Thoughts On Shopping
The festive season is fast approaching and I am already giddy just thinking about malls and shopping and such. Okay, that would be sarcasm. But seriously, I hope that everyone gets what they deserve this year. Especially Brian Mulroney and Barry Bonds.
I do have a suggestion for a new event this Christmas though. I propose that we find the guy who invented the debit card and give him a good old-fashioned horse-whipping. The debit card is like Coors Light and Paris Hilton - there is no conceivable reason for its popularity. It slows things down, folks. It really slows things down when the person in front of you in line is attempting to swipe her Air Miles card through the gizmo, thinking it is her debit card. (that actually happened to me recently). The other day I was in an Avondale and the pimply-faced kid in front of me was attempting - in vain - to pay for a bottle of pop with his card. A bottle of pop! If you don't have enough cash on you to buy a Pepsi - stay home. Your folks probably have pop in the fridge. No doubt they used a debit card to pay for it.
I think there should be a "Cash Only" register at the supermarket. That would work out really well for me cuz I'd be the only guy using it. It might start a groundswell - people using cash to pay for stuff. What a concept! But let's consider this public flogging proposal. We could do it in Central Park. All we need is a horsewhip...and the guy who invented the damn card. We could make it an annual event, sing carols, hoist a few, maybe throw in some tar and feathers next year. And it would serve as a warning to the next smart-ass card inventor out there.
I'm signing books next Saturday (Dec. 1) at Waterfront Books, 214 Chestnut Street in Dunnville. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. There will be books for sale so...um, bring your debit cards.
Damn.
I do have a suggestion for a new event this Christmas though. I propose that we find the guy who invented the debit card and give him a good old-fashioned horse-whipping. The debit card is like Coors Light and Paris Hilton - there is no conceivable reason for its popularity. It slows things down, folks. It really slows things down when the person in front of you in line is attempting to swipe her Air Miles card through the gizmo, thinking it is her debit card. (that actually happened to me recently). The other day I was in an Avondale and the pimply-faced kid in front of me was attempting - in vain - to pay for a bottle of pop with his card. A bottle of pop! If you don't have enough cash on you to buy a Pepsi - stay home. Your folks probably have pop in the fridge. No doubt they used a debit card to pay for it.
I think there should be a "Cash Only" register at the supermarket. That would work out really well for me cuz I'd be the only guy using it. It might start a groundswell - people using cash to pay for stuff. What a concept! But let's consider this public flogging proposal. We could do it in Central Park. All we need is a horsewhip...and the guy who invented the damn card. We could make it an annual event, sing carols, hoist a few, maybe throw in some tar and feathers next year. And it would serve as a warning to the next smart-ass card inventor out there.
I'm signing books next Saturday (Dec. 1) at Waterfront Books, 214 Chestnut Street in Dunnville. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. There will be books for sale so...um, bring your debit cards.
Damn.
posted by Brad Smith at
1:27 PM
10 Comments:
HEY, WHOEVER INVENTED THE DEBIT CARD SHOULD BE THANKED. BEING A WORKING MOM , YOU DON'T KNOW HAOW MANY TIMES YOU HEAR ABOUT SOMETHING THE KID NEEDS FOR SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY. LIKE THE THREE DOZEN COOKIES FOR THE CLASS PARTY THEY FORGOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT. THANK GOODNESS FOR THE DEBIT CARD TO BY "HOMEBAKED " COOKIES FROM THE BAKERY AT SOBEYS AT 10:00 AT NIGHT.WHEN ALL YOU HAVE IS A TEN IN YOUR WALLET. ALSO HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO BUY GROCERIES FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR WITH THE CASH YOU HAVE IN YOUR POCKET. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I JUST DON'T CARRY THAT MUCH CASH ON A REGULAR BASIS.
Ow. Stop yelling.
I love my debit card, but I hafta admit, the WORST part of it is that I never have any cash when the kids need it for school. My kids have gone with bloody loonies and quarters for hotdog day more than once, becaused I got too used to only debiting things.
But, a blog wouldn't be fun if everyone found a happy medium. Or a miserable fortune teller.
FYI....just in case we all don't already know - CAPS ARE FOR YELLING OR STRESSING A VERY SERIOUS POINT.
I thought the basis of Mr. Smiths blog was not that debit cards were entirely shit, but that, when used for petty items- such as a soda purchase a small amount of cash is ideal, as debit cards in these instances are extraneous, inefficient and inconvenient for other customers.
I may be entirely wrong I didn't think he was applying his argument specifically to your mass cookie purchase.
Cheers
AJ
WHAT A WASTE OF TIME THIS IS
OH YAH, I'M SORRY AM I YELLING NO MIND. YOU PEOPLE SHOULD FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO WITH YOUR LIVES
Wait a minute - WE should?
You're my favourite kind of blog troll - practicing hit & run posts, never met up with a grammar lesson that actually took, uses his/her dictionary to prop up the broken TV stand, not to mention having flunked reading comprehension somewhere around second grade.
But, it's nice that your tore yourself away from your reality programs long enough to join in. Thanks for that...
here here!!!!
;)
i vote billy for president!
Hey Brad,
I hope you get a new book out soon so I have something good to read other than this stuff!
Come on! The only thing more fun than a great writer's edited work is his raw stuff!
I say we push him to blog more often....
Hi everyone here,
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Prashant
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