Monday, January 11, 2010

WTF?

At lunch, I stood in line behind a youngish-looking university student as she paid for her $1.00 can of pop. I have yet to understand why people drink diet pop (or even regular pop for that mater).

I considered that topic for a moment and was then stunned as I watched her pay for her purchase.  After tax, she was looking at a massive $1.13 bill.  Out came the debit card.

Seriously?  She used a debit card to pay for $1.13!  I never use any kind of plastic if it's under $10.  I bet her transaction fee was 50 cents.  For a brief moment, I considered paying for her drink, but that feeling of chivalry (or whatever it was) passed quickly.

This was on my way back from checking out some lingering sales.  I am in a clothing crisis and really need to add to my wardrobe in a bad way.  I am not done yet, though I picked up two shirts and two pairs of pants.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

at first glance, I thought you wrote "lingerie sales" :)

tshsmom said...

My Boss, and most businesses around town, stopped accepting credit cards for less than a $5 purchase. With the fees involved it would be cheaper to just give the customer that purchase.

zydeco fish said...

Upon re-reading the post, I misread it as "lingerie sales" too. So what? If I want to wear lingerie, that's my business :-)

tweetey30 said...

I hate using my debit card unless its over ten dollars and i know it.. but other wise we try and keep like ten dollars of cash on us each...It makes life so much easier..

Doug Brinkman said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
S.M. Elliott said...

Yikes. Plastic addiction!

Kate said...

I always use plastic money for lingerie purchases. ;)

Were you behind me in line? I'm not kidding, although I don't use my debit card for such small purchases--I just pick up a muffin or something to bring it up to $5 or something. I don't carry cash anymore. Reasons:
1) It seems to fall out of my pockets (figuratively and literally)
2) My bank is in a different state and my grocery store of choice doesn't do cash back and I am too CHEAP to pay the ATM fee.
3) I use debit rather than credit (fee for the business)