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[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 97 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Meanwhile, younger folks audibly exhale when you take the extra 10 seconds to put your cash change back in your wallet.

Can't win em all.

[–] Dubiousx99@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Shit, I still see them pull out checkbooks.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It honestly surprises me that many merchants still accept checks, given that they won't verify immediately.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago

I think if you look old and world weary enough they probably figured that you don't know how to bounce them.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They do verify immediately in many places. The cash register scans the check, extracts the bank routing and account numbers, and does an EFT transaction on the spot.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah. Then they hand the paper check back to you. (I haven't written a check, or seen anyone write a check, at a store in many years, but that's how it was working the last time I did see it.)

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

a check may gain some time for those who may need it. Transaction is not instantaneous. It may take a week or longer.

use cash. don't leave traces.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you need time that's what a credit card is for. If you don't have financial responsibility then that is a problem though.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

credit card is instantaneous and you pay extra for using credit. Checks add friction to procedure

p.s. i use neither

[–] daellat@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Don't you guys have direct debit cards yet?

[–] nexas_XIII@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Depends on where you are for "paying extra". Grocery stores in the US around me don't charge differently for credit/debit/check/cash. Restaurants are starting to charge credit card fees to people but have a cash/debit "discount" which I'm actively ensuring I use. Probably going to hit up the card companies and explain that the change in cost means their cards are worth less now and I'll just never use them.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The middle aged people tap their card on the other lane and shake their heads at both parties.

Figure it out.

[–] versionist@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Because you do that on your own time, not at the cashier. Do it while you're walking out.

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 58 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I have two hands. One is occupied by my wallet that I just took the cash out of. The other is occupied by the change that was just handed back to me. Which hand am I supposed to push the cart or carry my stuff with? Just be patient for a moment.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You could put your wallet away while the cashier is putting your cash in the drawer and getting your change out. However, if you're at one of the longer lines that has the conveyor belt it's unlikely you'd be holding up anyone behind you because they're not likely to be ready to check out in the short period of time it would take to put your change away, and it's not like putting your change away is going to stop the cashier from starting to scan the next person's items.

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

But then you have to get your wallet out again to put your change in

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I put my wallet away, grab my stuff with one hand, then take the change with the other hand & stuff it into a pocket. Then I sort my stuff when I get in my car.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

I like to inconvenience myself so that strangers who don't care about me can save 2 seconds in the lineup. Then I go around telling people what a great guy I am for it.

[–] aphonefriend@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Ya fuck this guy for trying to make the world a slightly better place for those around him. Get him!

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 8 months ago

He actually is a great guy for that. The world needs more people making an effort to not be a pain in the ass for others.

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Nah, it’s not inconvenient for me. I’m actually acting selfishly. It works better for me.

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

It’s just faster for me.

[–] Kase@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (4 children)

stuff it into a pocket

Ok but what are women supposed to do

[–] Sonicdemon86@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Demand pockets from the clothing companies. Equal rights equal clothes.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Give the change to the man behind her if it's 30% or more of her total.

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

I’m usually throwing it into a hoodie pocket.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

And that's not even with a kid. Try pushing a trolley, holding a kid, and putting your change away. I tried an palm scanner recently at the grocery but felt like OP as I scanned it several times and it never was able to recognize my palm as a palm.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Nah, I'll do it right when the cashier hands it back to me at the check stand before I grab all of my stuff and then walk out so I'm not fumbling shit all over the walkway and impeding even more people. 10 seconds isn't going to kill you.