tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post7965189072946405436..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Better than moneyNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50497418181076295942017-05-09T16:20:09.724-05:002017-05-09T16:20:09.724-05:00I recall a speaker at an Ad Age conference, rumina...I recall a speaker at an Ad Age conference, ruminating on the power of advertising to animate the inanimate, took note of Tillie the Teller. When a customer put in his card and got a note on the screen saying "out of order," he kicked the thing and yelled "Bitch."<br /><br />On oddity of English usage, the other day in the supermarket the young clerk told me I would have to "swipe" my card because the chip reader was out of order. I thought, not for the first time, that in my youth that meant I would have to steal it.<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22618138889811596882017-05-09T14:48:15.697-05:002017-05-09T14:48:15.697-05:00I hope cash doesn't become a thing of the past...I hope cash doesn't become a thing of the past, for numerous reasons, one of which is I LIKE handling it. Also, I'm afraid it would greatly cut down on tips received by service workers in any number of professions. I know first-hand that when someone pays with a credit card, it's much easier to skip the tip without feeling guilty about it.<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60320273501971612612017-05-09T14:29:16.853-05:002017-05-09T14:29:16.853-05:00We tend to forget that credit card companies charg...We tend to forget that credit card companies charge a percentage to businesses, not to mention ATM fees from banks. Cash is analog but sometimes I relish it just to be a bastard and deny Visa (or Bank of America) their cut.Interested Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686192811380975495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-6607776545883270072017-05-09T13:47:36.472-05:002017-05-09T13:47:36.472-05:00I really don't think we will see a completely ...I really don't think we will see a completely cash-free society any time soon, remember all of the fuss whenever the idea of getting rid of the penny comes up. NikkiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226032148784322997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-27168926749927017822017-05-09T13:24:15.731-05:002017-05-09T13:24:15.731-05:00Satellite cell phones might fix that problem.
joh...Satellite cell phones might fix that problem.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77124723184516716512017-05-09T12:25:05.087-05:002017-05-09T12:25:05.087-05:00There was a New Yorker article some years ago abou...There was a New Yorker article some years ago about efforts by a Scandinavian country (I think it was Norway) to do away with cash entirely. It ran into resistance because of the difficulty of covering the rural areas with cash machines, wi-fi networks, etc. Such problems would probably be worse in the USA.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69579372305346372662017-05-09T09:54:47.905-05:002017-05-09T09:54:47.905-05:00Just the other day I was pondering how, just a few...Just the other day I was pondering how, just a few short years ago, getting cash for any kind of activity involved standing in line, during business hours, in a bank. If you missed the business hours, or it was a weekend, you were out of luck. Now, if I need cash, I almost always get it while at the supermarket, or from an ATM. The idea of going into a bank to get cash, a regular occurrence much of my life, is as common now as using a pay phone, which is another way of saying it simply doesn't happen. While picking up a cup a coffee the other day, the young person in front of me waved his iPhone near the cash register and the transaction was complete. I felt like I was in a science fiction movie. Was it my imagination or did I sense a moment of pity when I used a credit card without a chip and had to slide it? Modern technology is like having a term paper due every week. It wears me out keeping up. I'm close to putting on sweat pants and watching Gilligan's Island reruns. On my phone.Dennis Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936110563379328219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-27567227986347180632017-05-09T09:41:26.077-05:002017-05-09T09:41:26.077-05:00A rational society would probably nationalize the ...A rational society would probably nationalize the credit card industry and eliminate the mint, but "rational" certainly doesn't describe the present, the past or the future, does it?<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com