Cancer charity worker wishes cancer on woman who didn’t want to donate

A cancer charity fundraiser was caught wishing cancer on a woman who turned them away at the door.

Her Ring doorbell picked up the worker saying ‘I hope you get it’ after she declined to sign up for monthly donations to Breast Cancer Now.

The woman, who wants to stay anonymous, was so stunned she chased him down the street outside her house in Leyland, Lancashire.

She said: ‘I thought it was my son coming home from school so opened it in a rush with the oven beeping 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 when he left, so checked my Ring camera. He did say something – “I hope you get it”.’

The comment stung particularly hard for the woman whose grandmother died from breast cancer.

She said: ‘He had the nerve to deny it and showed no remorse and said I was the one who was rude for closing the door in his face.

The male cancer charity fundraiser said ‘I hope you get it’ after the woman turned him down (Picture: SWNS)

‘Firstly, I didn’t. I quickly said ‘no thank you’ and I have to pull the door with force so it clicks shut.

‘Secondly, how can anyone who works for a breast cancer charity wish breast cancer on you because they deemed you rude?’

By posting the incident on Facebook, she wants to prevent similar incidents from causing upset to those affected in future again. But she doesn’t want the charity to be tarnished by the man’s behaviour.

A Breast Cancer Now spokesperson said: ‘The safety and wellbeing of everyone engaged with by our fundraisers is our top priority, and we take any complaints made extremely seriously.

‘The details of this incident fall well below the high standards we expect from our third-party fundraisers, and we would like to offer our sincere apologies to the woman for any distress and upset caused.

‘We have worked closely with Appco UK to thoroughly investigate the details of this incident and ensure that the appropriate action was swiftly taken.

‘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.’

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