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Originally Posted by kelnet
I cannot imagine the hassle of paying with a cheque these days. Every store would ask for 2 pieces of identification. Some stores don't even accept cheques any more.
Debit card is so much simpler.
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Old guy/experienced counter jockey talking: Cash is best. When sunspots act up and the credit card machines crash (oh, yes, sunspots, plus a dozen other common things) the lines pile up really quick-like. Over Memorial Day we were driving home from Oklahoma and stopped on I-35 for a break and snacks--the whole dern megastore, right in the middle of the turnpike on a holiday weekend no less, was paralyzed because a big storm had come through and fried their "system." They couldn't pump gas (glad we filled up before we split Stillwater)!! I'm walking around with a five-spot trying to buy some Funyuns and a Dr. Pepper and they just can't sell anything. Yeesh.
I closed my eyes and dreamed of standing in a nice tarpaper store on the edge of Rt. 66 with an old man making change out of a cigar box.
Ever been in line at a pizza joint or the like where some joker is trying to use his little piece of plastic to pay for a three dollar slice and the place doesn't take plastic? I've been prepared to pay for the hapless customer's slice but he/she usually throws such a tantrum about their plastic being worthless that it hardly seems worth it to reward bad behavior.
Do yourself a favor--tuck a twenty in your sock.