PSA

If, by any chance, you ever see one of those boxes in a McDonald's that people are supposed to put aluminum can pull tabs into (apparently to be recycled and have the resulting money sent to a local Ronald McDonald House), don't put anything in it. You're wasting your time and energy. Aluminum recycling is, I'm sorry to say, horribly inefficient. It's not even cost effective. Next time you feel something tugging on your heartstrings, and you want to donate to a Ronald McDonald House, just write them a check. If you're still going to stick to giving them the tops of your aluminum cans, just know that you're not putting a DIME into a Ronald McDonald House. Now, I'm all for charity. In fact, that's actually what causes me to get so mad when I see a scam like that posing as a legitimately benevolent charity. If people who rob federally insured banks can get sent to prison, then people who run faux charities should be castrated.