Monday, March 07, 2005
CASH - A Forgotten Exchange?
These are Five and Ten Dollar Bills, for those who've never seen them.
Cash - nice crisp, always accepted cash. Convenient, time saving, accurate, easy. Why oh why then, are so many people ahead of me in check out lines grabbing for their debit cards. They slide the card in, the magnetic strip reader doesn't read it, so the have to swipe the card again. And maybe a third time. Or, a sales associate will have to enter the transaction further adding to the time spent waiting in line.
People, people, people - please, we can overcome this by simply carrying some cash in our pockets. Do you tip pizza delivery with cash or a debit card? I wouldn't even know how to go about tipping the pizza delivery on a debit card. Cash is easy, it's simple, it's fast.
Please start using cash. Speed up the line for the rest of us. I'm talking about the items that total between $4.13 to $10 or so dollars. There is no reason to use a debit card for anything less than ten dollars. There is not one justified reason to pay in debit card manner for items or charges less than $10. You are inconveniencing all of us, and I'm tired of it. Carry some cash around on your person, you never know when it will come in handy for a bribe.
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