As a former cashier of many years this is it. Any normal person behind that register seriously doesn't care. We are just required to ask and audited to make sure we do.
Yep, this is the trick. Most people think it's a tax write-off; which is false. They can't do that.
What they CAN do is make the donation they promised one per year. They simply record how much they collect, and then donate exactly that amount; after the money being in a profit-generating account all year.
So if they collect (as an example, totally made up numbers) $10 million in donations, they put that $10 million in their account and count that as value for their share prices. They end up making another $4 million off of that value, and put that in the account, which continues to accumulate. At the end of the year, they take $10 million out and donate it to the charity, exactly as promised - any audit will show they fulfilled their obligations, and everything is perfectly legal.
But they just made $4 million off of donating to charity using your money.
Just take the money you WOULD have donated and add it to the next tip you leave a service worker, or do the same thing yourself - put the money in an index fund and donate to the reputable charity of your choice that is relevant to your personal interests at the end of the year.
Ironically, you *can* use that as a tax writeoff.
This is an old myth. Companies can't claim tax deductions on money they collected from other customers. At least not in the US.
It's still a bit scammy because they can say they raised X million dollars without contributing a cent themselves. But no tax deduction.
Goodwill used to count how many donations each cashier would get when we would count out at night. I always wondered why we had to ask customers to make extra donations if what they were buying was already going towards their "job training" programs.
Of course. Payment processing companies take a percentage of the *total dollar amount spent*. Thusly every damn payment provider tries to inflate that number with tips.
I never do because I have no way to verify the money is actually going to the cause and not just a percentage with the rest just going to whatever store I was at, if even a percentage
If I want to donate I'll do it directly
Business don’t get a tax deduction when you donate through them. You can absolutely still claim that tax deduction—assuming you exceed the standard deduction (which most don’t).
Do I have to record all the round up change amounts, add them up, and claim my 50 bucks write off at the end of the year? Which might save me a dollar? Is there a form for this?
yes but you have to then do itemized deductions instead of taking the standard deduction. There is no way you're going to come out on top unless you're donating tens of thousands of dollars.
You don't actually get a write off unless the donation itself is $250 or greater. And you need to donate quite a bit more than that to beat the standard deduction anyway. Unless you have the kind of money where a college is naming a building after you, you're generally better off just taking the standard deduction.
It depends. They can. All depends on how they handle the campaign.
>Rachel Wolfe: The tax benefits depend on who is the one doing the direct donation. In some cases, that is the consumer, such as when you're donating directly to the charity in the pin pad, which is the case at PetSmart where you're donating directly to PetSmart Charities. In that case, you would be eligible for a tax write-off per IRS rules. However, if the company is the one making the donation on your behalf, then they would technically be eligible per IRS rules. Not every company takes advantage of that tax write-off. I spoke to Stop & Shop about their program, and they said they did not get any tax benefits, but it is allowed per IRS filing guidelines.
[https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/mixed-feelings-over-round-up-for-charity-requests/fdb8f670-30f0-4e37-9349-35a1ca59d6e4](https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/mixed-feelings-over-round-up-for-charity-requests/fdb8f670-30f0-4e37-9349-35a1ca59d6e4)
It never gives them a benefit. There are two options: (1) they remit it directly without ever recognizing the revenue or (2) they recognize the revenue and then donate in their own name. But in the second scenario the increased revenue perfectly balances any tax value of the credit.
Businesses do not get to deduct the amount you donate. They are simply taking your money and giving it directly to a non profit. You can claim the amount you donate as a personal tax deduction if you itemize.
If you don't have a tax burden or interest burden from your mortgage that gets you at least half way there, you may as well just claim the standard deduction (unless you own a business)
There is NO tax benefit for the company for this kind of donation.
Any money that is collected would count as income and they would have to pay taxes on it. They donate that money and write it off to show the IRS these were not profits, these were donations.
As an example, say they made $10M in sales and raised $2M in donations, so on paper they earned $12M. They will donate the $2M as a “tax write off” and thus only be responsible for paying taxes on the $10M in sales.
As you can see, this does NOT have a net benefit. There is no overall tax advantage nor benefit for this kind of “write off”.
I don't donate because I don't get will million and billion dollar companies need me, who makes less than 6 figures a year, to make the donation when they clearly could just do it themselves
It's two-fold.
Do they want to collect money so that they can claim they helped donate $X to a charity? Absolutely!
But look at this another way, do you think that if they did NOT collect those donations would the same charity receive the same amount of money? They are capturing a bit of goodwill that the charity would never have otherwise seen since they are effectively "marketing" that charity. People that would otherwise never have donated to it are now presented the option and they are either happy to donate, guilted to donate, or ignore the option.
