September 20, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, 20dawk4life said: That’s me and my wife watching GGG You might want to avoid using that acronym on the internet, especially sentences that involve "watching" and "my wife" https://www.popsugar.com/love/what-does-ggg-mean-on-tinder-48677937
September 20, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, iladelphxx said: You might want to avoid using that acronym on the internet, especially sentences that involve "watching" and "my wife" https://www.popsugar.com/love/what-does-ggg-mean-on-tinder-48677937 You live a weird life.
September 20, 20232 yr And here I thought it was the boxer that got robbed by the judges against canelo.
September 20, 20232 yr What's funny is now it's people who pay with cash that are holding up the line....
September 20, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: What's funny is now it's people who pay with cash that are holding up the line.... Authorizing credit cards used to take forever back then. Remember the whole carbon copy thing they had to bust out where they would slide the press over the embossed numbers on the card to get the number for them to call in later or however that worked?
September 20, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: Authorizing credit cards used to take forever back then. Remember the whole carbon copy thing they had to bust out where they would slide the press over the embossed numbers on the card to get the number for them to call in later or however that worked? Mini Rant.... Do you know anyone that refuses to use credit cards and is proud of it like its some kind of accomplishment\badge of honor\signal that they are good with money? You know those few places that charge a convenience fee when you use a credit card? Well guess what you stupid rube: everywhere that doesn't bakes that into the cost of doing business. That means you are paying for everyone else to have the convenience of not carrying cash AND them getting rewards for it (depending on the credit card).
September 20, 20232 yr 19 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: Authorizing credit cards used to take forever back then. Remember the whole carbon copy thing they had to bust out where they would slide the press over the embossed numbers on the card to get the number for them to call in later or however that worked? Yeah that stuff was awful. I remember having to pull those out when our systems went down at the store I worked at in the late 90s. Cashiers today (if you can find them) don't know how good they have it I still refuse to use self-checkout if I have more than a small basket of items. I'm not scanning and bagging a cart full of stuff - Giant foodstores I'm looking at you 🖕
September 20, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, paco said: Mini Rant.... Do you know anyone that refuses to use credit cards and is proud of it like its some kind of accomplishment\badge of honor\signal that they are good with money? You know those few places that charge a convenience fee when you use a credit card? Well guess what you stupid rube: everywhere that doesn't bakes that into the cost of doing business. That means you are paying for everyone else to have the convenience of not carrying cash AND them getting rewards for it (depending on the credit card). Yep, this topic came up a few times in cvon when I first started posting in here back in 2015. There was that one hag on Fox News that advocated for everyone to use cash only because it's the best way to "only spend what you have" and doesn't allow the government to track you and the businesses you're giving patronage to. Another dude on conservative talk radio that people here cited a lot would tell people to keep cash in pre-marked envelopes for gas, restaurants, car maintenance, etc. I mean, I kinda get it, personal finance is probably the most undervalued subject, and it's not taught very well in our public education system (if at all), so I'm somewhat sympathetic to those who look to the media to help them make some sense of things. But FFS, you're leaving so much gd money on the table if you refuse to use credit cards simply because you lack the will power or financial literacy to set a budget and stick to it so that you can pay the F'ing thing off at the end of the month.
September 20, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, JohnSnowsHair said: Yeah that stuff was awful. I remember having to pull those out when our systems went down at the store I worked at in the late 90s. Cashiers today (if you can find them) don't know how good they have it I still refuse to use self-checkout if I have more than a small basket of items. I'm not scanning and bagging a cart full of stuff - Giant foodstores I'm looking at you 🖕 I'm the same with any self checkout. I also HATE going to Aldi and my wife loves it. Those cashiers scan 100+ items in under 15 seconds and rapid fire them all into an empty cart then you gotta pick your way back through it and bag it yourself, with your OWN bags. F that
September 20, 20232 yr 11 minutes ago, paco said: Mini Rant.... Do you know anyone that refuses to use credit cards and is proud of it like its some kind of accomplishment\badge of honor\signal that they are good with money? You know those few places that charge a convenience fee when you use a credit card? Well guess what you stupid rube: everywhere that doesn't bakes that into the cost of doing business. That means you are paying for everyone else to have the convenience of not carrying cash AND them getting rewards for it (depending on the credit card). yeah I get the idea that if every transaction was in cash stores/etc. would save like 2% / transactions and it would make a big difference .. no doubt Visa/MC/etc. are building stacks of .. ahem .. cash .. on the backs of this. there is a value add though. if I want to issue a chargeback or contest a charge, I can do that. I get 4-5% on almost every transaction back to me as well. I know some of that comes from swipe fees, but whatever. and it's easier for me to see how my money is spent. I still use cash to tip my servers wherever I can.. otherwise the only place I use cash is places I don't want an electronic paper trail
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