5d ago

15 February 2025

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Fuck that ... any time some idiot cashier asks me to donate to something I immediately and before they even finish, I will say 'NO THANK YOU'
If anyone ever asks me why I'm being so cheap, I remind them that the big giant corporation of a store that I am shopping at is more than capable of donating a few million dollars to the dumb charity they're trying to push on everyone.
Who's the cheap one in this scenario? Me not wanting to give a few pennies to a charity? ... or a corporation that isn't donating a million or two for no reason other than that it is chump change to them?
- In fairness to cashiers, they're not the ones spearheading these campaigns. They're in the same boat as you except that their job security is contingent upon them presenting a donation option.
  
  Yes, I fully understand that ... the ones that bug me are the young new workers who haven't learned the realities of these dumb marketing tricks and instead look at you like a cheap angry old man for not wanting to donate. It usually takes them about a week or two before the reality sets in that most people don't like these marketing ploys ... then it takes another two weeks for them to figure out why ... then they finally become the sullen cashier that mechanically goes through the motions of asking and then not really caring what your response is.
  
  The wording in your first comment suggests that you think they're "idiots" and you interrupt them for asking for the donation that they're obligated to ask for
  
  Yes I was too hasty and quick to be polite about it ... my apologies for that ... but it is an aggravating occurrence to have to deal with it in a regular basis.
- They're just doing their job. No one cares why you don't want to. No need to have a whole speech prepared.
  
  If anyone ever asks me
  If people are actually asking, then sounds like yes, there is a need to have a speech prepared.
  
  And if your grandmother had wheels she'd be a bike.
  Just be nice and have the common decency of letting them do their jobs and finish their sentences.
  
  That saying is different in my corner of the world, it goes "she'd be an omnibus" lol
- "Idiot cashier".... you're such a jackass.

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