bfj wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:23 pm
brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:02 pm
sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 12:33 pm
Most places nowadays don't make you sign for small purchases. You can do credit or debit faster than it used to take.
And, Brian, my take on the kid thing is that folks who don't have kids are generally less tolerant of foibles of others.
Maybe. I tend to look at it the other way though. If I can make things easier for everyone, including myself, I'm going to do it and I tend to not have patience for people who have the same ability and choose not to. That philosophy goes well beyond cash/credit card use to a wide variety of societal interactions.
If people paying with a credit card tries your patience that much, you have way too little to worry about. Congratulations.
Only in certain circumstances (mostly defined upthread and mostly completely hypothetical if you read clearly).
Instead of taking around each other, let's talk to each other. Assume the following scenario:
-- You have a daily transaction where you know it's going to be a wait of about 6 or 7 people in front of you and behind you and you basically know exactly how much the transaction is going to cost every day (let's say $5).
-- Because you do this transaction every day at this merchant, you know that paying cash -- IN THIS SPECIFIC TRANSACTION/CIRCUMSTANCE -- is going to be about 30 or so seconds faster than using a credit card and that means everyone behind you is going to get to complete their transaction faster.
Is it really worth it to get the 5 cents cash back on your credit card than it is to just carry a few bucks in your wallet and pay cash?
In the above scenario there are probably people who have never been there before who don't know that their credit card system is fucked, so fine...that's OK. And I further acknowledge that especially these days, the number of places where the credit card transaction is a much bigger pain in the ass is getting fewer and fewer.
But I don't have patience for people who know they can make things easier for other people and willfully choose not to.
Here's another similar situation that seems to come up for me a lot that I don't necessarily struggle with, but where it would be easy for me to be a dick.
Stopping to fill up your car with gas and all of the sudden the station gets really busy to the point where people are waiting for open pumps. In addition to getting gas which you're paying for at the pump with your credit card, you need to run inside and get a soda or a coffee or whatever.
Do you finish pumping gas and run inside to get the soda and leave your car at the pump or do you get in the car and move it to a parking spot and then complete the transaction, even though that's kind of a pain in the ass?
I maintain if you do the former you're an asshole.
ETA: To be more clear about which is the asshole move IMO.