One of the reasons is that we’re already giving more than that to local causes. If you add up the cash and time we donate, we should be able to rest well knowing we’re giving something back.

More often than not, though, the causes haven’t been of our choosing. They find us, and all too often, they’re efforts we know nothing about.

This feels like a passive aggressive rant now that I’m typing, but that wasn’t the point. I’m all for good. I’m just realizing (after loosing the better part of my Sunday to one such effort) that it’s hard to feel connected to the good when you aren’t even familiar with the cause.

We get drawn into these situations all the time. We’ve been in ops for nearly 12 years now, some of these years were even spent networking in real life situations. The result is that our under served geographic market knows where to find us.

Maybe I’m just talking to myself (and Michael and Stefan) here, but I hate the idea of time and cash donations feeling like a business tax. Just once I’d like to come across a profound effort and ask them how we can help.

Karma -1.