Yeah the self-checkout machine depends on tips to be able to put food on the table

Lol I read that as, "a major piece of shit provider..."

I'm sure they are falling over backwards to do it.

I've accidently cancelled transactions trying to zero tip at take out pizza places and the like.

Ha! I always suspected this. Putting the onus on the consumer to tip. Such bullshit straight from the top. Tipping culture is so bad.

Then you get the places that aren't McDonalds and you have to walk up to order and get your food and ask for a tip. I don't tip there either.

I'm so tired of giving them all of my money they honestly don't even grope that well so I only tip like 5%

Depends on how well they can dirty talk, but they’re not getting more than 15%.

McDonalds does this too. So infuriating. "Here's your overpriced shit food we are making a ton of profit on, would you like to donate to charity as well? Think of the poor children! Feel the guilt! Ok thanks, I'll tax those tax credits from the government in which you also pay. Bye!"

It’s a common misconception but it is in fact illegal to claim other’s donations as donations by the corporation, and it’s not too likely that very large organisations would do that. Of course, it’s possible they’re breaking the law. It is also irritating. Why doesn’t the multibillion company just make the donation instead of harassing me.

https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/who-gets-tax-benefit-those-checkout-donations-0

The store serves only as a collection agent for your gift. Assuming the business is following the law, it will not include your donation as part of its business receipts, or income, nor will it claim the charitable gift as an expense.  In other words, your gift has zero impact on the store’s income taxes.

This myth will not die...

A company that collects your donations cannot claim those donations as tax deductible. They are your donations; you can claim them on your taxes.

Even if the company could claim them, it would be income that they would then offset, resulting in a net of zero. There would be no benefit to this.

Companies cannot and do not claim your donations to receive tax benefits. Companies do a lot of shitty things, but soliciting pocket change en masse for charities is actually one of the few good things they do.

Almost Every major retailer in the US does this.

I don’t bother filtering my water, because most of the places I travel have clean water available. Instead, I bring my insulated water bottle full of ice cubes through TSA.

Interestingly they don’t care about frozen water, just liquid water.

As soon as I’m through the line I go to a water fountain and fill it and now I have ice cold water.