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At a thrift store…
“Would you like to make a donation?”
“No, would you like to make a donation to me?”
Woman said yeah, reached behind the counter and pulled out a free coffee mug lol
You never know unless you ask! And as long as you’re not an asshole about it, the worst they can say is “no”.
I was really just saying it to amuse myself and other customers in earshot, it always cracks a smile.
So I was shocked shitless when I got that stupid mug haha
I don’t ask anymore because, ya know, that took the piss out of it lol
Edit, oh also, whenever I’m dealing with a self-checkout and the automated voice thanks me, I loudly proclaim “you’re welcome, magic box!” That one busts people up every fucking time
If you don’t want to “round up” for the Mickey D house, you can always collect can tabs from soda and beer cans and donate those. If you have any children in your life (kids, nephews, or nieces), this is a super fun activity for them and helps teach them altruism. And for the frugal-minded, you don’t have to spend anything extra if you already buy aluminum cans.
~Go one step further for the fun, and buy a can crusher for the kids to use after taking the tabs off (bonus: it saves trash can space so you’re taking the recycling out less).~
~For you hobbyists out there, you can also buy the materials (crucible, paint bucket, ceramic insulation, propane torches, etc) and melt the cans and do metal sculpting (or pour it down ant hills).~
The casual cruelty in that last sentence after talking about altruism was a bit jarring.
You mean the pouring it down ant hills? People kill ants all the time. But the comment is not about killing ants for fun; the aluminum fills into all the ant passageways and solidifies into a really cool sculpture of sorts that you can then carefully dig out. Google it, it’s quite fascinating.
Don’t collect pull tabs. This is an urban legend that won’t seem to die. I’ve seen people with buckets of these things. Useless. They’re worth less than just getting the CRV or the recycled weight of aluminum in the whole can and just donating the money. Maybe once in a while someone might offer some cash-per-tab thing as one-off event, but I could find no charity accepting them as a form of direct donation.
Don’t collect tabs, people. Just get the CRV and donate that if you want to make a donation.
You donate the tabs to the Ronald McDonald house in your area. It’s their shtick.
Shriners too
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“Would you like to make a donation to our corporate tax bill?”
Never give em a cent. They make enough money to donate themselves if they want the tax benefits of charity, and you can always donate directly to charity without it being laundered through some corporation that is literally only doing it because they get to claim YOUR charity on their taxes that way.
I dunno’, if you’re buying McDonald’s overpriced flavorsponge products, you can’t be that needy. (not that McD’s deserves the round up what so ever)
Such a stupid take.
What am I supposed to be buying to treat myself once in a while if I can’t afford to go to a proper restaurant? Or are you suggesting there are cheaper burgers than McDonald’s shit?
No judgement for choosing to eat fast food, but in my experience/area, yes there are cheaper options. Fast food prices over the past 10 years have leap-frogged local small business prices while still being much lower quality. I’d look around at your local joints and see if it’s the same as my area
I don’t eat it daily. My local joints are selling proper burgers with real meat and they cost twice as much.
tbf if it’s US-sourced it’s still probably barely fit for human consumption
rofl a proper restaurant is the same fucking price depending on where you live, but you go pay for those flavored sponges.
Fucking pathetic losers sypporting megacorps, holy fuck ya’ll are beyond a joke.
What am I supposed to be buying to treat myself
Something actually good?
To be fair, the Ronald McDonald House is a fairly good charity, at least in my opinion. They were very helpful when my newborn son was in the NICU.
To be fair, you aren’t donating anything when you round up. You are simply being charged more, and McDonald’s makes a higher profit.
Then they get a fat tax break for taking the extra profits they weaseled from you and donating it to…their own charity.
That’s actually not true, and a common misconception. When you choose to pay more to support a charity, including rounding up, you can actually claim that on your taxes. It shows as a donation on your receipt. (Though probably no one bothers because you’d have to itemize your tax return and include all the receipts).
Businesses do it because it makes them look good, not because they get a tax break for it.
til! thank you :)
I thought I might finally escape this dumb myth when I left reddit, but no…
Please, anyone reading this, including you @DrMartinu@lemmy.dbzer0.com , do five seconds of actual research into this myth before you ever perpetuate it again.
This. Is. Not. How. Taxes. Work.
When you make a donation at a store, that is your donation. You can claim that donation on your taxes.
Dang and i thought I’d get away from the corporate simping when I left reddit.
Does Ronald paint his dick white too?
I just tried to do my own research and instead all I found were corporate press releases about it and a FLOOD of people complaining that they were rounded up without permission. Like, thats all that comes up when you start looking for recepits that include the donation. Yikes, guess I’m going to have to demand my receipt every time and double check they’re not just STEALING from me instead. Maybe 16 year old fast food workers just shouldn’t have a ‘randomly charge me extra’ button at all.
Thanks, redditor, but I’m definitely going to repeat the lie later. And you’re going to keep getting white paint all over your face.
They need to get the fuck away from the cash register with their corporate beggaring. The gall of some billion dollar company to flash sick kids up on screen every time you open your wallet is insane. Do you think the billionaires in their yachts that were paid for by big macs are looking at sick kids when they’re served hors d’oeuvres?
And here you are, another fucking Poor, rambling on about tHaT not HoW tAXeS wOrK. I bet Ronald smacks you while you’re down there.
This is extra funny because I haven’t given McDonald’s a cent in years.
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Not to defend McDonalds but RMH is one of the best charities out there.
You should look them up; the Ronald McDonald House is the one thing that McDonald’s does correctly. They are worth it.
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