As they are mandatory printed where Iam, the only choice is do i throw it away, or do they throw it away

Here in Germany, there's a law to prevent tax fraud, which results in companies always creating a receipt for every purchase. Even if you don't want a receipt, they print it and then directly throw it away. (I don't know, if the law is dumb or the companies are).

And yeah, it's resulted in me just always taking the receipt and then usually throwing it away at home.

I'm gonna run an experiment in 2025 and keep every single receipt so I can itemize my sales tax. My state has a stupid high sales tax and I don't believe the sales tax tables from the IRS are accurate.

Anybody say yes to bump the “yes” stats so companies don’t try anything funny based on likelihood of getting away with it?

Naw that’d be weird whistle

Edit: (for dine in) I’m totally gonna review to make sure only 20% tips were charged to my card and they weren’t fatfingered… any day now… (wonder how much I’m ahead/behind lifetime on proper tip entry)

Some contactless payment systems like Apple Pay can have a receipt automatically emailed if the POS system supports it.

Avoids paper waste from unwanted, avoids missing a receipt when it was wanted, and much easier to organise.

Yeah, I always ask for a receipt at counter service/fast food eateries. Half the time, even though I only order like 2 items (3 at the very maximum if I'm feeling chippy), the order is inevitably missing something or incorrect so I like to have it as proof when I tell them I'm missing my drink order or something.

I don't know how people fly by the seat of their pants and just let places like Taco Bell or Dunkin Donuts just give them random items without proof of what you ordered lol. Maybe I'm just unlucky!

Or yeah, if I think I might have to return an item, I don't want a receipt.

Otherwise, 90% of the time, I don't want one.

Sounds complicated. Just say yes and figure it out later.

Does the cashier seem like she wants/needs me to take the receipt? Will she be crestfallen if I say, "I'm okay, thanks!?"

Always? Like if you buy a juice and bagel, you are grabbing a receipt even if the exchange happens in real time? Why? I always do for groceries and wine (good luck bringing in a rotten watermelon and just telling them you bought it there yesterday), but not much else.

I would guess that the exposure to BPAs from handling receipt paper for a few seconds would be incredibly minimal, especially when compared to other potential sources of BPAs like food and drink packaging etc.

Maybe don’t reuse receipts as paper towels or toilet paper, but briefly handling them enough to put in a wallet etc is probably safe in the grand scheme of things.

I tend to switch it up between "No" and "Stare at them without a word until they throw it away on their own", and then there's the rare manoeuvre "Come back in after just leaving and say that I'm sorry but I realised I actually need one this time".

Lol I came here just to see if someone had posted this. I think of this joke almost every time someone asks if I want a receipt.

His joke always reminds me of Patrice O'Neal's counter point:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GbBS-IYPmF0

Fun fact! If the talking pump has buttons (usually four on each side of the screen), press all of them from the top down right when it starts yammering at you, and one or more of these magical button presses should shut its trap!

I, too, hate being audibly ad-blasted at the gas station.

Ha! I always thought I was the most petty and malicious fucker out there for doing exactly this. If they have a working hidden mute button I forgive, but if not I punish them with wasted receipt ink/paper (I don't even look at it!) and fill their trash bin much faster than it would otherwise be filled! Together you and I are going to teach these assholes a real lesson!

Not sure there is a joke in there. For some reason the question kind of surprises you and you have to quickly decide on the spot whether to have the receipt or not. So you end up winging it, sometimes having it, sometimes not.

Nowadays, I mostly decline but on occasion still end up agreeing, so I can relate.

TIL I'm supposed to be balancing my register every morning. Uh-oh.

Balancing your register‽