ChatterBank1 min ago
paying to charity
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i recently went on a night out after work with all my workmates. we work in a bar so we can usually get in for free to all the other bars in our town...
the other night we showed our wage slips etc. and the woman on the door said it was fine but that we HAD to give �2 to a charity box which was basically just a bucket next to her. It was a revolution bar so im assuming the charity was legit. However, surely thats not quite right? Dont get me wrong, im all up for charity and what not. But shouldnt it be a personal choice?
the other night we showed our wage slips etc. and the woman on the door said it was fine but that we HAD to give �2 to a charity box which was basically just a bucket next to her. It was a revolution bar so im assuming the charity was legit. However, surely thats not quite right? Dont get me wrong, im all up for charity and what not. But shouldnt it be a personal choice?
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Yes giving to charity is a personal choice.
But free admittance where a fee is the norm is at the managements' discretion, as is enforcing an alternative �2 to charity clause.
You had no actual right to free entry, and a charitable donation is lieu is perfectly legal.
If you didn't want to give to charity, you could have paid the full entrance price or go elsewhere. You weren't ransacked.
But free admittance where a fee is the norm is at the managements' discretion, as is enforcing an alternative �2 to charity clause.
You had no actual right to free entry, and a charitable donation is lieu is perfectly legal.
If you didn't want to give to charity, you could have paid the full entrance price or go elsewhere. You weren't ransacked.
As ethel says the club can enforce whatever entry conditions it likes in this case it's �2 in the charity box. I'm surprised that working in a bar yourself you are unaware of this fundemental tennet of retail, namely the management reserve the right to refuse service. It could say for example if you want to come in you have to do 50 pressups naked and donate �10 to Peruvian Ginea pig farmers. Your choice whether you go in.
Whether i paid in or not, i would've had to give �2 to the charity.
For the sake of your all your rambling.. I was happy to give my donation and I 100% realise i wasnt ransacked, but thanks, really, for making that clearer to me... I don't get how you missed the actual question. All i wanted to know was whether it was illegal or just wrong to make somebody, anybody, give to charity, wherever you are...
I expected some keen oxfam guy to give me some insight into giving to charity. I didnt expect to be made to feel stupid and patronised. Thanks.
For the sake of your all your rambling.. I was happy to give my donation and I 100% realise i wasnt ransacked, but thanks, really, for making that clearer to me... I don't get how you missed the actual question. All i wanted to know was whether it was illegal or just wrong to make somebody, anybody, give to charity, wherever you are...
I expected some keen oxfam guy to give me some insight into giving to charity. I didnt expect to be made to feel stupid and patronised. Thanks.
It's you who is ignoring the answers, not us ignoring the question. They are not forcing you to give to charity, they are making that a condition of entry, simple! if you want to come in you comply with those conditions. They could just as easliy have charged you �2 and gave it to charity later. They could have said you can't enter unless you run round the block, so your question would have read "is it legal force people to run around the block?" The point is your question flawed in it's assumptions. We have tried to answer and inform at the same time.
