re: We’ve talked about the tipping issue, but what about the donations at point of sale?

The other day at Costco I donated $20 with the stipulation that if they blew their horn or alerted anyone in any way I was taking the donation back.

The lady thought I was joking. I got my $20 back. She was mortified.

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was in Petco a week ago and bought a few things and got asked at the checkout if I'd like to donate to the SPCA.

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SPCA building in Gretna has signs that they’re sponsored by Petsmart in their main building.

Every heartworm positive dog is treated when adopted so they’re more desirable, so these funds probably do help in that regard

I don't think it's quite working that way. They are either:

A: Getting the money from you, holding it, and passing it onto the charity through the use of a liability account. This would mean they get no deduction for your contribution.

B. They care calling the money from you Income. They taking the deduction when they pay it to the charity. This means they wash and the store is right back where it was before.

A is how accounting principles say it should be handled and it shouldn't go in the income or deduction. Now this doesn't stop the corporation from pledging a certain amount be paid to the charity then using the funds from their customers to satisfy that. But they aren't getting a deduction from the customer funds.

The corporation is using your money to reduce their tax burden.

Because these younger generations want all handouts, and they don’t want to do shite

Lazy MFs

Same reason why you go to a restaurant and you see half of the staff with her nose buried in their phone

Chevron clerk asked if I wanted to add a donation to Wounded Warriors or similar. When I said no, she shouted, "You don't support the troops?!"

I went on a rant about donating my money to who I want, and if Chevron wants to step up and donate their own money, then that is great, but don't bum money off of me so they can present a big check at a photo op and take a tax deduction for giving bummed money.

You could tell that she had never thought about that.

So no like me and be a bad person

I just say “no thank you.” No explanation needed.