There's an annual event at Cold Stone Creamery outlets called the World's Largest Ice Cream Social. Part of the chain's September fund-raising drive for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, it's billed as an event offering free ice cream during a three-hour period on a certain day. Melissa had put this on her calendar weeks in advance, because she's on a budget, and hey: free ice cream! But she arrived at the mall to find employees posted at the Cold Stone door, not allowing anyone in unless they made a donation first. That's not free, that's a cover charge. Isn't it?
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This is illegal as hell; a donation is a free will offering from the heart. They are allowed to suggest an amount for a donation, but they can’t demand one.
ReplyDeleteI went for a Flu shot clinic and the suggested donation was $15.00, I gave them $5.00, they balked, but I got my shot, because it was a suggested donation, and if it is mandatory, then it is a charge.
You can got to “Wild Game Dinners” and eat for free if you want again, it is a donation AND it is illegal to sell hunted game, so let’s all eat!