Would you like to round up to £1? No I fucking wouldnt.

I always suspect people who strongly object to being asked to donate to charity (and claim the charities waste money or criticise the salaries of charity executives) are tightfisted misers who begrudge a single penny of their hard-earned going to anyone but themselves.

Those who live generously feel no compunction to give whenever asked, and don't feel harassed by the request, because they have a happy and peaceful heart, knowing they are supporting good causes in the world.

My advice is to pick a cause or two and donate by direct debit, then all other requests for alms can be cheerily declined with a clear conscience.

Costa, this is you. Charge £5 for a coffee then ask me to donate to their own charity, I sort of feel I’ve just given them enough…

It’s 14% added on! ( yes I had to use a calculator)

Ido save the change , so if I give it denies me

It adds up to a lot money! I’ve got a bank account that will round up my payments in my banking app and send the extra to a savings pot. £126 in the pot so far since January. Maybe that’s peanuts to some people, but it aint to me!

I don't usually do it because I've carefully selected items that are frugal and match my budget only to get to the till and find out I'm expected to pay more. In my eyes, it's the equivalent of being handed a bucket in the street and expected to put money in for a cause I haven't considered before. I shop a lot in and donate to charity shops so at least I get something in return.

I just click the NO button, not a problem.
What I find more irritating is Clintons “would you like a pen, notebook, chocolate bar?” Every time lately. WHSmith does it with water, chocolate and a random book.

There's a shop I'm usually in at least a few times a week that asks you to top up your amount for charity- so I just always donate once in the week. Same as there's another shop that has a collection tin and I just empty my purse of any loose change I have once a week in there.
My mum has a rule where once a month she gives to everyone collecting but only on that day.
Good to have your own rule and stick to it.

So making kids fat - ok, asking for charitable donations - not ok

I never do this.

I refuse to donate to any charity that I haven't vetted its finances first. I will donate to certain charities but even then they get on my nerves asking for more and more.

I think that some charities are important but I also think that there are a lot of charities that are scams or spend the majority of their income on their overheads and provide very little to their end users. I believe that similar charities should merge to gain economies of scale.

This isn’t how it works at all!
The company is not taxed on the donation, because it isn’t their money. It is being collected by them and sent to the charity.
They will be in exactly the same tax position if you don’t make a donation (taxed on profit made in their sale) as if you do make a donation (taxed on same profit made - the extra is sent to charity and not included in their profits)

Why not just say, "Not today", or, "No thanks", or just plain, "Nope"?

Nobody can make you feel whatever feelings you feel. Own your own. They come from inside you.

Be bold with your language. The person doing the asking won't take your refusal personally unless there's something wrong with them, personality-wise. There is no need whatsoever to make up little stories to excuse yourself.

Never be embarrassed to say 'no' to something, I feel there is greater expectation on women to comply than there is for men.
Most of our local charity shops have stopped asking customers to round up, perhaps because it was unpopular.

Why? You need to reframe that to annoyance that you are being asked.

Just grow a thicker skin, or remind yourself that hundreds of people use the same checkout every hour and the cashier doesn't take notes.

The woman in a charity shop I went to was quite the opposite, she was apologising every time she asked.

i think the only time I’ve noticed it in a supermarket is Booths, I dint think they do it in Aldi. Do booths think their customers are better off?

Convenient, cheap, tasty.

Actually quite like maccies it's just their grabby charity that bothers me.

So why eat there?

I always pay a bit extra in charity shops as a donation anyway.
I'd never round up or give a donation to a charity via a commercial enterprise. I wouldn't want them being able to say how much THEY raised from MY money for doing nothing.

The McDonald's one is the worst. It seems to trick you into donating. The way the screen is set up you have to really concentrate to avoid donating.
Most of their donations must come from kids/disabled/elderly who tap the wrong spot on the payment screen & donate by accident.

The charity itself is really grabby too - always getting emails to my company asking for stuff for free always emotion laden sob stories as well.

Cheek when it's a huge global company making money on making kids fat & unhealthy.

I volunteer in a charity shop. We are pressured by paid management staff to ask customers to round up their bill.
Some staff/volunteers do. Some are quite pushy about it. I simply do not ask. Often if the round up is a few pence the customer will just say round it up. Some who pay cash put their change in the collection box on the counter.
Similarly we are asked to push sales of the charity's lottery tickets. Some serving at the counter are good at this but I cannot bring myself to ask. It is a relatively poor area and most of our customers have very little spare money.
Edited for spelling error.

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I refuse the rounding up thing, it just annoys my head so much. Maybe I'll adopt the title of this thread in future. 😁

Exactly my view point as well.
Poundland were the first company I noticed doing it on seemingly a long-term basis.
Tesco and Asda both do it as well. As does McDonalds. But at least McDonalds are doing it for their own charity, so I begrudge them marginally less.

I accident donated 50p to Great Ormond Street on Saturday. Of course it is a worthwhile charity and I used to give to them monthly but the lady behind the till confused me and before I knew it I'd rounded up to £5 from £4.50! Proportionally this was a large markup.