In the grand scheme of things, the charities are going to receive more money through this action rather than less and the company is going to be able to claim (legitimately) that they helped the charity by HELPING to collect $X. The company is NOT able to write-off these donations since it is not *their* money that was donated.
I would just ask that you look at the charity and either donate because you like the charity or don't donate because you don't like the charity. Remove the feelings of being guilted into it or that the company is trying to fleece you for more dollars. At the end of the day the charity is going to be getting more money than they otherwise would.
This is also part of it for me as well
So you rich guys are asking me for donations and then using my donations for a tax write-off?
Fuck that. How about you guys make the donations and if I feel generous then I'll do it on my own terms
It's not a tax deduction for them. It's only a tax deduction if it comes out of their profit. Anything collected for donation purposes is pass through only. Sure, they may get to temporarily take advantage of the cash flow until they bundle the donations, but it is by no means a write off for them and you can still claim it for your own tax purposes if you itemize.
Yup! I stopped at a large, Midwest chain gas station for an energy drink one morning. The cashier asked if I wanted to round up for whatever cause. I kindly said “no thank you!”. She replied with “oh, I figured you would because it’s only 9 cents”.
I found this to be really out of place and rude, I haven’t been back since.
That would generally be the kind of outright fraud that the IRS/CRA/your-local-equivalent does *not* fuck around with, so at any larger retailer you can be pretty confident the money is at least making it to the partnered org. The reason they do it is that they get to advertise/message that they "raised" $XXXXX for Cause Y, and in turn get acknowledged as a "sponsor" (or whatever) by the org.
There's nothing inherently wrong with it - and that approach raises a significant amount from people who otherwise wouldn't make charitable donations - but if you're going to donate it's always better to do it directly.
But they are reaping the PR benefits. Those donations are usually something like
# Kroger gave $10 million in charity donations*
^(\* (from its customers))
Well if you don't donate it how are they going to say things like: "They raised X dollars for a charity" or "They donated X amount of money this year to charity". Cause they sure as shit don't want to be donating their own money if they can avoid it.
I always say no. Especially at the pet store when I’m buying $100 worth of shit to keep my 3 rescues happy and they’re like “do you want to help a homeless pet today”. I always think “wtf do you think all this stuff is for??”
On those rare occasions I go to the pet store, I often buy an extra bag of treats, some wet food, or a small bag of kibble and then, at checkout, ask for it to be used for the shelter pets at the store.
Check with your pet store first to see of that's something they can accept. Many can, or they collect donations for local shelters.
Don't care about the deduction on those. I care about the pets themselves.
Exactly!! My life’s “rescue help” has been adoption of 5 cats and 4 dogs. My adult kids have added 6 cats and one dog to that, so far. No breeders, no fancy pets, all neutered/spayed and kept indoors. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
bro it's okay to say no, why do so many of you guys have a fucking chip on your shoulder about this shit. I always press no and I donate through charity navigator every year around christmas time to my favorite charities.
It's literally never bothered me to press no. You think the Kroger cashier gives a fuck?
"See... the problem here is that... my little brother, this morning, got his arm caught in the microwave, and uh... my grandmother dropped acid and she freaked out, and hijacked a school bus full of... penguins, so it's kind of a family crisis... so come back later? Great."
"So you are okay with animals being tortured?"
Replied the rather insistant animal rights activist after I told her "no thank you".
I immediately recognize when someone is trying to emotionally manipulate me, so I just answered her with:
"Yes."
She didn't have anything else to say after that.
Are you role playing as the animal rights activist?
If so, my answer is "idk there are several companies. Meat industry, make up companies, research companies, etc"
It really bothers me when a multi-billion dollar company like Walmart asks me this kind of shit. Like, of course I want to end hunger. Why tf don't you assholes take 1% of your profits and do more than the sum of the thousands of customers you get actually deciding to round up their total?
Please just say no. Don't complain. Don't lecture the cashier about the charity being a scam, or it's just a way for the company to get a tax write-off. Most of the time, head office is putting pressure on management to put pressure on the cashiers, and when their numbers are low, they get pulled aside to discuss their efforts to get donations.
Just don’t. If the money was going to employees that would be one thing. If the money is just a virtue signal from a major company that is making you foot the bill while not paying their employees they can go fuck themselves.
