Hi fellow seniors, do you agree/disagree with Pizza Hut adding donations onto your bill?

I'm with you. I've been blessed for the next few years to have a good income so I give $200 a month to Charities. If anybody tries that stunt on me, they are in for a hard time. I'll give to whom I want when I want and how do we know what charities they are giving to. I'm getting upset just thinking about it. I may go to Pizza Hut next week just to raise heck.

I wouldn't like it all. I wouldn't be embarrassed, either. Forget that.

It's annoying enough when Safeway & other stores ask me about donating to their charity of the month. It's on the screen & the clerk may ask me. Once when I said "what?" the clerk kept saying it faster each time I said "what?" until she finally gave up. Then I saw it on the screen. She must have thought I was deaf, & it was true I didn't have a clue what she was saying. With other clerks, I can hear. Usually they just let the screen ask me. Hopefully, I'll always check the correct Decline button. Bleah. I'll pick my own charities, thanks. Maybe turning a deaf ear to it is the right approach.

Thanks for the reminder to be alert when it's time to pay the bill.

I agree with you Lily.

Let them donate out of their profit if they are the ones deciding where the funds are going.

My son was put on the spot a few times at work, someone twisted his arm to give $20. out of his check to a charity that he knew nothing much about.

It was his hard work and his money, everyone has their hands in our pockets as it is,how do they know if you need every penny for your own family or not.

I guess they figure most people wouldn't even notice or that they would be too embarrassed to question the billing.

Pizza Hut seems to have left Hungary, too pricey and the smaller independent shops make better pizza.

Yes, I heartily agree with you, Lily.

I don't eat Pizza so have never entered a Pizza Hut,

but I would be annoyed if any business that I frequented

did this.

I have given to the Roundtable on my most recent trip to

Asda (Walmart) but they were all stood outside waiting

hopefully to be donated to.

I refuse also to give donations these days to Chuggers

who are paid to get you to sign up to direct debits. The

RSPCA do this and I do not give them a penny as they

rely solely on donations for their existence. The problem

for me is that they pay a company to raise money for them.

When I phoned them, their excuse was that "you are out of

touch, lot's of charities do this". So I now give money directly

to local animal charities and others where the funds donated

go direct to the object of the charity.

Pizza Hut and the like make enough profit and charity donations

are tax deductible, so they save both ways!

That is just silly. You should be free to make your own decisions about such things and not feel obligated or have to make an extra effort to opt out.

Years ago, when I worked for the State of Michigan, the United Way was their "charity of choice" and you almost had to donate to them through payroll deductions or you were considered some sort of pariah. They would herd us into small groups, show a film, then ask not WOULD you consider donating, but HOW MUCH they could withdraw from your paycheck. I did the weaselly thing and paid the ransom, but I've always had a bad feeling about the United Way ever since and refuse to give to them. There are better organizations who don't strong-arm me for my money and actually appreciate it.

If the cost of the product was reduced by the amount of the donation I think that is a fabulous idea. What a brilliant course of marketing ... we don't pay any more and we donate to charity. In that case, Pizza Hut can pick the charity although I'd be interested to know which one and that could affect my decision.

If it's an added cost, that insults me.

I had the same experience as handy pig, except that I said no. I was then told that my department wanted 100% participation and I still said no. I was soon looking for a job. Yep, United Way gets no money from me now. And the red kettle people....well I worked at a restaurant where 10-12 of the bell ringers came every Sunday. (I never waited on them---Karen did) They came for months and were cheap and demanding. One day they all walked out without paying and stuck Karen with their bill. The rest of us took up a collection to help her pay it, as it could have happened to any of us. The bell ringers never came back. So they get nothing from me either. I give a lot to charity, but I do the choosing. If I see it added to a bill, I will refuse to pay it. My money=my choice.

I don't like that at all. Next another business, then another will follow the leader. It sounds fishy to me. It is almost like Pizza Hut made a commitment or pledge to a charity and have come up way short and need to cover their butts. Just a thought. How does one know also it isn't lining some big wigs pocket. No Lily, I am with you.

What was the donation for - what charity? I disagree with this idea of adding a 'donation' on to your bill. I would want to know where the donation is being sent to. Also, if I want to donate any money to anyone, I will do so because I want to and to the charity I choose - not one of Pizza Hut's choosing.

I think it's an odd way for a company to donate to charity by way of other peoples' pockets! I have no issues donating to charity either, but it shouldn't be included in someone's pizza order! ("For your convenience") Doesn't sound right.