The bank I worked for before retiring was big on The United Way. For reasons I won't go into, I stopped my contribution a decade or so ago. Then, they made me an officer. At the meeting where I was inducted, the chairman said that officers were expected to contribute 1% instead of the .5% associated contribute. I just said "I don't give to the United Way." There was silence -- a relatively long, uncomfortable silence. They the subject was changed, and I never heard another word about it.
I still think I may have been the only officer in the corporation that didn't contribute.