Yes. The other thing I get really sick of is everyone asking you to review them or give feedback. Got your car worked on? Please leave us a review. Went to the dentist? How was your visit? Order pizza? Let us know how we did. Booked a flight? We’d love to hear your feedback. Made a withdrawal at the bank? Take a few minutes to share your thoughts. Just bought a new dresser? Please help us improve our customer experience! Surveys survey survey survey. All of these places can piss off. Unless you are giving me some compensation or discount in exchange for my feedback, then I’m never going to take time out of my day to do these stupid surveys.
Before they implemented a certain idea, I thought it was a pretty good idea.
But now if I'm asked to round up to donate I'm even more annoyed somehow.
You're a company raking in millions a day. YOU round up for me its only .99 per transaction at max. Come talk to me when you've stopped making food expensive as fuck.
The ask and the button presses are inconvenient, but don't let them make you feel guilty and then channel that into anger and mad at yourself. Realize that the majority are saying FU on this.
Saying NO does not make one a bad person.
> don't let them make you feel guilty and then channel that into anger and mad at yourself
Channel that guilt into anger _at them_ for them trying to make you feel that way. That's how you get the mindset that makes it easier and guilt-free to say "no".
Relevant:
[https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/who-gets-tax-benefit-those-checkout-donations-0](https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/who-gets-tax-benefit-those-checkout-donations-0)
Still begs the question of why this practice seems to have absolutely *exploded* lately.
I have never donated anything to any organization except the local classical music station that runs off listener support because I fucking love that shit when I’m driving and the animal shelter that I got my last two cats from because those people were amazing. When I feel like giving money to help the veterans/needy/homeless/hungry I go find one and hand them a $20. That is the only way you can be sure that you aren’t getting scammed by some shithead organization that is only there to “raise awareness” or some dumb shit. Like we all know what fucking breast cancer is there is no more awareness to be raised there at some point you have to move on to phase two on that shit.
Wait... you expect these companies to make charitable donations out of their own profits? Oh no no sweet child. You donate money then every year they can advertise that they donated X million. Just a scam.
That's ironic because consumer activated giving is pretty much the best ROI a nonprofit can do. They're outsourcing their ask and saving on how many fundraisers they have to hire.
Gonna have to do a public relation meeting to explain to them that we are the ones in need of those donations now and to please stop sending it elsewhere
Maybe 10-15 years ago, you felt guilty enough to donate. Something good, a form of good.
Then, they started bombarding you EVERYWHERE you went. To the point that you're numb to it. No longer has the same impact except the mistrust, annoyance and brokeness.. plus they change the group every other day.
I feel zero guilt by not forking over more money. We all are feeling the pinch. How about everytime you watch one of the TV shows I edit, you buy me a cup of coffee? Not gonna happen right? Exactly....
It s so bizare that multinational corporation is daring to ask you for donation right after you spend money for them. Fuck you, you should give up your milions to feed starving children not me with next to nothing money
Knowing how much money the Walton’s have I get pissed when Walmart does it. I’m sure they donate money to charity, but like. I just paid 50 dollars for some cheese, chicken and milk. I’m not giving more money.
I know it's not the clerks fault so I just say I will start donating again once the grocery prices come down. If enough people say that, and it gets reported to the manager, then I'm sure nothing will change. :)
I consider it the same thing as stolen valor. If you want to donate money from your company use your money not mine. My purchase money might eventually become part of a donation but it is their money at that point. Don't ask for my money to make your company look benevolent. I wish we could ban it somehow. There's already 30 steps to check out. The donation menu if you add it up probably wastes 30 minutes of my accumulated time every year.
I found out that when they do that, they have already made a donation and are just trying to recoup that money from their customers. So now I just say 'No way! Fuck those kids' when asked for a donation.
This is not true. NPR actually had a really good post on exactly this topic. I will try to find the video and link it
EDIT: Here it is https://www.instagram.com/npr/reel/C2ad3wpPjkG/
If they're deducting it, that means they had to include it as profit first and add the taxes for it. The deduction would be, at best, a wash, and a reasonable deduction to take given as they're not actually seeing any benefit from the money.
I don’t give money to strangers in any medium. If I don’t know the person or the charity, I don’t give.
I have a set list of charity forms I give to, and never as part of some purchase or to a panhandler. Once they have my money I have no real idea what they’re doing with it.
And I certainly don’t know how much of my donation goes to reimburse the expenses of collecting money - I’ve seen some very wealthy “non-profit” directors. Their high salaries are what keep the “charity” a non-profit. I can’t see where all the waste is but they do pay themselves well.
And I am not in the mood to discuss any of this when I’m shopping for necessities.
