There is a family that frequents our restaurant that almost always asks for donations for various events with a specific charity. We know they do a lot of work with this charity because 2 of the family members are afflicted with this ailment. Today they came in with a gift certificate that we had donated. While there is a chance that they came by this fair and square (an auction item or a prize) the servers all began mentioning the fact that they always seem to have one. Today's was aggravating because the expiration date was crossed out (which started the conversation that led to finding out the frequency with which they use gift certificates). If I was in the position to say anything to them I would have stated that we would take the GC this time, but from this point forward we can't accept anything past its expiration date. Obviously we can't make an accusation of any kind, but this would at least let them know that we pay attention. What do you think?
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