"Would you like to round that up?" (national, old, money)
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A lot of times it just comes up on the payment screen. I feel like one time I was trying to purchase something at CVS and couldn’t because it wouldn’t get out of me pressing “no” not to round up. CVS seems to have a different option every week, and it gets annoying for people asking you to round up when you are picking up your prescriptions.
A lot of times it just comes up on the payment screen. I feel like one time I was trying to purchase something at CVS and couldn’t because it wouldn’t get out of me pressing “no” not to round up. CVS seems to have a different option every week, and it gets annoying for people asking you to round up when you are picking up your prescriptions.
So far, the only place around here charity pleas like this come up on payment screens is the supermarket. "No" is still a one-click option. Sometimes someone programmed the screens more politely. Those offer "no thank you".
I've never seen/heard it at a drive-thru before (not that I frequent them). And then the food poisoning incident. Made me wonder where the money is really going!
Hmm, it doesn't happen everywhere. Can't recall ever having a vendor ask me this.
"No" is a complete sentence. "No thank you" is a nicer version of it. No further details necessary.
One grocery store always asked to round up for "sick kids". I thought that was kind of vague, but I saw a sticker behind her that said they support Sick Kids so I figured it's a charity name.
Then I ended up with a person in my life admitted to the Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto. All the hospitals are in a cluster in the same part of the city, and in huge letters on the exterior, one of them says "SICK KIDS". It's the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children. SickKids is a brand.
One grocery store always asked to round up for "sick kids". I thought that was kind of vague, but I saw a sticker behind her that said they support Sick Kids so I figured it's a charity name.
Then I ended up with a person in my life admitted to the Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto. All the hospitals are in a cluster in the same part of the city, and in huge letters on the exterior, one of them says "SICK KIDS". It's the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children. SickKids is a brand.
Funny! That reminds me of an ice cream store in my town. It was widely believed that they made their own ice cream or at least blended it there, and it was highly valued for that reason. Then a truck was seen outside it: Homemade brand ice cream that you can buy in the grocery store. Evidently when asked, they told customers their ice cream was Homemade. They weren't lying (exactly).
I don't know whether or not they "round up" for sick kids or SickKids or any other charity.
I work for a non profit, in a retail setting. We always ask at checkout if the customer would like to round up to benefit the charity, in addition to the profit from their purchase. I alway tell them it goes directly to the organization, as does the profit from their purchase. It’s usually a matter of a few pennies, most say yes, a lot say no. The pennies do add up, and every little bit does help.
As a consumer, if I’m paying cash, rounding up to the next dollar means no digging for change, no fistfull of change being given back to me.
A few pennies here, a few pennies there... They add up for the customer, too!
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