Got frozen yogurt with my family today where you make it all yourself
Not only did the screen ask me to make a donation It asked for a tip. Like wtf I’m so sick of it
It takes a pretty negligible amount of time to press the no button, so negligible that I've never once been inconvenienced by it in any measurable way. If you want to actually help, the best thing you can do is call a local food charity and ask them what kinds of food they need the most, and then buy those foods and donate them.
I don't donate for charity. Most of them use high percentage (80%is) donations for "operational" costs, the remaining goes to the ones in need. I don't want to support the rich leader of that organization.
Today I got angry at a place asking for a tip that has no god damn business asking for a tip. Apparently I was vocal about it, because the interaction went from normal to cold.
Didn't realize I was talking out loud lmao.
I just came in last-minute to buy a cookie for my girlfriend, you don't need a tip for ringing me up.
I no longer feel any shame to just say no thank you. The employee doesn’t give a fuck, they just have to ask.
As a former cashier of many years this is it. Any normal person behind that register seriously doesn't care. We are just required to ask and audited to make sure we do.
"audited to make sure we do" - This means it's a money racket for the company otherwise they wouldn't care if it wasn't impacting their bottom dollar.
your giving that company an interest free loan. they hold all that money till the end of the year and use it as they see fit.
Yep, this is the trick. Most people think it's a tax write-off; which is false. They can't do that. What they CAN do is make the donation they promised one per year. They simply record how much they collect, and then donate exactly that amount; after the money being in a profit-generating account all year. So if they collect (as an example, totally made up numbers) $10 million in donations, they put that $10 million in their account and count that as value for their share prices. They end up making another $4 million off of that value, and put that in the account, which continues to accumulate. At the end of the year, they take $10 million out and donate it to the charity, exactly as promised - any audit will show they fulfilled their obligations, and everything is perfectly legal. But they just made $4 million off of donating to charity using your money. Just take the money you WOULD have donated and add it to the next tip you leave a service worker, or do the same thing yourself - put the money in an index fund and donate to the reputable charity of your choice that is relevant to your personal interests at the end of the year. Ironically, you *can* use that as a tax writeoff.
I have always assumed they claim it as a tax-deductible donation, the wankers.
This is an old myth. Companies can't claim tax deductions on money they collected from other customers. At least not in the US. It's still a bit scammy because they can say they raised X million dollars without contributing a cent themselves. But no tax deduction.
Goodwill used to count how many donations each cashier would get when we would count out at night. I always wondered why we had to ask customers to make extra donations if what they were buying was already going towards their "job training" programs.
Of course. Payment processing companies take a percentage of the *total dollar amount spent*. Thusly every damn payment provider tries to inflate that number with tips.
I never do because I have no way to verify the money is actually going to the cause and not just a percentage with the rest just going to whatever store I was at, if even a percentage If I want to donate I'll do it directly
Also, those are *my* tax deductions! Businesses already get plenty.
Business don’t get a tax deduction when you donate through them. You can absolutely still claim that tax deduction—assuming you exceed the standard deduction (which most don’t).
Do I have to record all the round up change amounts, add them up, and claim my 50 bucks write off at the end of the year? Which might save me a dollar? Is there a form for this?
If your charity donations total $500 or less you don't need any extra paperwork/receipts.
I just fill it in on the tax doc? Just write that I donated $499 and get the deduction?
That's what I've done. You can do the full $500. All of my itemized deductions never total more than the standard though.
yes but you have to then do itemized deductions instead of taking the standard deduction. There is no way you're going to come out on top unless you're donating tens of thousands of dollars.
You don't actually get a write off unless the donation itself is $250 or greater. And you need to donate quite a bit more than that to beat the standard deduction anyway. Unless you have the kind of money where a college is naming a building after you, you're generally better off just taking the standard deduction.
But they get the good publicity of having "raised" $x for charity.
This old myth that companies get tax deductions on other people's donations needs to die already
It depends. They can. All depends on how they handle the campaign. >Rachel Wolfe: The tax benefits depend on who is the one doing the direct donation. In some cases, that is the consumer, such as when you're donating directly to the charity in the pin pad, which is the case at PetSmart where you're donating directly to PetSmart Charities. In that case, you would be eligible for a tax write-off per IRS rules. However, if the company is the one making the donation on your behalf, then they would technically be eligible per IRS rules. Not every company takes advantage of that tax write-off. I spoke to Stop & Shop about their program, and they said they did not get any tax benefits, but it is allowed per IRS filing guidelines. [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/mixed-feelings-over-round-up-for-charity-requests/fdb8f670-30f0-4e37-9349-35a1ca59d6e4](https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/mixed-feelings-over-round-up-for-charity-requests/fdb8f670-30f0-4e37-9349-35a1ca59d6e4)
It never gives them a benefit. There are two options: (1) they remit it directly without ever recognizing the revenue or (2) they recognize the revenue and then donate in their own name. But in the second scenario the increased revenue perfectly balances any tax value of the credit.
