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53. Up until last month, I lived on a $1000 a month internship.

Wed May 28, 2014, 11:12 AM

May 2014

So I absolutely couldn't donate to these causes. I didn't have the money. Even the dollar stores ask for these donations. I understand what they are doing, but I hate having to feel like a bad guy because I got asked to donate a dollar nearly every single time I had to buy something. Those dollars add up quickly when you make $1000 a month.

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What is it with cashiers in grocery stores always asking you for $1 for some foundation? [View all] raccoon May 2014 OP

I don't like it either. Ilsa May 2014 #1

the receipt from the store includes your donation. PeaceNikki May 2014 #5

+1 Sissyk May 2014 #115

Seriously, I also give money directly to the homeless sometimes. They don't give me tax receipts, PeaceNikki May 2014 #118

Me, too! Sissyk May 2014 #122

You'Re not alone ethelfxm May 2014 #2

Do you think the store is keeping the money? joeglow3 May 2014 #11

the store only serves as an agent collecting PeaceNikki May 2014 #3

Yes... I think when stores serve as collection point for food banks it works well. hlthe2b May 2014 #7

I guess what MIGHT help would be if I email somebody at the Publix, Kmart, whatever, raccoon May 2014 #4

Yeah. Fuck those poor and disadvantaged. joeglow3 May 2014 #12

Nice presentation of a FALSE CHOICE. yellowcanine May 2014 #37

I would think it should be about making Sissyk May 2014 #117

Yes The store gets to claim it as a charitable contribution--as though it all came from the company hlthe2b May 2014 #6

That makes no sense. joeglow3 May 2014 #17

^^^THIS^^^ nt ProdigalJunkMail May 2014 #24

Add another COLGATE4 May 2014 #34

You are being incredibly rude. Is it too much to ask that you disagree civily? Go to hlthe2b May 2014 #45

The Receipt Shows It As A Donation To Charity ProfessorGAC May 2014 #90

This is correct. It's also booked differently than income. It's a liability. PeaceNikki May 2014 #98

Good Observation ProfessorGAC May 2014 #100

if your CPA told you ProdigalJunkMail May 2014 #126

Seriously?!?! Do you have a link for that? stevenleser May 2014 #105

Steven, this is what my CPA told me when discussing planning for my own charitable contributions. hlthe2b May 2014 #123

oh brother . . . . anything to substantiate this claim? DrDan May 2014 #111

Yeah, I hate it, too. CTyankee May 2014 #8

Did you ask the manager? GeorgeGist May 2014 #9

No, but I might complain to one. nt raccoon May 2014 #14

I only donate to local organizations Le Taz Hot May 2014 #10

Publix and walgreens seem to do it the most ecstatic May 2014 #13

Kroger does it quite a lot, RebelOne May 2014 #99

The company uses the fact they do this in their "community service" advertising goldent May 2014 #15

Being asked publicly for money for a "cause' is coercive Leme May 2014 #16

I think management puts them up to it. JVS May 2014 #18

It's one of the hoops low paid employees are forced to jump. If they don't, they're gone UTUSN May 2014 #19

I know it's management telling them to do that, and I feel for the employees. Having to ask raccoon May 2014 #26

Exactly right! You give your $$ and the donation is made in the store's name. Justice May 2014 #20

Not exactly right... Jeff In Milwaukee May 2014 #22

Holy shit, is this DU or RU? joeglow3 May 2014 #21

WHOA, there, I think you're jumping to conclusions. raccoon May 2014 #27

And others don't think/budget like you and I do. joeglow3 May 2014 #31

all non profit pay less taxes... if tax deductible.... a scam of sorts Leme May 2014 #36

Point is there are scams and one cannot always tell who is legit or not. yellowcanine May 2014 #41

No one here NO ONE is advocating against charity. EVERY single poster, in fact has underscored their hlthe2b May 2014 #70

Did you miss the people advocating for this practice to go away? joeglow3 May 2014 #85

No... They are expressing discomfort at the method==not at donating to charity.... hlthe2b May 2014 #86

First of all, your strident vitriol liberalhistorian May 2014 #112

How is asking someone if they want to donate a dollar browbeating? joeglow3 May 2014 #116

At Giant they handed me a lottery ticket of some sort IronLionZion May 2014 #23

Unionized? Tree-Hugger May 2014 #54

My local Giant in MD/DC is unionized IronLionZion May 2014 #55

I have a Giant almost directly behind my house (PA). I think it's veggies are too pricey, but I've WinkyDink May 2014 #61

Same Tree-Hugger May 2014 #69

Lucky Tree-Hugger May 2014 #67

Hmm...you can say no or you can say yes. MineralMan May 2014 #25

That sounds very judgemental and critical. I'm sure that some of the things that bother raccoon May 2014 #30

Not at all. It's your decision, entirely. MineralMan May 2014 #32

As someone who gives to charities, I dislike this store tactic. WinkyDink May 2014 #28

"Not today, thank you." So easy...n/t monmouth3 May 2014 #29

Yes, until the third request and the guilt sets in fried eggs May 2014 #35

Not me, I don't do guilt...LOL..n/t monmouth3 May 2014 #43

No thank you, not today sharp_stick May 2014 #33

"A lot of really good organizations get major funding from this" How do you know that? yellowcanine May 2014 #42

