What is this green coins thing in Asda?

likelyfran

I will look it up in a min online, but had one proffered to me the other day by a checkout person and was told to put it in some slot halfway up the store.
When I asked what for I was just told 'it's for charity'.
She was most unimpressed at my wanting further detail.
I declined to take it, I like to know why I'm doing things. This meant I was quite quite mad obviously for not just unthinkingly doing what I was meant to.
Could be the local Hunt Supporters charity for all I know (joke, joke, sort of.), and if she doesn't know why the heck she's giving them out, why the h3ll should I take one and put it in the slot like some good little drone? Plus if it's this 'schools' s-hyte, as the supermarket charity drives often are, I'm not interested - let the Goverment provide books for schools. B-lerdy ridiculous.
I give a lot to charities, in different ways, but this kind of thing just really gets my goat.

PasturesNew

Near the exit there are some plastic shutes on the wall - probably three - one for each charity. You choose which charity shute to shove your green coin/s in .... or, if you don't fancy any of them, shove the coin in your pocket and think 'bugg4h that'.

At the end of the time/week(?) the one with the most green coins gets some money or something.

likelyfran

OK, thanks, at least there's a bit of choice involved.
Still think it seems a bit stupid though.
We'll (whoever the benefactor is) give you some money as long as we get lots of shoppers to run around like little clockwork mice, putting green things in slots.
Why not just give the flaming money without the fiasco? And Asda can see how many customers have been through the tills without all this.

PasturesNew

likelyfran wrote: »

OK, thanks, at least there's a bit of choice involved.
Still think it seems a bit stupid though.
We'll (whoever the benefactor is) give you some money as long as we get lots of shoppers to run around like little clockwork mice, putting green things in slots.
Why not just give the flaming money without the fiasco? And Asda can see how many customers have been through the tills without all this.

You also nearly get manhandled by security if you can't find the !!!!!!!' shutes and, out of despair, toss the coin in the air and attempt to walk out

I don't accept their coins now..... b4st4rds with their cr4p and confusing things.

jamespir

i thought it was funny the other day when they gave me one i still have it infact wasnt sure what it was for i thought it for the trolley or something

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

It is part of their commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility.

This means the customer can selecvt a charity deserving of the pittance that the so called coind will give them in a specified period.

All this does is tick boxes and makes the fat cats look good, while paying the spotted checkout person the minimum wage.

Now that answers why the p[erson on the till is NFI about it.

whatmichaelsays

s_b

ive seen the chutes at the exit with lots of green things in but had never worked out where these green things came from
i assume now you have to spend so much to be given one by an assistant
that explains what a prudent shopper i am then not to be given one as im a eater out of the cupboards and freezer person since january this year
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3307650

yangptangkipperbang

Waitrose have done this for years - it's obviously a bit too complex for users of Asda ;)

DCFC79

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

Waitrose have done this for years - it's obviously a bit too complex for users of Asda ;)

Was just about to say waitrose do this,

thatguy1

I went to the Asda the other week & was given some of these, couldn't see anything to put them in, so they're in the car lol.