Apple Pay and these other weird portal card payment providers just feel like adding a second middleman. Kinda feel bad for businesses. They’re already sharing revenues with banks and taking on most of the risk of a charge back. Now you wanna add big tech to that mix? It’s fucked up until I go to a business that tells me they don’t accept cash. GFY.
I know, now that I stop and think about it, but damn if I don't feel high tech using double tap, Face ID, tap to pay, while the grandma in next aisle fumbles with her wallet.
May have to reconsider giving Apple my info so easily. Or maybe I get an Apple credit card and put that in tap to pay, limiting my activity to just Apple two times (one less spy) 🤔🤨🧠
When I was working retail one of my favorite interactions was seeing people contort themselves to orient their Apple watch to the tap sensor, it failing repeatedly, and then them having to fumble through their purse or wallet to find a card to pay with.
My pet peeve is person handing me change back WITH receipt. Trying to foist the receipt into my possession so they don't have to spend energy to trash it (I guess). I'm quick to say "no receipt" as soon as possible for small purchases, and STILL many try to toss it in bag or insert it in my hand, and seem annoyed when I'm like "no man, YOU toss it, I do not want it". Am I imagining this?
I don't like receipts because they're covered in hormone disrupting chemicals that your skin absorbs. A lot of places require that you show your receipt to someone before you walk out though. I guess more bull testicles is the solution to receipt touching in the modern age.
I'd forgotten about that aspect. More reasons for them to quit trying to give it to me. Again, I might be crazy, but I could swear a lot of cashiers are annoyed when I simply cut them off and request no receipt. You'd think they'd be indifferent at worst, but I swear some of them take personal offense or something
It’s possible they’re offended but just remember that being a grocery store cashier is a lifeless job with no end in sight in a fiat world. Most normies have no plan to exit the rat race. I rarely come across happy and energetic cashiers anywhere. It may not have anything to do with the receipt stuff. You can’t read minds so best not to speculate over an encounter with a total stranger.
Yeah, I've cashiered a bit. Not much fun. I make an effort to be a pleasant and efficient transactee, but the receipt games many play annoys the shit out of me. I acknowledge I might be a bit crazy and imagining this. Do me a favor and test this for me? I must know
What do you want me to test exactly? Lol
Just observe interactions when you say "no receipt". Do they seem annoyed? Do they try to foist it on you anyway?
Maybe it's the cutting them off part.
I do it smoothly. Before they're in act of handing it off. I have my theories, but will await mahdood's feedback
Can't say I've ever noticed it. I just say "no thank you" and I'm on my way.
Youre wrong, or I'm crazy... oh no!
It's possible we differ on the amount we read into other people's emotions and motivations.
I'm possibly very "sensitive." 😅
My feeling too lol people have their own shit to deal with they aren’t even thinking about you once you walk away
This has been insightful. Will stil run my experiment, but beginning to think it's in my head. Could explain why I find socializing exhausting lately
You are one of hundreds of people they will deal with in a day, they likely don't even remember you, or particularly care about the interaction.
I remember back selling car audio as a young man, customers would come back weeks/months after we put a deal together to finally purchase it and get it installed. They remembered my name, all the items, the prices etc.
I had done setups with hundreds of other clients in the meantime and didn't have a clue who they where. That's why I gave you a quote sheet man 😅
I get that. I'm not thinking the interaction is specific to me, other than that many just take the receipt, while I often don't. I will give up this theory soon, unless my next few observations support it.
Btw, this isn't like a major thing I focus on, just a small thing I thought I noticed over time. Just obsessing over it in this thread for some reason, and I keep it to myself IRL, so wanted to float it here anonymously😅
When I was working at the cannabis store I experienced it from the other side of the till, post of my job was ringing up the deal once the customers stuff was decided on & picked. Never had an issue with it personally.
I think it's more likely they just work at a soul crushing, boring job. Standing in one spot doing repetitive tasks all day. Customer service is the worst 😂
*part of my job
I know my 2 customers who take their transaction receipts and invoices unstapled . I don’t take receipts for groceries all the time, a quick “I am good” is all it takes. That being said Yodl if you get a good cashier they will stop offering you the paper one day. Your memorable just not part of the process
I don’t care about the receipt but nobody knows how to bag groceries properly anymore.
This lmao
The only kind I have 😂
Someone put the eggs at the bottom of my bag once i was so mad reorganizing all the groceries. It just made me want to always do self checkout. These same people will cry about AI taking their jobs later
😂
eggs and avocados on the bottom, gfy.
Akkktually, I was told by a pro bagger that eggs on bottom is correct and not risky. Yes, there are literally annual bagging competitions ranking speed and efficiency for bagging.
Ok, I looked it up and there's debate on eggs. There really is a bagging competition though:
The National Grocers Association (NGA) Best Bagger Championship is an annual competition that tests grocery baggers on speed, technique, and style. Contestants bag identical orders of up to 40 common items using reusable bags. Judging is based on a point system, with 10 points possible for speed and 10 for bag building technique
A real pro bagger puts the eggs in its own bag
