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LivesInThe90s
The store has a donation goal each week. Management pressures them to keep asking customers.
Fallatus
McDonald's is a corporation that earns so much it could afford to wholly fund every charity they've put out.
Instead of pulling their weight they choose to outsource the cost to you, the one who's already giving them money. Effectively taking money from you twice at no cost to themselves.
The failure of morality here does not lie with the customer or employee, that's for sure.
mycatwontletmeclosemybedroomdoor
Fair, lol.
thismyburnerbutyoucangetdigits
I doubt the $10/hr worker asked that but if they do I’d laugh and see if they have 5 minutes to explain how misguided and naive they are.
cosonfused
mcdonalds ceo doesn't even want to eat his own food.
forelle
"Sure, if your manager donates 10% of this restaurants revenue to charity, I will donate 10% of mine to match your commitment. Since we both care about kids health."
enderite
Ive had this happen at a retail store.
Said “i give. But im not helping your company with tax breaks i paid for.”
LivesInThe90s
Co workers 25 year old son had a heart attack. Turns out, him and his wife only eat fast food. Dr's told them to stop that.
ajhorselady84
My work hands out forms every year to donate to unite way. I write a big zero on the page, sign it and hand it back. They asked why I don't donate. I told them I do donate around $500 a year personally to a good cause that I believe in. They don't get to use my money for their tax right off.
imnotinthewitnessprotectionprogram
RElGNMAN
That little voice in his head moments before coming up with the punchline.
crackajackin
That employee? Albert Einstein
yikesaroni
yeah seems like something that didnt happen
EccentricNut
This is where the argument trying to appeal to smokers breaks down too
synonymswirl
People at McDonald’s don’t get paid enough to give a damn if you donate to a charity. They just want to do their job and go home.
Uselesstoy
This... i have serious doubt about this claim.
tetondons
Yeah. If this happens (it won't), ask to speak to the manager and ask the manager why they're forcing their employees to be annoying.
idiotsonfire
Don't donate to causes through gigantic corporations. Those corporations use that as a tax write off. Fuck corporations.
Sulanis
I don't donate to any corporation for any charity because they take that money and get a tax deduction.
Go directly to the charity and donate instead.
FiftyShadesOfArugula
"I pay my taxes, unlike the epstein class and corporate welfare queens like McD. I would very much like for my taxes to be used to improve the lives of children and everyone else. That's what I voted for. Too many others did not."
EstoyPoopis
Suuure sure Mike, then xhitter got up and clapped.
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PandAnomoly
To be fair, the Ronald McDonald house charity is actually pretty impressive as far as their breadth of coverage. While we don't have to provide charity to them for it, they did give their first years profit of the shamrock shake to house families of children with cancer near the hospitals they receive treatment. It's one of those oddly surprising facts regarding a corporate chain.
Rawrgunnaeatyou
Yes! My family relied on the Ronald Mcdonald house when my little sister had surgery! Amazing charity, the only corporate charity I trust despite the fact they treat their workers like crap. I don't eat there much, but I'll round up when I do!
ThatOtherMacAvoyWoman
And yet their full time workers are on food stamps. Bare minimum for billionaires to treat kids cancer imho
PandAnomoly
Not arguing any of this. Like I said, it's one of those oddly surprising facts about a corporate monster. Broken clock twice a day type deal.
TheVillageGrouch9000
Skeptical. Never happened.
shalafi71
I just say no. Fin. No one has ever acted weird about that. I'm sure the cashiers get harsh rejections all day, not adding to their hassle.
Morganelefay
Theres always a few cashiers out there who try to go above and beyond because they still believe that if they work hard and show heart for the cause, they might get a raise or better treatment. Bless their hearts.
shalafi71
Never met one, but sometimes bonuses are involved. I could have made bank at Lowe's had I pushed the credit card apps.
CptJohnYossarian
Yeah fuckn multi-million dollar corporation trying to make me feel morally guilty; good fuckn luck.
jansenart
*billion
CptJohnYossarian
Yeah that
ToweringLilly
Bro. Local non profits work with these companies to get donations easier. My local food bank does it with local grocery stores. Do some good, toss a dollar to a cause in the most convenient way.
jansenart
OR, these companies can fund the food banks and coordinate shrinkage to get food to the needy instead of letting people starve.
CptJohnYossarian
And the billionaires could just donate the money themselves instead of making my skint arse feel guilty.
Rawrgunnaeatyou
Their charity actually does good, and reminder: McDonald's is big enough that the people in charge of one (the soulless restaurant tycoons) are probably not in charge of the other. Aka the charity is probably pretty separate. Yes mccdys could do a lot with their profits, but they don't care. However, the people they give that money to, are ACTUALLY CHARITABLE. I've had to stay there before due to my little sister's surgery. I don't support McDonalds, I DO support the charity.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
If they followed with a guilt question implying you don’t care , I would never return,. Be better for your health too
jansenart
Just say "No, I'm not a billion-dollar corporation."
pyroshen
Ya the workers absolutely did not say this. They don't care if you do or don't. They are just required to ask
simianruler
Having worked at a McDonald's many years ago, I can assure you they didn't try to guilt him. This is a made-up story. The workers truly do not care about the answer to the question.
