...] but I have the feeling I hit this nail right on its head.  A gift is a gift no matter what it may be.  To sneer at something just because it's unfavorable is the action taken by an agency I wouldn't want to help.  Let's stop being smug and think more about the people AND the future.  Whatever isn't appropriate now may be appropriate in the future.  You signed on to do the work, just do it.

Honestly, I don't like when my customers fuss at me about things I had no control over, throw money at me, eat away my productivity time, make a mess of my store, try to sell me things, or make frequent changes and then cancel their arrangements...but I deal with it.  Why?  Because the people I serve are more important to me than my job itself.  At the end of the day, in spite of my exhaustion, it was more beneficial to me to be helpful to someone in need [Think about that...]

My mind is mad deep and you just jumped in.