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

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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.

Usually when this comes up the staff seem to automatically press no themselves, if not I don’t feel bad pressing no but I’ve never had someone actually ask me, they have just let me read it myself.

Me too! A friend stayed in one when her child was really sick and I know how valuable having that facility is for families so this is one I always say yes to.

I totally understand your point OP, but I suppose this is just the modern equivalent of having a collection box next to the till, where you'd drop in some of your change. It's just a bit more in your face as no one would ever have asked you to put the money in the box, you'd just see it and drop in some coins if you were in the mood.

I hate it. It sours the transaction

'Feeling really guilty' is a Them problem that they should address.

People who hand over money when they can barely afford to feed themselves need to give their heads a wobble. Nobody is forcing them to do anything. Common sense is a useful trait to muster up.

Why do you think people's lives are so empty that they have nothing better to occupy their minds than observing and judging whether the people in front of them in the checkout line decided for or against spending an extra 20p?

And even in the million to one chance that they were tutting, why would the alleged judgement of people you don't know from Adam bother you in the slightest?

The houses aren't fully funded from the donations at the tills, McDonald's also donate from their profits.

I've tended towards the view that the important part of giving to charity is that a worthwhile cause is supported, not that a massive shop gets publicity and good PR for passing on the 20ps that others have donated.

I say no every time, I give to charities of my choice when I choose to.

It does it on the tills at the pub I work at - I cancel it off before asking people to pay. It’s a pain in the backside and gets confusing especially for elderly people

No, because the Yorkshire in me wouldn't let me! (Yorkshire folk, or just farming folk in general, have a stereotypical reputation of being tight-fisted. If it's true, it's probably part of my genetic code!).

Mind you, I'm the person who charity muggers avoid because I probably look too dirty/tired/smelly/poor after work. That, and I pleaded poverty because I am a farm worker, and LOOK, I even have iodine stains on my hand to prove it! It works every time, especially if I start rambling passionately about cows and sheep 🙂

I say no every single time and don’t even think about it.

I don’t like it because my dad has dementia and he used to really struggle with this. (He’s now in a home). We did his main shopping but he liked being able to do top up shops at the local supermarket. He could just about manage this using his debit card. When the local supermarket introduced donations it flummoxed him because there was an extra step in the payment process. He often used to press the green button, even though he didn’t want to donate, because a green button seems like the right thing to press! At one point he was donating every time he bought a single pint of milk or a packet of biscuits. In the end, he got so confused and upset by it, we had to take over all the shopping, If they hadn’t introduced these donations I think he’d have been able to hang on to that small act of independence for a bit longer.

I think you are misunderstanding how it works. Your donation is not part of their profits so was never going to be taxed.

I occasionally do it. Most of the time I say no.

75p was asked in my local Tesco Express yesterday 😡

My bank automatically rounds up anything to the nearest pound, which I chose to do.
I've just added up how much it was in August. £18:34, which goes into an interest account and I save towards Christmas.
That would be quite a lot to donate in a year.

I just say no thank you, it's the hey we've got an offer on chocolate when you get to the till I think it's Poundland, I always say i'd love to but i'm a diabetic! 😉

Its literally everywhere. In the pub, the supermarket, restaurants..

Its not that Im tight - i always buy a food bank bag when I do my shopping but its the forcefulness of it.

Most people like it to be their idea to give to charity. It makes them feel good. Its the fact cash is dying that they do it. No one puts money into pots anymore because most of us dont carry it.

The guy in the pub now literally says "just click red in that" and leans over and clicks the cross. I can see why. I can see it in his eyes he is sick of having to ask..

I won’t donate in this way as they are doing it for tax relief purposes not charity purposes. I make my charitable donation separately .

I went to Megan's restaurant yesterday and they kept coming over with bottles of what I assumed was just tap water. Then I noticed on the menu it was "charity water". Unlimited filtered water for £1.50pp with 20% going to charity. Fair enough if they gave me a heads up and all of it went to charity, but they didn't even mention. Feel like this falls into the same category.

I pay enough in tax to fund the lazy and feckless, like fuck I'm giving additional money to charities to fund them even more.

Hard no from me, I only give to two charities. Neither of them have ever been an option when paying for something.

It irritates me too. If I want to donate to charity I know how to do it without the pressure.

Nope, because most charities have a lot of high paid manager's. Not paying their salaries.

The only time I say yes is for Medicinema when I book cinema tickets and for Ronald McDonald House and that's because DS has benefited when he was younger.
I have a 'save the change' feature on my bank account where it rounds up purchases and transfers the extra to a separate savings account.
At the end of the month I use whatever is there to make a small mortgage overpayment, it's usually about £50 over the course of a month.
That's really quite a lot if I was saying yes to random donations every time rather than saving it in my own account.