I do not want to give to charity

[BWillie]

I go to Panda Express about once a week. Every single time they ask me if I want to donate money to dying children. I used to just give them money, and round up. But now - I suppose I'm evil I've just not been doing it. And I'm getting tired of places like this asking me to give money after I've just purchased something.

The people with the bell...fine I guess...it's just kind of annoying & awkward asking me this at the cash register after I've just bought $300 worth of shit. You know damn well I have the money to donate.

There are tons of places doing this now. I'll get a sandwich somewhere and they'll be like - do you want to help dying children? I kind of just want to reply - I ****ing love dying children. They are the best kind. Thanks for ruining my day. I'm tired of them soliciting from me because all they want to do is be able to say in their commercials how much money they've raised for charity to in turn get more business to show the world just how much they really care!

I am a horrible person. I realize this.

I do charity on my own time. Every year I've helped at a soup kitchen or a salvation army drive. I just don't want to donate money at a business so they can brag about how much they did so they can become more profitable.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Does it change your opinion when they go home to their house on the Plaza?


Hell, if it was a guarantee that someone would spend a donation on booze, I'd think that's 100% about the giver wanting to feel good about themselves, while not helping a damn thing.

No, not at all.

And you have it baclwards...The second someone puts a condition/caveat on giving, it Is 100 percent about you, and not the act of giving.

[redfan]

While I certainly don't besmirch anybody who doesn't want to succumb to "cause" marketing, if you want to donate something, donate your time to your community. You could keep a running total(mentally) and "bill by the hour" if you like. Often, one can make the biggest impact by acting locally.

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Originally Posted by Rivaldo

You have no clue what you're talking about, and zero reservations about the obscene level of compensation CEOs of non-charitable organizations receive.

You heard somewhere once that all donations don't find their way to those in need, while you otherwise slobber the cocks of CEOs.

, get off the liquor dude.

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Originally Posted by scho63

I give great tips on all the eating and drinking places I go where I am SERVED but all this begging for money every time you buy something, even at the God damn supermarket now is out of control. I give NOTHING or tip NOTHING! It's bullshit. I'm not your ****ing employer!

Safeway wants you to donate a $1 for breast cancer.
Sprouts wants you to "round up" your purchase for the homeless
McDonald's has collecting boxes for dropping in your money at the register
Panera Bread has tip jars when you buy at the register like 99.9% of all places now. What the ****! Why am I supposed to pay you money for doing your job???

I need to start putting out a tin cup on my desk at the office and ask for tips!

Speaking of Panera Bread, I recently went to one downtown when I was doing jury duty and had lunch. I went to pay with a $20 and she gives me a 10, a 5 and 5 ones back and I was a bit confused and said "you just gave me $20 back lol" and she couldn't speak english very well and says "thank you" and I was a little confused and then she points to the donation thing and it's actually a pay what you want Panera Bread, so I threw in $10 on a $6 order. Turns out it's to help the homeless, so they can eat for free or some of them pay $1 or something like that. That's a decent idea I guess.

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by stevieray

...this sounds like I'm not going to give a homeless person money, because all they will do is spend it on booze!

Giving isn't about YOU.

Hopefullly, this will eventually sink in.

Wouldn't this mean the companies themselves are giving selfishly because they are using it to advertise how good they are? If so, doesn't the OP have the right to call them out like you have called out people for making it out about themselves?

[TribalElder]

This applies to the panhandle bullshit too

I put money in the bucket here and there but **** off with your bell and smock when I’m in traffic

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by eDave

LOL. Too funny. Me, being me, did ask him (good nature'd of course) if they where hot. He says: "Naw man, I acquired the WHOLESALE".

I love interacting with humans. Best adventure there is.

Wholesale!

[loochy]

Linked from a DC thread:

http://m.chiefsplanet.com/showthread...7#post13956067


https://publicintegrity.org/federal-...nt-with-irs-2/

“Using paid fundraising companies, Brian A. Hampton — the owner and president — has been paying himself hundreds of thousands of dollars from the millions of dollars the fundraisers generate,” Edgar wrote to the IRS. “He also pays back to the fundraisers over 90 percent of what is raised. Virtually none of that money goes to any public purpose.”

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[underEJ]

Originally Posted by FAX

I'm all for doing what I can to save all the sick children in the world. If I was a true bastard, I would have told the cashier lady that I would match every dollar she put in the pot. But I didn't ... that would have been rude.

FAX

I guess I am rude. That is exactly how I respond. I ask if the company is matching one for one, because I will always try to take advantage of maximizing giving. Petco actually does match for a couple of weeks a year, and I heard starbucks has done some matching, but I don't drink coffee so I haven't seen it in person. If there is no matching I don't give at the register. There are too many options to give with corporate matching.