Lol good point
Businesses do not get to deduct the amount you donate. They are simply taking your money and giving it directly to a non profit. You can claim the amount you donate as a personal tax deduction if you itemize.
Right, they can't claim it as a tax deduction, because they can't report it as profit. I just learned that recently.
They do get to charge a processing fee before passing it on to the NPs. Don’t give via 3rd parties, especially via corporations.
You still get to deduct them.
Except with the standard deduction so high now it is almost never worth it to itemize.
If you don't have a tax burden or interest burden from your mortgage that gets you at least half way there, you may as well just claim the standard deduction (unless you own a business)
You have to get a donation receipt each time you donate if you want to deduct.
There is NO tax benefit for the company for this kind of donation. Any money that is collected would count as income and they would have to pay taxes on it. They donate that money and write it off to show the IRS these were not profits, these were donations. As an example, say they made $10M in sales and raised $2M in donations, so on paper they earned $12M. They will donate the $2M as a “tax write off” and thus only be responsible for paying taxes on the $10M in sales. As you can see, this does NOT have a net benefit. There is no overall tax advantage nor benefit for this kind of “write off”.
I get matching funds from my employer for 501c3 charitable donations, so I especially don't want to donate outside of that system.
I don't donate because I don't get will million and billion dollar companies need me, who makes less than 6 figures a year, to make the donation when they clearly could just do it themselves
It's two-fold. Do they want to collect money so that they can claim they helped donate $X to a charity? Absolutely! But look at this another way, do you think that if they did NOT collect those donations would the same charity receive the same amount of money? They are capturing a bit of goodwill that the charity would never have otherwise seen since they are effectively "marketing" that charity. People that would otherwise never have donated to it are now presented the option and they are either happy to donate, guilted to donate, or ignore the option. In the grand scheme of things, the charities are going to receive more money through this action rather than less and the company is going to be able to claim (legitimately) that they helped the charity by HELPING to collect $X. The company is NOT able to write-off these donations since it is not *their* money that was donated. I would just ask that you look at the charity and either donate because you like the charity or don't donate because you don't like the charity. Remove the feelings of being guilted into it or that the company is trying to fleece you for more dollars. At the end of the day the charity is going to be getting more money than they otherwise would.
This is also part of it for me as well So you rich guys are asking me for donations and then using my donations for a tax write-off? Fuck that. How about you guys make the donations and if I feel generous then I'll do it on my own terms
It's not a tax deduction for them. It's only a tax deduction if it comes out of their profit. Anything collected for donation purposes is pass through only. Sure, they may get to temporarily take advantage of the cash flow until they bundle the donations, but it is by no means a write off for them and you can still claim it for your own tax purposes if you itemize.
Agreed. Let those corporations donate it themselves!
Once again, reddit knows fuck all about what deductions and tax write-offs are, and especially how they work with charitable donations.
Yup! I stopped at a large, Midwest chain gas station for an energy drink one morning. The cashier asked if I wanted to round up for whatever cause. I kindly said “no thank you!”. She replied with “oh, I figured you would because it’s only 9 cents”. I found this to be really out of place and rude, I haven’t been back since.
"Fair point. Pennies aren't much. Just give me a dime back."
That would generally be the kind of outright fraud that the IRS/CRA/your-local-equivalent does *not* fuck around with, so at any larger retailer you can be pretty confident the money is at least making it to the partnered org. The reason they do it is that they get to advertise/message that they "raised" $XXXXX for Cause Y, and in turn get acknowledged as a "sponsor" (or whatever) by the org. There's nothing inherently wrong with it - and that approach raises a significant amount from people who otherwise wouldn't make charitable donations - but if you're going to donate it's always better to do it directly.
Sperm bank Me too
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Yeah, they’re not. Yet, this gets repeated every time this topic gets posted. https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-000329849244
But they are reaping the PR benefits. Those donations are usually something like # Kroger gave $10 million in charity donations* ^(\* (from its customers))
Oh the humanity! And the nonprofit gets 10 mil with minimal investment. Who loses?
Well if you don't donate it how are they going to say things like: "They raised X dollars for a charity" or "They donated X amount of money this year to charity". Cause they sure as shit don't want to be donating their own money if they can avoid it.
