No offense, but I am so damn tired of grocery and drug stores asking their customers if they would like to contribute a $1.00 or some of their change to various charities. Today, I went to Brooks Pharmacy to buy a couple of bars of soap, a bottle of flavored water and two bags of Boston baked beans. While I was standing in line waiting to be rung up the cashier asks the customer in front of me if he would like to contribute some money to a children's charity that I can't remember the name of. The customer contributed $1.00. No offense, but I got pissed off because all I wanted to do was pay for my items and go. Right now, I don't have any extra money to spare and I didn't appreciate having to tell the cashier "no, I didn't want to contribute to the children's charity that they were collecting for" and I certainly didn't appreciate the look of disapproval on the cashier's face. Don't get me wrong, I donate money every once in a while to a worthwhile charity and i'm all for donating to charities for worthwhile causes but the way some of these charities ask for money really bugs me! With the exception of me, the way people were donating money to the children's charity at Brooks Pharmacy they'll probably need a coin sorter just for all of the change.