Americans still use physical dollar bills in 32% of transactions, and Visa wants to change that.
No time to hunt the link down now, but there is a study that says people are less likely to overspend if they use cash. So of course corporate America wants to take that option away…
In a UX class I had last semester, we had to redesign a POS card terminal for efficiency– my idea was having some kind of mechanism block the chip reader so you couldn't insert it, with some obvious red/green lights, *OR* a slappy-hand spring mechanism which induces pain (for some reason, some of the younguns didn't find that funny, but fuck them.)
Funny No Accountability Story:
I worked at a record store in the mall ('89-90) and the Regional Manager (ooh, aah) was there overseeing all the shit we did for the day. Since everything was up to snuff in the store, RM hung out at the registers for what seemed like the whole fucking day. At one point, I couldn't get this guy's card to make an imprint, the numbers were worn down from repeated use. Regional Manager elbowed me aside and stuck his own credit card underneath the other card, and violently (coke-ily?) forced the damn thing from side to side and back again. The customer's card buckled and almost broke in half, I laughed at his failure, but RM handed it back like it was his problem. "What do you expect me to do with this?" RM: "Well, you should probably call your bank."
Eventually, the readers will have to delete the swipe slot. One retailer I frequent makes me swipe first, then asks if it's credit or debit, and debit requires me to then insert the card. It's easier for me to use cash, even though my typical purchase there is close to $100.
Idea:
Wonkville Restaurant
Serving People for 5 Years.
refrigerate your maggots.
Maggots–how do they work?
No time to hunt the link down now, but there is a study that says people are less likely to overspend if they use cash. So of course corporate America wants to take that option away…
/FFS
Cash can't go away soon enough for me. It's unclean, for one thing.
Plus drug dealers would have a tough time without it.
You say that as if you believe you still have something called "privacy." Ha.
Every maggot tells a story
I ain't gonna work on maggot's farm no more.
Maggot Carpet Ride
Sunshine Supermaggot
Well, it SHOULD be a song.
In a UX class I had last semester, we had to redesign a POS card terminal for efficiency– my idea was having some kind of mechanism block the chip reader so you couldn't insert it, with some obvious red/green lights, *OR* a slappy-hand spring mechanism which induces pain (for some reason, some of the younguns didn't find that funny, but fuck them.)
Everyone should be guaranteed 15 months of poverty. Might change some people's viewpoints.
Funny No Accountability Story:
I worked at a record store in the mall ('89-90) and the Regional Manager (ooh, aah) was there overseeing all the shit we did for the day. Since everything was up to snuff in the store, RM hung out at the registers for what seemed like the whole fucking day. At one point, I couldn't get this guy's card to make an imprint, the numbers were worn down from repeated use. Regional Manager elbowed me aside and stuck his own credit card underneath the other card, and violently (coke-ily?) forced the damn thing from side to side and back again. The customer's card buckled and almost broke in half, I laughed at his failure, but RM handed it back like it was his problem. "What do you expect me to do with this?" RM: "Well, you should probably call your bank."
Reminds me of the Dems in some way…
Eventually, the readers will have to delete the swipe slot. One retailer I frequent makes me swipe first, then asks if it's credit or debit, and debit requires me to then insert the card. It's easier for me to use cash, even though my typical purchase there is close to $100.
Still waiting for mine to conclude…