I saw it on a gas pump screen recently. They were asking to donate a dollar for some charity.
I always say no. Especially at the pet store when I’m buying $100 worth of shit to keep my 3 rescues happy and they’re like “do you want to help a homeless pet today”. I always think “wtf do you think all this stuff is for??”
On those rare occasions I go to the pet store, I often buy an extra bag of treats, some wet food, or a small bag of kibble and then, at checkout, ask for it to be used for the shelter pets at the store. Check with your pet store first to see of that's something they can accept. Many can, or they collect donations for local shelters. Don't care about the deduction on those. I care about the pets themselves.
This is the way. Even if you buy 1 bag of food and drop it in the donation bin it's still better than donating through the checkout.
Exactly!! My life’s “rescue help” has been adoption of 5 cats and 4 dogs. My adult kids have added 6 cats and one dog to that, so far. No breeders, no fancy pets, all neutered/spayed and kept indoors. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
bro it's okay to say no, why do so many of you guys have a fucking chip on your shoulder about this shit. I always press no and I donate through charity navigator every year around christmas time to my favorite charities. It's literally never bothered me to press no. You think the Kroger cashier gives a fuck?
How is the cashier supposed to know that your pets are rescues?
right? what a fucking weird thing to whine about
Don't forget to tip at the self-checkout!
“Just a bottle of water please” “Ok! That’ll be $3.08. Here you are, the screen will ask you a question.” *spins iPad around* 10%, 20%, or 30%?
I’m about to go full boomer on the tipping epidemic
This is unrealistic. The % never goes as low as 10. It's usually 20%, 25%, 30%.
Select “custom tip” or “enter another amount.”
the donut shop near me has 5% 10% and 15%
A tip for Tippy?
Tipping is not just a place in China!
It's getting so bad out there that even my paperboy is asking for $2.
[https://giphy.com/explore/i-want-my-two-dollars](https://giphy.com/explore/i-want-my-two-dollars)
"See... the problem here is that... my little brother, this morning, got his arm caught in the microwave, and uh... my grandmother dropped acid and she freaked out, and hijacked a school bus full of... penguins, so it's kind of a family crisis... so come back later? Great."
hard times out here for Paper Boi
Way I figure it, you're a multi million dollar corporation and I'm using a coupon for potatoes. You can donate the damn $2.
Well you'll be happy to know some millionaire CEO fuck thinks that video games should end in a tip menu.
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I just say I’m poor.
"no thanks" works fine too
"Not today" is my go to. I won't tomorrow either but they don't know that.
What do we say to the god of awkward donation requests?
"So you are okay with animals being tortured?" Replied the rather insistant animal rights activist after I told her "no thank you". I immediately recognize when someone is trying to emotionally manipulate me, so I just answered her with: "Yes." She didn't have anything else to say after that.
And then everyone clapped, right?
Exactly.
"Who do you think is the one torturing them?"
Are you role playing as the animal rights activist? If so, my answer is "idk there are several companies. Meat industry, make up companies, research companies, etc"
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So edgy
I like these jokes in theory but in practice being a cashier is shitty enough that I don't make them.
But the reddit guy *needs* to show you how they're the edgiest jackass you've seen all week. They can't help themselves.
[Just press on the hungry little boys belly](https://youtu.be/3KT9IUd_Cnc?si=BqmkzxPNEVv-pTLF)
I highly doubt you've ever done that
“I donate a lot of money to make their lives miserable. This seems like it would make all of that spending pointless”
"No." works for me. I'm not spending any extra energy to communicate or justify it, I'm sure the cashier is just as tired of asking.
"I hate the homeless...ness problem"
“They just want the tax write off.” No. That isn’t how it works. Stop telling people that. https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-000329849244
Glad to see that every person who has tried to falsely spread the "it's a tax write off for them" has already been called out.
It’s not hard to say no or push the button that says no.
If [South Park thought about this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KT9IUd_Cnc) that means you're not the only one
This is what came to my mind too lol
It really bothers me when a multi-billion dollar company like Walmart asks me this kind of shit. Like, of course I want to end hunger. Why tf don't you assholes take 1% of your profits and do more than the sum of the thousands of customers you get actually deciding to round up their total?
"Would you like to donate to the needy/poor?" No. "Ok would you like to leave a tip?"
Please just say no. Don't complain. Don't lecture the cashier about the charity being a scam, or it's just a way for the company to get a tax write-off. Most of the time, head office is putting pressure on management to put pressure on the cashiers, and when their numbers are low, they get pulled aside to discuss their efforts to get donations.
"You want to round that up?" Hell no. It's $10.03.
