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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.
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
the worst they can say is “no”.
Remind me of this gem
That is an amazing use of the template
the worst you can get is a yes and then ghosted
goddamn, getting stood up fucking hurts
Okay, fair. 😫
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TAqMqrm4fR0
I like this song, but maybe best to ignore the last verse?
Since they stopped minting pennies, every thing I have bought recently that previously didn’t ended with 1-4 was dropped to a 0. I hella thought they’d be rounding up to a 5 even for a 1.
Some states have laws that don’t allow them to round up. Something to do with charging more for cash versus card purchases or cash versus benefits (like EBT). Some places are doing the sensible thing and rounding up/down more fairly regardless of the law, with the assumption that no one will call them on it. (A lawsuit costing more than the pennies are worth.)
Congress has had a bill just sitting around since April to make the rounding fair… But even on things everyone basically agrees with they still can’t do anything.
so many stupid issues in the US due to this half-assed federal system
I agree, but any system where the primary “do something” branch just does nothing is going to have problems eventually.
In Finland we chose to not use the 1c and 2c cents when we joined EMU, and you can’t buy shit with those in Finland, even though we use Euros. Probably could go to a bank and exchange a bunch, but anyways.
We do have 5c coins, that’s the smallest denomination (and kinda futile tbh). Everything that cost 0.01 0.02c gets rounded down, 0.03 and 0.04 gets rounded up to 0.05 and 0.06 and 0.07 goes down to 5c and 0.08 and 0.09 goes up
except when you pay with a card. So for instance if you always made sure to make sure the gas pump stops at a 2 or a 7, when paying with cash or if its 0.08 or 0.09 you pay with card and you might save at least a few euros over a lifetime.
you can’t buy shit with those in Finland
Stores would have to accept them as they’re legal tender even in Finland. Maybe I’ll go annoy your retailers and bring a bag of 1c and 2c pieces if I ever visit and pay some portion of the price with them.
Hell, I’m already somewhat prepared. Just you wait!
Stores would have to accept them as they’re legal tender even in Finland
No, they don’t, and they never have. Yeah at one point “the most common ways of paying”, had to be available. Before 2001, it meant marks and debit card and some credit cards.
2007 or so forwards it mostly meant Electron as well. Now it’s pretty much solely cards.
We are in the EMU, but 1c and 2c eurocoins aren’t considered legal tender in that way in Finland. You will not find a single business who would accept your coins. Not in the past 25 years and especially now when stores aren’t even required to take cash, much less literally all denominations of euros.
Hell, there’s limits to paying with cash in most stores. Upper limits. But there’s always been a lower limit. But that also meant that for a while in 2002 and so forth before the policies caught up, you could get pick and mix candy for 2c (you’d get like… one, maybe two of some light one) and then just going through the till and watching the bored of life 20-something be slightly amused and not protest.
Didn’t take too long before they made a minimum 5c or something.
They’re legal tender in Finland because they are legal tender in the EU. I don’t know anything about Finish law but I believe permitting stores to refuse some coins while allowing others could violate some EU directive.
Finland is even forced by the EU to mint 1c and 2c coins (though the amount isn’t specified so they’re just collector’s editions) despite not circulating them.
And Wikipedia says (without citation though):
When paying in cash in Finland, while by law a shopkeeper should accept the coins, usually they will decline, and ask for higher denominations to match the Swedish rounding, even when presented with exact change.
They’re legal tender in Finland because they are legal tender in the EU. I don’t know anything about Finish law but I believe permitting stores to refuse some coins while allowing others could violate some EU directive.
You believe wrong.
Sweden is a EU country. Want to try go with your Euros there? Is it not legal tender?
EMU =/= EU and EMU the regulations are made don’t alway fit all an exceptions are made.
I got my hands on euros in late 01, before you could actually even pay for things with them. And I’ve been a cashier in several jobs since.
They’re are not legal tender in Finland, except perhaps with the exception of possibly the national bank being forced to take them. (As it was to take Finnish marks for a decade after they went out of circulation.)
Finland is even forced by the EU to mint 1c and 2c coins
We have to have a design and they happen to mint them because rarity makes profit, but as you say, not circulated.
usually they will decline
They will always decline. “Swedish rounding”? Swedes use kronor. So that’s probably just a term for the thing I explained… How 1 and 2 round doen 3 4 to 5 and 6 7 to five and 8 9 to 10.
There most certainly is not a law demanding anyone to take 1c or 2c coins. I can bet my left testicle on that, I’ve played with customer service and taking money my whole life and half my family has as well.
Just not true.
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).~
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
But my fuck tabs!
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.
Soda cans have a plastic lining that burns up when you melt them.
It’s easily removed if you heat the can a bit, but not enough to burn the liner. Like using a hair dryer.
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?
The local bodegas (deli/convenience store) do a burger and fries for like $10. I don’t eat McDonald’s but that seems pretty close in price.
My local Banh Mi place gives you a big ol’ sammich for under $10, and it’s a fucking masterpiece of delish.
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
What am I supposed to be buying to treat myself
Something actually good?
McDonald’s costs just as much as a proper restaurant now. Fast food used to be cheap, which is how they got away with being trash. Now it’s actually more expensive than some much better quality fast casual options out there, but is still shit
It’s definitely regional. McDonald’s is about half the price of a restaurant burger where I’m at.
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.
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.
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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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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.
Most people are not itemizing their deduction anyway.
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 a wild crash out when you could instead just not get food from McD.
This is extra funny because I haven’t given McDonald’s a cent in years.
The Ronald McDonald house definitely deserves money
The Ronald McDonald house charity does the things our tax dollars should be going to. Putting a for profit company between the public and social services is just free advertising and good will for the company.
Every charity is evidence of where capitalism has failed us, and how it needs fixed.
Don’t forget a tax break for the company that’s supposedly donating. They’re ‘donating’ our money and taking it back out of taxes.
That’s not how point-of-sale donations work. Feel free to donate if it’s a charity you agree with. The business gets no benefit other than the positive association of the charity.
