I miss my longtime and frequent haunts.
Cash is the equalizer and elevator.
Same response and results.
Down this way it's different, and sometimes funny. One common modus operandi is to rock up and go through the checkout - be it a supermarket or a fast food joint - complete the goods transaction and all, have the goods individually packed by the staff (servant), then the customer and the checkouter start a Mexican standoff, with the customer silently saying "you don't seriously expect Me to be paying, do you?" Then the fumbling for the wallet starts, then it gets cracked open and some pressed, dry-cleaned, fumigated, preserved notes get dragged out ...
@rj-schneider?ÿ ?ÿYep, one of my doctor, I pay with cash, it's cheaper than insurance and he's happier.
@norman-oklahoma I use my card as a "charge" card rather than a credit card.?ÿ I charge gas, most meals and at the local Costco.?ÿ Then at the end of the month pay off the total bill.
Every Monday I stop by a local donut shop and get my mother-in-law (who lives with us) a half dozen donuts.?ÿ I always pay in cash because they are a Mom and Pop (literally) place and the surcharge by the banks really cuts into their net.
Andy
Not in this case.?ÿ These are mostly people who don't have any money the day after payday every payday.?ÿ They spend until they have no credit left on any number of cards.?ÿ Disappear, leaving their landlord wanting to find them, failing to pay any utility bills, so forth and so on, then magically appear in some other location.?ÿ We, who pay our bills, get to pay theirs as well.
I try my best to not shop where lottery tickets are sold.?ÿ Most of the ones I see investing heavily truly do not need to be gambling with the little money they have.?ÿ Last week as I slipped into a convenience store to buy a cold drink and a treat I overheard the clerk telling one who was just coming on duty what had happened about 30 minutes earlier.?ÿ A woman walked in with eight fresh 100-dollar bills and wanted $800 dollars worth of lottery tickets.?ÿ Some $1, some $2 and some $5.?ÿ This little place only has one cash register and one clerk on duty at a time.?ÿ There were over 15 people hoping to pay for a single purchase or a few items and get gone.?ÿ Nope, the clerk had to handle the crazy lady wanting all those lottery tickets.?ÿ First, she tried to be absolutely sure the bills were genuine.?ÿ Then she called the manager at home to ask what to do.?ÿ Then she had to call the corporate office of the huge chain to find out if she could even sell that many tickets to one person at one time.?ÿ Meanwhile, she would have been dead if the looks she was getting could kill.?ÿ Good thing I wasn't there.?ÿ I would have probably gone to jail for dragging the woman outside until everyone else in the place was done.?ÿ Then I would have left.
I think I was behind her the other day at the register.?ÿ All I wanted was a cup o' coffee and I had to wait nearly ten minutes while she counted out pennies to buy her scratchers.
If there can be something good to say about Covid, it's the anonymity and invisibility these masks provide. It's increased my bravery rating from 0/10 to 1/10 and on more than one occasion at the checkout, somebody has groaned "Aohhh f..k a duck".?ÿ