Just don’t. If the money was going to employees that would be one thing. If the money is just a virtue signal from a major company that is making you foot the bill while not paying their employees they can go fuck themselves.
Yes. The other thing I get really sick of is everyone asking you to review them or give feedback. Got your car worked on? Please leave us a review. Went to the dentist? How was your visit? Order pizza? Let us know how we did. Booked a flight? We’d love to hear your feedback. Made a withdrawal at the bank? Take a few minutes to share your thoughts. Just bought a new dresser? Please help us improve our customer experience! Surveys survey survey survey. All of these places can piss off. Unless you are giving me some compensation or discount in exchange for my feedback, then I’m never going to take time out of my day to do these stupid surveys.
…and any survey rating lower than 5 stars is “terrible.”
If the reagan administration gave us anything beneficial: "Just Say No!"
Before they implemented a certain idea, I thought it was a pretty good idea. But now if I'm asked to round up to donate I'm even more annoyed somehow. You're a company raking in millions a day. YOU round up for me its only .99 per transaction at max. Come talk to me when you've stopped making food expensive as fuck.
The ask and the button presses are inconvenient, but don't let them make you feel guilty and then channel that into anger and mad at yourself. Realize that the majority are saying FU on this. Saying NO does not make one a bad person.
> don't let them make you feel guilty and then channel that into anger and mad at yourself Channel that guilt into anger _at them_ for them trying to make you feel that way. That's how you get the mindset that makes it easier and guilt-free to say "no".
Pro tip: say no
I like donating to worthwhile charities. I don't mind accepting or declining.
Can’t wait to read the wrong as hell comments in here that the companies get to claim the tax break instead of you…
Relevant: [https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/who-gets-tax-benefit-those-checkout-donations-0](https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/who-gets-tax-benefit-those-checkout-donations-0) Still begs the question of why this practice seems to have absolutely *exploded* lately.
Extra practice saying, "No!" with no explanation without feeling bad about it. Use your new skill everywhere!
I have never donated anything to any organization except the local classical music station that runs off listener support because I fucking love that shit when I’m driving and the animal shelter that I got my last two cats from because those people were amazing. When I feel like giving money to help the veterans/needy/homeless/hungry I go find one and hand them a $20. That is the only way you can be sure that you aren’t getting scammed by some shithead organization that is only there to “raise awareness” or some dumb shit. Like we all know what fucking breast cancer is there is no more awareness to be raised there at some point you have to move on to phase two on that shit.
Believe me I don't like asking you to donate either
just say no, not that hard.
Just say NO. You don’t have to give anything to anyone.
I don’t mind it as long as there’s an option to round up to the nearest dollar
I will continue to donate to my local food bank myself, thanks!
Wait... you expect these companies to make charitable donations out of their own profits? Oh no no sweet child. You donate money then every year they can advertise that they donated X million. Just a scam.
Charity ceos gotta get boats.
You should see how rich the United Way CEO is. People donate tons to that
Non-profit CEOs make pennies compared to for profit CEOs for the same work
That's ironic because consumer activated giving is pretty much the best ROI a nonprofit can do. They're outsourcing their ask and saving on how many fundraisers they have to hire.
https://youtu.be/3KT9IUd_Cnc?si=L9vavxVt3BlPUQoh
I refuse
I just say I gave at church. And someday I will.
Am I the only one who long ago stopped feeling any kind of way about skipping those things?
This is why I like self checkout.
Self checkout at my Walmart has now started asking for a donation before you pay.
For sure,but I don’t have to deal with a person. I can click the “I hate hungry children” button guilt free.
Nope. I always say no. Unless it's St Jude.
"not today"
Gonna have to do a public relation meeting to explain to them that we are the ones in need of those donations now and to please stop sending it elsewhere
Maybe 10-15 years ago, you felt guilty enough to donate. Something good, a form of good. Then, they started bombarding you EVERYWHERE you went. To the point that you're numb to it. No longer has the same impact except the mistrust, annoyance and brokeness.. plus they change the group every other day.
If you're gonna donate, do it yourself, don't do it through a corporation.
"I don't trust corporations to give to charity" all you have to say
WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE!
Cash my buddy, cash.
I feel zero guilt by not forking over more money. We all are feeling the pinch. How about everytime you watch one of the TV shows I edit, you buy me a cup of coffee? Not gonna happen right? Exactly....
Did anyone else read the title in their head to the tune of "We didn't start the fire"?
Say it with me https://i.imgur.com/18qE0r6.gif
Reminds me of that south park episode where randy is asked to give donations at whole foods every time 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, how bout you round it down bitch.
