What was once called the "Retail" Industry is now called the "Service" Industry. Employees are forced to smile and greet and now when you pay ask the customer to donate to different charities. Do you feel this is an appropriate place to solicite donations?
2007-07-04 04:35:14 · 15 answers · asked by Richard V 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Not in a retail establishment. My personal opinion is they aren't doing it for the good but the tax break the establishment will get with their/our donation as a whole. I always say no because of this. Now if they were to donate dollar for dollar, then I'd be on-board and make a donation. Generally they don't though.
2007-07-04 05:00:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I totally understand where a lot of posters are coming from. It seems as though everyone whats a dollar here and there for this and that.
At my work, you have the option to donate a dollar to pet charities through the pin pad if you use your credit card. That way you can gracefully say no if you wish.
To me, it all depends on where the money is going and how much the charity gets. Where I work, 100 percent goes to the charity, but that isn't always the case. I always ask before I donate.
2007-07-04 06:35:43 · answer #2 · answered by galapagos6 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do donate to charities, and don't like being put on the spot to do something I have already done. If I want to donate, I will. I don't think I should be made to feel I have to. Many times I have said I already did that, when asked.
2007-07-04 05:43:51 · answer #3 · answered by Breezey is saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess there could be a problem if a staff member had a personal issue with a particular charity on the other hand charities have huge competition for funding not all of them have a high profile celebrity to attract media attention. I was in US recently at MTV store in NY I though it a nice idea you can always decline with t he same courtesy as the staff asking you - I have a problem if the staff felt that they were being forced into it if it was not part of their job description.
2007-07-04 04:43:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I really don't like it. I think that is coerced giving. I don't want to give to something because I don't want to be seen as a tightwad. I want to give to something because I believe in the cause and have checked out the organization to see exactly where all the money goes. Some organizations, even though they are legitimate, spend way too much of the donated money on administrative costs.
2007-07-04 04:42:39 · answer #5 · answered by moneywise 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've never been asked to donate to a charity when I come up to pay for items.
I do not feel it is appropriate to do so. I'll donate when and where I can.
2007-07-04 05:10:11 · answer #6 · answered by Terri 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO
Absolutely NOT.
I contribute to my favourite charity on my own.
When you contribute, say to big box store like Squall Mart, the money contributed goes into their general charity fund and they receive the tax receipt and the public pats on the back.
There is a slob millionare in Vancouver BC who confiscated his employees' tips to donate them to charity - on his organizations' behalf - not the employees' (minimum wage people) behalf. Swine.
That aside. I have only so much money to spare. It goes to the charity of MY choice.
2007-07-04 08:49:18 · answer #7 · answered by Pacifica 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's in very poor taste. Everything cost sooooooooo much to buy the last thing I need is someone putting me on a guilt trip and asking for MORE money!
2007-07-04 04:53:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I don't mind... I think contributing to a charity is something that should be done as many times as person can (if he or she wishes) and why not when you're buying something for yourself, think of those less fortunate than you?
2007-07-04 04:43:35 · answer #9 · answered by Mandy187 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No I think it's rude & puts the paying customer on the spot.I would avoid stores like that.
2007-07-04 05:11:48 · answer #10 · answered by EM 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