I'm starting to think that the incessant begging from charities is becoming counter-productive. I'm not even sure who's behind all these campaigns, I don't think it's the charities themselves but rather the companies who are white-knighting.
In the last week, whilst paying by card, I've been asked to round up my transaction at Mcdonalds, Shell, KFC, my local petrol station, NCP car park (Wimbledon) and even at an ATM. These are the ones I can think of off the top of my head but there are more.
It's gotten to the point where it's just an automatic step now to press no, by default, without even reading anything. At my local petrol station, the machine doesn't even tell you what charity it is, it just says "donate to charity", you have to scan the whole checkout (which at a petrol station is generally covered in more tat and junk than a Chinese market stall) to find a tiny little card informing you that it's for the air ambulance.
It's gone from doing a good deed to just another step in your daily life, like accepting cookies on a website, anyone else think the same?