Very annoying. I research charities carefully and pick who I want to donate to. Nye Bevan May 2014 #38

It's like a freaking dollar or two gollygee May 2014 #39

"the money always seems to be collected for a good cause" How do you know that? yellowcanine May 2014 #47

I have never seen one collected for an in-house charity gollygee May 2014 #56

Same here. The grocery store here even match my donation, dollar for dollar. FSogol May 2014 #63

No. Most are large food banks or hospitals. PeaceNikki May 2014 #88

Check out the store's website. Often they match what is donated by customers 1 to 1 up to max FSogol May 2014 #40

"less of an inconvenience that having the charity call you." False Choice. yellowcanine May 2014 #44

One thing I find laughable about all the progressives and liberals on DU is the amount of FSogol May 2014 #57

Who said anything about harassment? And who said the clerks want to do this? yellowcanine May 2014 #97

"Who said anything about harassment?" - You Did! FSogol May 2014 #102

I am in the store to make a purchase. The clerk is there to help me do that. yellowcanine May 2014 #104

In our store, they ask for a $1 or $5 contribution OR take a paper grocery bag and fill it up woodsprite May 2014 #46

I usually ask stores if they want to contribute a dollar to the Orrex Fund. Orrex May 2014 #48

I am surprised that the stores allow it. They make a big stink about various charities that want to jwirr May 2014 #49

Reading comprehension. Try it! FSogol May 2014 #58

I do not have time to read every post completely. I am setting for three children under 5 - a little jwirr May 2014 #62

Yet you have time to post a response to something you didn't read/understand. FSogol May 2014 #64

No transportation and too old to drive. I long ago decided on my own that I would quit driving as jwirr May 2014 #71

Relax. No one wants you to leave DU. And if there was a expert only rule, no one would be here. FSogol May 2014 #73

No need to retract. It upset me but it did not kill me. Thanks for understanding. jwirr May 2014 #76

Sounds a bit stressful! Fun too! JNelson6563 May 2014 #72

Thanks for the info. I have seen the awards up on the walls when I go to the store. Always wondered jwirr May 2014 #75

I remember those busy mom days well! JNelson6563 May 2014 #77

Yes, we live on a small farm. They love it outside. One of the drawbacks about living on a farm is jwirr May 2014 #79

It's mostly a sad symptom of what our government is failing to fund Lee-Lee May 2014 #50

+1. Exactly. n/t FSogol May 2014 #59

I don't mind giving a dollar here and there to charity. Aristus May 2014 #51

+1 n/t FSogol May 2014 #65

I work graveyard shift as a cashier. nilesobek May 2014 #52

And what happens to "low donation" cashiers? WinkyDink May 2014 #60

Not sure either, probably nothing. nilesobek May 2014 #66

Up until last month, I lived on a $1000 a month internship. Shoulders of Giants May 2014 #53

I'm just tired of getting the third degree . . . Brigid May 2014 #68

I was recently asked for my name, phone number and email when I was buying a gift card! Phentex May 2014 #94

Yup. Good customer service means getting the customer on his/her way with their purchases. yellowcanine May 2014 #101

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the ones where u buy a mint for a donation are bullshit 2pooped2pop May 2014 #78

I don't like it and I don't normally do it. hamsterjill May 2014 #80

I only give money to charities I trust, and know for sure are not RW scams. nt Zorra May 2014 #81

the non profits as mentioned here allow a tax write off here Leme May 2014 #82

I'd give $20 if they told me it was going to the Human Fund tularetom May 2014 #83

I don't like it. SalviaBlue May 2014 #84

K Mart Is March Of Dimes ProfessorGAC May 2014 #87

Here it's St Jude and I am THRILLED at the opportunity to help. PeaceNikki May 2014 #89

I Do It Too ProfessorGAC May 2014 #92

St. Jude - 70% goes to program. Not bad but not great either. yellowcanine May 2014 #107

They do good work and were the charity of choice for my dear friend, Monkeyfunk/Dookus who passed. PeaceNikki May 2014 #108

But 20% for fundraising seems a little high. yellowcanine May 2014 #109

cool. to each his/her own. PeaceNikki May 2014 #110

"WE'VE GOT ANOTHER DONATION AT REGISTER #6!!!! WHOOO HOOO!!!!!" 951-Riverside May 2014 #91

weird. I have never heard or seen them do that... PeaceNikki May 2014 #93

Costco rings a bell... Phentex May 2014 #95

Yeah, attention would be annnoying. PeaceNikki May 2014 #96

When Costco Goleta was collecting for the last horrible hurricane (I think) I didn't get a bell. ?? Hekate May 2014 #121

Fast food seems to do it a lot, too... gmoney May 2014 #103

It bugs me, but I'm polite to the clerk when I say I choose my own charities, thank you. Hekate May 2014 #106

what bugs me Mosby May 2014 #113

You got a problem with helping people? Sissyk May 2014 #114

The only real problem I have with that is liberalhistorian May 2014 #119

I dislike them for another reason...it's a feel good Lars39 May 2014 #120

Spot on! n/t markpkessinger May 2014 #124

You get it in pet stores too MiniMe May 2014 #125

Stores and charities do it because it works and is cost effective onenote May 2014 #127