I recently tried to help an organisation as I thought it the right thing to do
The organisation publicly tagged myself and my team into pictures saying thank you for our work. The pictures were of a different area so I was confused but left it at that. Then the main person said one person had done most of the work but hadn't wanted to be named. 1 he had no work or very little in his area (the area I was associated with) and 2 he didnt even wave and treated us with contempt if we ever crossed paths. But I ignored it.
Now alot of people have been upset by pretty much vandalism in this area he was in. People saw us tagged on facebook and blamed us. Theres a hate campaign type thing going on. I'm losing sleep and getting asked on my daily walks why it happened and I genuinely dont know.
I commented on one post saying I'm genuinely sorry it happened and dont agree with it but it wasent us and I said what work we done.
I then got a private message from the organiser telling me not to reply publicly! I replied I will if we're getting accused of something we havent done.
I waited as I hoped she would put people straight. She didnt.
Speaking to a fellow volunteer I hear it was the organiser and her partner and they took great joy in it.
I cant prove this, but it makes sense why he didnt want to be tagged, they didnt actually need us they were quite capable it turned out.
I honestly feel this has been a set up to pin their sketchy deeds onto us
So today I'm calling the boss, they will have an ultimatum. They publically tell people we're not involved or I will be doing it for them
I'm worried, I get shaky, I've again lost faith in humanity.
I shouldnt have to deal with this by trying to do the right thing. I'm disgusted and disappointed. Scared and anxious. I've melted down, shutdown, lost sleep
Why do people think they can do this to us?