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

[DavAtTheCampaignForMoreBankHolidays]

I cant be the only one who is getting increasingly pissed off at being asked to donate 20p everytine I pay for something?

The recent one in a charity shop was being asked to round up to the nearest pound AND then being asked to donate 25p. In fact, it wasnt even asked, it was "shall I round it up?" and "press green to say yes".

I always end up feeling really tight but apart from the fact that it would cost a fortune if I gave a donation every time I was asked, I really resent that businesses get tax relief for this whilst also bragging that they donated £x to charity.

It's a no from me as well. I think it's a bloody cheek frankly. I choose who gets my charity donations and its not the people who ask for it and try to guilt me into it. They can push off.

More than me! I just say "no thank you". Someone tried to get into a conversation with me once about it (I think they must have had a staff target or something like when they try to sell you cjocolate at the till). I just kept saying "no thank you". I dont need to justify myself.

I just press no or say ‘not today’ without stressing myself about it.

A breezy ‘not today’ is my response to any ask that I am not up for.

I support charities and causes I believe in and I’m quite brazen at saying no. I hate that tactic, on principle, just as I refuse to be intimidated by the chuggers.

I always smile broadly at the cashier though because they’re put in a pretty shit position too. And they’re not exactly highly paid either.

@ThingsgetbetterwithalittlebitofRazzmatazz Ronald McDonald houses are my exception too, but I appreciate being able to choose at the machine, and I’ve never been put on the spot at the till. The donation box is just there if you want.

I decline every time with no guilt.

I've got some charities that I donate to every month through direct debit. I donate when friends ask to be sponsored. I buy in charity shops regularly. I am someone who donates to charity so I don't care about declining or what people might think of me.

I'll donate to charity when I decide, not because I'm being pestered at every purchase I make.

Agreed. To some 20p seems like nothing but it will all build up over the year.

Giving to charity should be a choice. Pestering for money isn’t charity.

Frankly a fair few big charities spend very little on what the money is raised for so I’d rather select a charity of my own choosing.

I agree, if you rounded up for charity every time it would cost a fortune!

I say no every single time. in a charity shop I have already donated items to them to resell and If I am buying something absolutely I am not rounding up.

one time an employee got a little touchy with me and I said…do you know the annual salary of the ceo and cfo of this charity? Look it up before pressuring me to donate

In Poundland I always pay by cash now because of them always asking for charity donations. No 'pressing the green button' with cash.
Also, a lot of banks do round ups (at least Chase does so there must be others) so you may be wanting that to go to your own savings and doing what you please with it.

I was asked recently if I would like to 'round up' my £3 charity shop purchase to £3.50.

I politely declined but wanted to say 'that's hardly 'rounding' it - it's the opposite!' 😁

Absolutely. My mum rounds up into her own bank account and she was amazed how quickly it built up.

It is technically 'unrounding' up. 🤔

I misread this. Never mind! 🤣

They are cunts.

Businesses don’t get tax relief on it, they didn’t make the donation, you did (or didnt, if you choose not to). Personally I never carry cash only card and I like the convenience of giving to charity from time to time in this way. Charitable giving is very personal and obviously there will be many reasons people may decline, but it’s only a button. This method does raise many millions for great charities every year though and it’s administered by a charitable foundation not a profit making company.

That’s appalling of them, I would have done the same! How rude!

I used to be a volunteer in Oxfam and to be fair, with the 99p pricing strategy customers who paid in cash would nearly always drop the penny or 2p in the tub at the till. All it meant was we had the constant job of counting and banking pennies. Now that everyone is using card so much more, they must have seen a decline in all those pennies. The easiest way around this would be to abandon the ridiculous 99p strategy and just price things at £5 not £4.99.

I am now volunteering in a different charity and everything is priced to the nearest pound or 50p. I would not be comfortable asking people to round up. I always decline the extra 25p or whatever in the supermarkets too. As others have said, I prefer to choose what charities I wish to support rather than have the supermarket choose for me.

Our local Tescos is non stop. Always people collecting for charity in sheltered entrance, then people giving out food bank lists for you to buy as you get through the barriers and then donation requests when paying.
I try to do the food bank when I can, will if I have change for the collectors and its a charity I want to support but just feel like their taking the piss by the time I pay for my shopping.

I work in a charity shop. We had new tills installed a couple of months ago. One of the features of the tills is that on every transaction it offers the customer the opportunity to round up.
I don't want to have to keep asking them, but I can't override the till showing this suggestion - there is no way to bypass it. I can advise the customer that it is not at all compulsory and there's a "no thanks" option.
But it annoys me that we're pushing like this. If people want to make an extra donation, they will.

No they can’t.

When you are asked at the checkout the money goes directly to the charity’s account. It’s a feature from the payment provider. The shop never sees the money.

How dare charities have paid staff. How very dare they. Everyone knows charities should be entirely staffed by volunteers. Even the multi-million pound ones.

I appreciate that it's more intrusive and direct, but presumably it's supposed to replace the old habit of putting your change in the collection box? Collection boxes must get very little now.

Same here. I do planned giving by direct debit each month and will give to street collections if it is a charity I want to support. Also sponsor colleagues etc. I press no at the supermarket, don't care what the cashier thinks as they don't know my finances. We don't go to McDonald's very often but if we do we round up; the Ronald McDonald house was amazing when my nephew was in ICU and it hadn't previously been a charity I was aware of. They do great work.

It doesn't bother me but then I've never found it particularly annoying or difficult to either click no or cheerfully say "no thanks". How is that a big enough deal to be that annoyed by?

No. No guilt as I support charities of my choosing.