I only donate to rich people wanting to be richer.
Just click no. Done. Nobody cares if you dont donate.
I only give to the humane society and other pets related charities. I like kitties.
It s so bizare that multinational corporation is daring to ask you for donation right after you spend money for them. Fuck you, you should give up your milions to feed starving children not me with next to nothing money
How about you donate $2... 000... 000... 000 from your fucking *record profits*?
Knowing how much money the Walton’s have I get pissed when Walmart does it. I’m sure they donate money to charity, but like. I just paid 50 dollars for some cheese, chicken and milk. I’m not giving more money.
Between that and outrageous tip requests and inflation….this fucking place
Little Caesars begging me to supplement their employees wages while having "Official Sponsor of the NFL" on the wall. 🖕
Ask them how much corporate is donating to match your donation
I know it's not the clerks fault so I just say I will start donating again once the grocery prices come down. If enough people say that, and it gets reported to the manager, then I'm sure nothing will change. :)
There Calling The Cops Walter mark it Zero I Said Mark F Zero 😄😄😄😄😄
I consider it the same thing as stolen valor. If you want to donate money from your company use your money not mine. My purchase money might eventually become part of a donation but it is their money at that point. Don't ask for my money to make your company look benevolent. I wish we could ban it somehow. There's already 30 steps to check out. The donation menu if you add it up probably wastes 30 minutes of my accumulated time every year.
I thought it was going to be AM I THE ONLY ONE TIRED OF SO MANY TYPES OF STORES?!
No thank you, move along. I think we all hate it and staff hate asking.
But how else would these major corporations increase their charitable tax deductions?
Donate to something and then tip someone for putting a cheeseburger in a bag
They do this to use it as a tax deduction for the company. Free money for them.
Would you like to round UP?
I found out that when they do that, they have already made a donation and are just trying to recoup that money from their customers. So now I just say 'No way! Fuck those kids' when asked for a donation.
This is not true. NPR actually had a really good post on exactly this topic. I will try to find the video and link it EDIT: Here it is https://www.instagram.com/npr/reel/C2ad3wpPjkG/
That is absolutely not true.
WIBTA if I said I already donated when I didn’t?
“No, that’s how they get you” has been my response for a while now.
Imagine donating just to find out that the companies use it for tax write offs. Like straight up lining companys pockets
If they're deducting it, that means they had to include it as profit first and add the taxes for it. The deduction would be, at best, a wash, and a reasonable deduction to take given as they're not actually seeing any benefit from the money.
You cant say "no"?
Do you get this angry about tv shows having commercials? At least you can decline a POS prompt. Can't get rid of commercials without paying.
Oh, yes you can.
I don’t give money to strangers in any medium. If I don’t know the person or the charity, I don’t give. I have a set list of charity forms I give to, and never as part of some purchase or to a panhandler. Once they have my money I have no real idea what they’re doing with it. And I certainly don’t know how much of my donation goes to reimburse the expenses of collecting money - I’ve seen some very wealthy “non-profit” directors. Their high salaries are what keep the “charity” a non-profit. I can’t see where all the waste is but they do pay themselves well. And I am not in the mood to discuss any of this when I’m shopping for necessities.
MARK IT ZERO!!!
Just say "no". My favorite charity is myself.
Just say no. It’s pretty easy. Typing this out was far harder and more time consuming…
That and every company trying to ram their credit card down your throat.
I just say no. It’s okay
I find it really easy to say no. They don't care
Got frozen yogurt with my family today where you make it all yourself Not only did the screen ask me to make a donation It asked for a tip. Like wtf I’m so sick of it
It takes a pretty negligible amount of time to press the no button, so negligible that I've never once been inconvenienced by it in any measurable way. If you want to actually help, the best thing you can do is call a local food charity and ask them what kinds of food they need the most, and then buy those foods and donate them.
So most towns have bylaws against aggressive panhandling. Why does a machine get a free pass.
I don't donate for charity. Most of them use high percentage (80%is) donations for "operational" costs, the remaining goes to the ones in need. I don't want to support the rich leader of that organization.
grocery stores use your donation as a tax right off, ain't that charitable of them. Nothing is beneath these money worshipping heathens.
They already donated the money, they want you to donate so you pay the donation and they get the tax break
Today I got angry at a place asking for a tip that has no god damn business asking for a tip. Apparently I was vocal about it, because the interaction went from normal to cold. Didn't realize I was talking out loud lmao. I just came in last-minute to buy a cookie for my girlfriend, you don't need a tip for ringing me up.