To not want to give to charities at the checkout or on the street.

@DalzielOrNoDalzielAndDontPascoe the person on the till doesn't have time to stand and explain what the charity is. They can tell you charity name or a basic bit of information if it's a smaller fundraiser ("we are helping to fund the new playground in the local park") but they really can't go into a long explanation.
It seriously is just the modern equivalent of a box at the till that people used to put their pennies in. It's not a new concept.
@sequin2000 they do "do more than the average shopper" - that was my point.

'I think the complaints about the decline in the use of cash are a red herring. There's nothing whatsoever stopping supermarkets or other premises having a sign on the wall, next to a card terminal where you can contactlessly donate either a set amount or the amount of your choice, should you want to, or otherwise walk right on by if you don't want to.'

@DalzielOrNoDalzielAndDontPascoe

Well, for a start there's the wiring and cleaning and WiFi and maintenance etc needed for a terminal.

The risk assessments for someone bashing into it.

And it would require a supermarket to commit to a long term partnership with one given charity to make the cost of installing it worthwhile.

What you're saying is you want charities to spend money installing something so you can ignore them without feeling guilty about it.

Don't feel guilty. Just say no if you don't want to. Why is the request somehow a terrible intrusion?

Ok chuggers in the street I don't like either.

The rest I'm afraid you're being massively, massively unreasonable.

People used to put spare change in pots at the till. Now we all pay by card. They're trying to make up the difference. You can just say no.

A tiny handful of CEOs earn the kind of money you're talking about, usually for running complex international multi-million pound organisations with lots of staff and different activities like charity shops, relief, long term projects etc. Everyone in the sector, CEOs included, are getting paid less than they would in the private sector.

As for mothers in war-torn countries looking healthier than their babies, that's mind blowingly crass. Are you actually saing those mothers are tucking into food and leaving their kids without? FFS.

For a start, a two year old who has lived under war conditions will suffer more from lack of nutrition than an adult. An adult literally starving themselves wouldn't be able to care for children. And children are susceptible to things like diarrhoea from poor nutrition and living in unhygienic conditions. People don't tend to starve to death, they become malnourished because they can only access basic foods and leave out veg, meat etc. then an illness like a tummy bug has much worse consequences for them.

I've found that people who say 'charity begins at home' also don't give to local causes either. All those ads will have gone through a calculation for return on investment, eg they bring in much more in fundraising than they cost to make and broadcast.

Let's face it, you want to live in a consumerist bubble where other people's hardship is kept out of sight because you don't want to give any money to help.

You might like to look into the effective altruism movement. It is basically lots of people who try to measure the impact of charities and asses which ones make the most difference for each £ donated. Reading about this has made me feel more secure in the choices of charity I have made and if anyone questions me I am happy to explain who I support and why.

No. Corporations do this so they can use customers' donations as a tax write off.

@WeCanOnlyDoOurBest really - being asked to press a button on a machine is "harassment"?
I agree that chuggers on the street/in shop doorways are a pain but I either say "no", put my hand up in a "no" manner or don't even make eye contact.

No. Corporations do this so they can use customers' donations as a tax write off.

I never donate through companies. They can get the tax back on any donations they make.

Ok chuggers in the street I don't like either.

The rest I'm afraid you're being massively, massively unreasonable.

People used to put spare change in pots at the till. Now we all pay by card. They're trying to make up the difference. You can just say no.

A tiny handful of CEOs earn the kind of money you're talking about, usually for running complex international multi-million pound organisations with lots of staff and different activities like charity shops, relief, long term projects etc. Everyone in the sector, CEOs included, are getting paid less than they would in the private sector.

As for mothers in war-torn countries looking healthier than their babies, that's mind blowingly crass. Are you actually saing those mothers are tucking into food and leaving their kids without? FFS.

For a start, a two year old who has lived under war conditions will suffer more from lack of nutrition than an adult. An adult literally starving themselves wouldn't be able to care for children. And children are susceptible to things like diarrhoea from poor nutrition and living in unhygienic conditions. People don't tend to starve to death, they become malnourished because they can only access basic foods and leave out veg, meat etc. then an illness like a tummy bug has much worse consequences for them.

I've found that people who say 'charity begins at home' also don't give to local causes either. All those ads will have gone through a calculation for return on investment, eg they bring in much more in fundraising than they cost to make and broadcast.

Let's face it, you want to live in a consumerist bubble where other people's hardship is kept out of sight because you don't want to give any money to help.

This.

Also worked in retail and I genuinely couldn't have given a shit if people said yes or no to these things.

@ERthree they usually ask these days because you do have to press the "no" button but I have NEVER been made to feel I must donate or made to feel guilty or anything like that. It's no more an invasion of my privacy than asking if I need a bag.
The assistants really don't care and are pretty much saying the words they have to do ("do you want half price chocolate/have yo got a clubcard/do you want to donate") on complete auto pilot - I worked in retail for 20 years 😂