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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait - who tips at Panera?

That aside, I agree with you op.  The whole "charity as a business" things drives me nuts.  Those cashiers are probably incentivized to get more donations, that's why she told you to press yes.  Very, very annoying.  For the record, I'm GenX. [/quote]
OP here. The thing that struck me was that as I was figuring out the screen (what's this? a charity?), she said "press yes." Very often, I'm hit with a different version of a PIN machine (aren't we all?), and it takes a second to figure out what/where to press. Often, the cashier will "walk you through it." I could very well see that if I were in a rush, or preoccupied, I would have just hit "yes," figuring she's taking me through the check-out steps.

I don't know if the stores think the whole thing is great PR (lookie what we're doing for the community!), when in fact it is annoying around half their customers. (Even some of the GenXers, like you.)[/quote]

It isn't that new OP. Grocery stores have been doing this for years. Just hit "no" and proceed. I suspect though that you started the thread so you could throw out your line about "illegal school children" and being asked to support them.[/quote]
Nope. I did not start the thread to throw out the line about the illegals' schoolchildren.  I was explaining why this particular episode bothered me more than others - ones that ask for donations for places run strictly on contributions. The county schools are already getting thousands from me, and everyone else, in taxes. MACY's should have picked a true charity - not the county government.

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Are you the single lady in her 50's who posts frequently about going to the opera and cruises, and wanted everyone to say she was rich? Your style of writing sounds very similar to hers. The cheap shot at the illegal schoolchildren totally makes sense if you are her. I am completely opposed to illegal immigration, but seriously, that was a cheap shot.[/quote]

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