Shopping is something I do for a living, and it’s a wonderful thing. I’m not sure when this started but, in many stores, I am being asked to round up my purchase amount and make a contribution to either the thrift store that I am shopping in (Goodwill) or to a charity that I’m not familiar with. I would love to see the training document that these clerks are using. Are they instructed only to ask you to round up if it’s a small amount of the purchase? For instance, the purchase amount comes to $14.75, and they ask you to round up to $15.00 you may think what is .25. think about it that is your .25 cents and what are you planning to do with it? I was in Macy’s recently and was asked to round up while purchasing a Fitbit watch. I asked what was the name of the charity and who do they help? I got an answer that was not satisfactory. I had never heard of the charity, and the salesperson was a little too indifferent. On this occasion, I opted out and did not round up. I am a person that reports my charitable contributions on my income tax, and I like to have a paper trail. I’m thinking and hoping that the amount that was going to the obscure charity would appear on my receipt. That means I have to keep all of those receipts to add up at income tax time and I have not had enough time to research the charity to make that snap discussion. I’m sure you and the cashier might be saying it’s only .25, well it’s my .25, and I want it in my pocket instead of yours. Just remember when asked to “round up” if you are not comfortable with it just say “no” and that “no” is a complete sentence.
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