Where there is cell service. Large areas of this state there isn't any.
How the younger generation view cash.
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Where there is cell service. Large areas of this state there isn't any.
I like the convenience of credit cards, so rarely use checks. But I have noticed a trend where suppliers/providers will discount 3% for a check or cash. Just this week a plumber and my car dealer for brake fluid replacement. Plumber took a check and the dealer a debit card. True of most sellers I have encountered on GB, too.
“If no one took card I couldn’t eat today.”
1) a teachable moment - tech couldn’t work today.
2) hunger can be motivational.
3) starve.
1) a teachable moment - tech couldn’t work today.
2) hunger can be motivational.
3) starve.
The recent generations seem to be rather limited in their social experiences. Exactly how does one expedite a transaction with a morally flexible (or it's part of the culture) official/person with a credit card? Take advantage of a great opportunity?
.455_Hunter
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My son is 18 and my daughter is 14. They use cash just fine, and actually prefer it most of the time.
But don't let my post derail a good "kids these days" generational bashing thread.
But don't let my post derail a good "kids these days" generational bashing thread.
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Faulkner
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Technology can be a double edged sword. Some folks depend way too much on technology in their lives.
UncleEd
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"Sniff, sniff, sniff." Did I hear the IRS?
"Ahem, ahem, ahem." Did I hear the state sales tax inspector?
"They stay busy." Just how busy?
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Ματθιας;141952904 said:
Punctuation matters. " I just wanted to buy food, right (OK)?"
Wait a minute... if we shut down electronic payments for a few weeks, that generation would 'go away'?
Hmm.....
Hmm.....
my late father taught me, and I taught my son... cash for emergencies and firearm purchases.. dad always was ready to buy a gun if needed.. he would have people (cops) stop by his office with "stuff"... I even taught a Boy Scout Scoutmaster to carry cash... it was a trip back from a cold wet campout.. small town spot we stopped at for breakfast didn't take plastic... I paid for his and he paid me back at the next meeting.. was very proud of him, he always carried a $20 after that... electronics fail, cash always works...
It always feels good to spread joy along with Golden Dollars and $2 bills.
I think yours are more the exception rather than the rule and you've done a good job of raising them. A tip of the hat to you for doing that. However, not all parents or schools do the proper job you did, and too many abdicate their job of turning out competent, responsible citizens.
There must be enough characters like me running around leaving tips with Golden Dollars and/or $2 bills that young folks who act as serving staff seem to recognize and appreciate when I give them these in tips. Hopefully they remember I gave them a good tip because that's the important thing. I always tip in cash so the servers get the full benefit. I used to tend bar and that gave me an appreciation for the lives of people who work for tips for a living.
Well, it’s near city hall and the police station. Always patrol cars and city big wigs there.
HOUSTON RICK
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I do not think that my 22 year old daughter could find the local grocery store that she has gone to all her life without her GPS.
First I started with the "self-checkout." Then I opened a joint account with a debit card in 2010, never used it. Recently I started using it, run to the "Mini-WalMart" .9 miles from the house, throw what I need in the cart, weigh it/ scan it, bag it and out in less than half the time it used to take. Yeah, "they" know what I'm buying and how often but I am so boring a human who cares. I did get $500 cash for today's gun show but outside of $5 for 5 2032 batteries and a cool, cheap ($20) Chinese switchblade, I still got it. Last me for months where 5 years ago that was 2 weeks worth. Joe
That is the problem with this country.
No one has $60 in their pockets.
Everyone counts on a plastic card, even the people on welfare.
No one has $60 in their pockets.
Everyone counts on a plastic card, even the people on welfare.
My local building supply and local farm supply have up signs....3% additional for credit card use.........So......I write a check or pay with cash at those locations.
