# Clerks asking for charitable donations...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-asking-for-charitable-donations/514304>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 19, 2009, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-asking-for-charitable-donations/514304 "2009-10-19T08:13:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-asking-for-charitable-donations/514304/25 "2009-10-21T19:31:51Z")

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From a thread we had over the summer: [OK, I give up: What is with corporations asking us to give $1 at the register?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=523116)

> [@OK, I give up: What is with corporations asking us to give $1 at the register?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-what-is-with-corporations-asking-us-to-give-1-at-the-register/501697/1):
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> > [@OK, I give up: What is with corporations asking us to give $1 at the register?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-what-is-with-corporations-asking-us-to-give-1-at-the-register/501697/1):
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> > Everytime, without fail, I am subjected to the cashier at the CVS, or Safeway, or other stores, asking me “Would you like to donate ONE DOLLAR [you cheapskate!] to [say] deaf & dumb orphans?”
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> > [@OK, I give up: What is with corporations asking us to give $1 at the register?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-what-is-with-corporations-asking-us-to-give-1-at-the-register/501697/12):
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> > That’s why I tend to answer them with something along the lines of “No thanks, a deaf & dumb orphan shot my Paw.” I’ll sometimes sneer when I say it, sometimes glare, sometimes look off wistfully/meaningfully.
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> > There’ve been some priceless moments over time, especially when a cashier (or someone in line) gets it. I think the best was when a clerk looked at me aghast and asked in a whisper “was it in … _Reno_?!”

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