Sickening moment cancer charity fundraiser tells woman ‘I hope you get it’ on her doorstep when she declines to sign up for monthly donations
This is the sickening moment a charity fundraiser told a woman he ‘wished she got breast cancer’ after she refused to sign up for monthly donations.
The woman was left stunned after a male Breast Cancer Now employee was caught saying “I hope you understand” on her Ring doorbell – in reference to the disease – moments after closing her front door.
She chased the man down the street and confronted him, but she said he “showed no remorse” and denied saying so.
The woman, whose grandmother died of breast cancer, said: ‘I thought it was my son coming home from school so he hurriedly opened it as the oven beeped at me.
‘Saw it wasn’t him and politely said, ‘I’m not interested, thank you’ and closed the door.
“I thought I heard him say something as he left, so I checked my Ring camera. He did say something. I hope you understand.’
The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said the man came to her home in Leyland, Lancashire, on November 6 and asked for donations.
But when she politely said she wasn’t interested and closed the door, her Ring Doorbell captured the moment the man said he “hopes she gets the disease.”
A charity fundraiser was heard telling a woman in Leyland, Lancashire, that he ‘wished she got breast cancer’ after she refused to sign up for monthly donations
The footage shows a brief conversation between the pair during which the woman told the charity fundraiser she was ‘not interested’.
She said: ‘He had the audacity to deny it, showed no remorse and said I was the one who was rude because I closed the door in his face.
“First of all, I didn’t do that. I quickly said “no thank you” and I have to forcefully pull on the door so it clicks shut.
“Secondly, how can someone who works for a breast cancer charity wish you breast cancer because they thought you were rude?”
The woman said she doesn’t want Breast Cancer Now to be affected by the man’s behavior.
She posted the incident on Facebook to alert the charity to his behavior and prevent him from causing further distress to those affected by cancer.
A spokesperson for Breast Cancer Now said the fundraiser had been hired by Appco UK to raise money on behalf of the charity.
They said: ‘The safety and wellbeing of everyone involved in our fundraisers is our top priority, and we take all complaints made extremely seriously.
‘The details of this incident fall well below the high standards we expect from our external fundraisers, and we would like to sincerely apologize to the woman for the distress and inconvenience caused.
As the man turns to leave the building, he says behind the woman’s back, “I hope you understand.”
The woman has now posted the incident on Facebook to inform Breast Cancer Now of his behavior
‘We have worked closely with Appco UK to thoroughly investigate the details of this incident and ensure the appropriate action was taken quickly.
“We will continue to work with our agency partners to ensure that fundraisers working on our behalf adhere to the Fundraising Code of Conduct at all times.”