Ristari
Yup, this is one of those in head conversations you turn into a story later. Know i have been guilty of it too
tasthesose2
Yep. To make this lie more believable he should’ve said it was the customer behind him that said this nonsense instead of a fucking McDonald’s employee lol
IHaveAGuyForEverything
They didn’t not ask that. Bullshit.
SteersAndQueers
That's what the post said.
DisUsernameAmsDildos
It's a story on the internet. Obviously it's true.
Donfolstar
I have zero faith that huge multinationals are not profiting off donations, which is why they push it. I'm sure they have complex mechanisms, but even a local yokel could collect money, keep it in a simple savings account until it hits $X, then pass along the given amount while pocketing the interest. There is, also, the blatant horseshit that they subtly claim credit for throughput donations- free PR!
keyserv
McDonald's has way more money than me how about you jerkoffs donate to charity?
imgurmage
"I don't care to donate to a corporation so they get a bigger tax write off during tax season."
HiddenSanity
They don't get a tax write off... they do get all the PR for doing charity work with their customers donations, however.
rotodisc
Literally against the tax code.
myeyesthegogglesdonothing
That's not at ALL how that works.
Fuzzynubz
Right
EroticZombiePants
It doesn't work like that. They can only write off what they specifically donate not what others pass through them to charities. Basically, it's just PR stuff Big Corp does to appear not completely heartless.
ToweringLilly
FOR FUCKS SAKE. Stop spreading this fake ass lie so you can feel good about not making an easy donation. They don't do write offs and usually have matching goals. Source; I work with nonprofits that benefit from these drives.
dudbdjf
Supposedly it doesn’t work that way. Supposedly.
MothMonsterMan
I concur that it supposedly doesn't work this way.
ACENILC
I round up for Ronald McDonald House. Significantly helped us when my son was going through chemo.
MajorasTerribleFate
As I understand it, this is one of the cleanest easy donations you can do.
bippityboppitybuttsex
The IRS views the store as a collection agent and they cannot claim the deduction, they cannot even take a transaction fee for collecting and moving the money to the charity... your receipt is your proof of donation and you can claim it on your taxes.
https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/who-gets-tax-benefit-those-checkout-donations-0
FeedTheNachoMan
See, you say that, but I'm fairly certain it was a McDonalds that I actually tried to donate at and the sales tax amount went up.
UpvoteTotem
So what is the reason they do it?
becuzz04
Marketing and PR. "Look at us an how good we are. We donated $10M to the children without right ears foundation. If you're a good person and want to support children without right ears come buy our crap. Then you can get the warm fuzzy feelings knowing you're a good person too."
ThatOtherMacAvoyWoman
They CAN, however, claim “we donated $30 million to children’s health” in advertising when really it was all customer donations.
bippityboppitybuttsex
Sure, but the OP said they were taking it as a tax deduction...
I mean, I can claim I gave $30M to children's health too... it doesn't mean anything.
MattoJanai
I don't approve of the orphan crushing machine but if advertising and increased profits turn it off for a bit then in the meantime go for it
vengfish
Yeah, but with the current tax code, who in their right mind is not taking a standard deduction?
bippityboppitybuttsex
Almost no one.
Catumi
Though If your personal total itemized deductions (donations, mortgage interest, and state/local taxes) are less than the standard deduction there's no real benefit in doing so too.
bippityboppitybuttsex
Right, which means those of us who give to charity do so because we want to (I spiked my donations to the Northern IL Food Bank after trump decided poor people were a burden on a society and it would be better if they just fucking died).
relsky
In a perfect world, sure. Do you believe those mega corps are 100% genuinely honest with how they handle that money?
I don't.
bippityboppitybuttsex
Nope... I assume any corporation is a criminal enterprise meant to defraud consumers and the people.
However, the assertion I was responding to was that they could legally do a thing and that they, in fact, cannot.
imgurmage
Apparently I was wrong. Thanks for the info. I'm going to leave my original comment up in the hopes that people open it and see the above comment. Really wish Imgur had a comment edit feature.
allenvasher3000
I used to think the same thing, I was informed just a few years ago, and because you said it here someone responded other people will learn to
backrideup9
Oh it is illegal, but if you think corpos care about legality.... My company runs a few charity collections each year, they stopped bothering me after the 5th or 6th time I asked if they were writing receipts for my taxes.
bippityboppitybuttsex
I think corporations hire massive law firms and pay them a metric fuck-fortune to make sure they are in compliance with the law so they don't have to pay fines or have anyone high-up get arrested.
CookieMonstersCrumbs
I used to wish for a comment edit feature. Considering how imgur's evolved, I'm glad we don't.
bippityboppitybuttsex
I think there should be a 30-second rule to correct typos with the ability to unhide the original to make sure the fundamental meaning hasn't changed.
CookieMonstersCrumbs
I'd be fine with a one or two minutes grace for that.