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The Piggly Wigglys down here have acutally installed a thing at the registers where you can pay with your fingerprint!bravedave wrote:But I am all for any means to speed up checkout time.
I only use checks when I have to mail a payment somewhere.
because I like the feeling of writing.. if I have to fill out a check blank, I know that I have spent money. At least I am considerate enough to have the date, the payee, and the signature line filled out by the time I hit the checker.Southern Monkey wrote:I hadn't seen someone write a check in a store in years, till I moved down here to Charleston.. Now everytime I'm in line at the grocery store, the person in front of me is paying with a check???? Don't these idiots realize that their bank gave them a credit/debit card??? Why are people down here still holding me up by writing freakin' checks???
pay bills on line. you get a record of the payment.. pay for groceries with checks.bravedave wrote:I have seen and heard a certain cultural bias against using credit cards for grocery purchases. I assume this comes from a Depression-era notion that you shouldn't eat what you can't afford -- and credit is for something you can't afford (...today). This obviously doesn't explain those debit cards gathering dust in wallets, but maybe to some people "Plastic is plastic."
But I am all for any means to speed up checkout time.
I only use checks when I have to mail a payment somewhere.
(I still remember the first time I tried to pre-pay for fuel at a gas staion in the Deep South. That cashier looked at me like I was purple. Then she saw the out-of-state tags and said, "We don't do it that way down heah.")
Southern Monkey wrote:The Piggly Wigglys down here have acutally installed a thing at the registers where you can pay with your fingerprint!
Seems like a pretty cool idea, but I'm just not sure I want a company with the name "Piggly Wiggly" to have my fingerprints...
"squeeeeel like a piggy fer me boy" might be somethin' y'all'll get used to Shane.Southern Monkey wrote:The Piggly Wigglys down here have acutally installed a thing at the registers where you can pay with your fingerprint!bravedave wrote:But I am all for any means to speed up checkout time.
I only use checks when I have to mail a payment somewhere.
Seems like a pretty cool idea, but I'm just not sure I want a company with the name "Piggly Wiggly" to have my fingerprints...
I'll agree with the Monkey on this... That's just BLASPHEMY!!!!!Sidew13 wrote:Not if your cutting back drinkingSouthern Monkey wrote:Sidew13 wrote:Here in the Upstate, no beer or alky on sundays, PERIOD.
BLASPHEMY!!!
Okay Mr. Hightech, how bout ya do your banking online and just d/l your transactions everday? Then you can get the warm fuzzy of seeing the money you spent at the store... I'll bet you take 15 items to the 10 items or less lane too!RinglingRingling wrote:pay bills on line. you get a record of the payment.. pay for groceries with checks.bravedave wrote:I have seen and heard a certain cultural bias against using credit cards for grocery purchases. I assume this comes from a Depression-era notion that you shouldn't eat what you can't afford -- and credit is for something you can't afford (...today). This obviously doesn't explain those debit cards gathering dust in wallets, but maybe to some people "Plastic is plastic."
But I am all for any means to speed up checkout time.
I only use checks when I have to mail a payment somewhere.
(I still remember the first time I tried to pre-pay for fuel at a gas staion in the Deep South. That cashier looked at me like I was purple. Then she saw the out-of-state tags and said, "We don't do it that way down heah.")
If you hit her hard enough the first time, you don't have to pay.RinglingRingling wrote:At least I am considerate enough to have the date, the payee, and the signature line filled out by the time I hit the checker.
bravedave wrote:Southern Monkey wrote:The Piggly Wigglys down here have acutally installed a thing at the registers where you can pay with your fingerprint!
Seems like a pretty cool idea, but I'm just not sure I want a company with the name "Piggly Wiggly" to have my fingerprints...
"Don't worry, sir. Your prints are in good hands."
every two weeks or so on the download, but I check the balance fairly often too. and no, I tend to avoid the express lane if I have more than the requisite number of items.. oh, and I don't use the self-check lines either.Southern Monkey wrote:Okay Mr. Hightech, how bout ya do your banking online and just d/l your transactions everday? Then you can get the warm fuzzy of seeing the money you spent at the store... I'll bet you take 15 items to the 10 items or less lane too!RinglingRingling wrote:pay bills on line. you get a record of the payment.. pay for groceries with checks.bravedave wrote:I have seen and heard a certain cultural bias against using credit cards for grocery purchases. I assume this comes from a Depression-era notion that you shouldn't eat what you can't afford -- and credit is for something you can't afford (...today). This obviously doesn't explain those debit cards gathering dust in wallets, but maybe to some people "Plastic is plastic."
But I am all for any means to speed up checkout time.
I only use checks when I have to mail a payment somewhere.
(I still remember the first time I tried to pre-pay for fuel at a gas staion in the Deep South. That cashier looked at me like I was purple. Then she saw the out-of-state tags and said, "We don't do it that way down heah.")
I LOVE THE SELF-CHECK LINE!!!! I guess it's my way of fulfilling my dream of one day becoming a grocery store clerk!RinglingRingling wrote:every two weeks or so on the download, but I check the balance fairly often too. and no, I tend to avoid the express lane if I have more than the requisite number of items.. oh, and I don't use the self-check lines either.
And this also knocks someone out of a job.flyboy55 wrote:No to writing cheques in the grocery store. I only still write cheques when I have to pay by mail to people who aren't set up to take plastic.
Along those lines, we have something here called self-checkout in the grocery store where you scan your own groceries, pay with plastic, bag 'em yourself, and then wish yourself a "nice day" on the way out of the store.
Being a neo-Luddite, I'm against this kind of thing on principle - too much automation in my world already. I don't think computers and their keepers should be running the world.
Cheers.
I like to stand and watch the guy who thought he was smart enough to figure out the self-check line but isn't.. They get so frustrated and end up having to have someone come help them... HILARIOUS!!!flyboy55 wrote:Along those lines, we have something here called self-checkout in the grocery store where you scan your own groceries, pay with plastic, bag 'em yourself, and then wish yourself a "nice day" on the way out of the store.
Since they are not paying me to do the work of a checker, they can pay the checker like always. There aren't that many savings passed on to me, so screw the suits in the front office.Southern Monkey wrote:I LOVE THE SELF-CHECK LINE!!!! I guess it's my way of fulfilling my dream of one day becoming a grocery store clerk!RinglingRingling wrote:every two weeks or so on the download, but I check the balance fairly often too. and no, I tend to avoid the express lane if I have more than the requisite number of items.. oh, and I don't use the self-check lines either.
see above.flyboy55 wrote:No to writing cheques in the grocery store. I only still write cheques when I have to pay by mail to people who aren't set up to take plastic.
Along those lines, we have something here called self-checkout in the grocery store where you scan your own groceries, pay with plastic, bag 'em yourself, and then wish yourself a "nice day" on the way out of the store.
Being a neo-Luddite, I'm against this kind of thing on principle - too much automation in my world already. I don't think computers and their keepers should be running the world.
Cheers.
Hehehehe I love the self check line too....Southern Monkey wrote:I LOVE THE SELF-CHECK LINE!!!! I guess it's my way of fulfilling my dream of one day becoming a grocery store clerk!RinglingRingling wrote:every two weeks or so on the download, but I check the balance fairly often too. and no, I tend to avoid the express lane if I have more than the requisite number of items.. oh, and I don't use the self-check lines either.
