Would you like to "round up" to fund the charity for one legged midgets ?

[Kern Dog]

Everyone seems to have their hand out nowadays.
It is bad enough to see the bums at off ramps with pitiful faces and skinny dogs. They hold their cardboard signs and hope that you make eye contact.
You go to buy a pizza and they troll for a tip. I'm not sitting down to eat there, I'm not using napkins, I'm not adding to the trash can or using the toilet.
I buy a few screws and light bulbs at the ACE Hardware and they ask if I want to round up the purchase to fund some hospital that I have never heard of.
There are those stupid ads on TV, begging for money for impoverished Jewish people or the Kars of Kids scam we have discussed here before.
Thursday I went to Taco Bell for the wife. The clerk asked me if I wanted to "round up" for some bullshit charity.
No, I don't.
I help out family, I help out friends. I don't give money away to nameless, faceless organizations that could possibly be funneling the money to the staff instead of the people as is done in most of the well known charities.
Sure, rounding up is always less than a dollar so some may find it to be no big deal. I do though.
Back during the Covid bullshit, I'd get pissed at store staff that required me to wear a mask. I took it out on the staff instead of who really deserved the backlash....those that are actually behind it all. I got to where I was firm but polite to the workers once the wife convinced me that they were just doing what their bosses told them to do.
I am that way now with this money grab. I'm polite to the people asking but I would really like to tell them that with $6.00 gas and ground beef at $10 a lb, I am tired of having my wallet squeezed for money.