RAGE ON THE SUBWAY! (EAT FIST!)

[Plecostomus]

So Wife Of Brian calls me and requests Subway for dinner. Now this amuses me no end, she OWNS a frigging diner and can cook anything she could possibly desire... yet she wants Subway for dinner at least once a week.

Anyway. There is a Subway between Job Is Job and Diner so I stop there.

Place my order for two 12" Subway Melts (extra bacon) with jack, spinach, tomatoes and black olive. And an order for a 6" and a 12" Cheesesteak with jack and bacon. The Assembly Technician builds the subs and slides them down.

I grab two large drinks and the Tech retrieves eight cookies from the bin.


Pull out my credit card, slap it on the counter the Tech says "We don't take credit cards here." I boggle. I say "but the other ones do." She says "Yeah well our machine has been broken for over a month now sorry all I can take is cash."

Nearest bank is ten miles (20 round trip) out of my way.

As polite as I could I explained to her I don't have cash and I couldn't pay for the subs. She was quite upset because these are now considered waste and she was going to get in serious trouble.

My response: "next time put up a hand written sign on the door."

...


I do feel bad but this situation could have been avoided by putting a sign on the door. Or even fixing the machine sooner.

Anyway long story short there is another Subway on the route home, I stopped there and got the order filled.

Still mildly annoyed over the entire situation.

 

[JuanBolio]

As well you should be. She has a lot of nerve being upset with you over your attempted use of plastic when there's not even a SIGN saying they can't accept it.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

That is so fucking lame. Who doesn't take cards nowadays? It's practically universal. I wish it was a requirement for businesses.

It's cash that's obsolete and should be done away with.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

"Assembly technician"? They definitely should have had multiple signs about the credit card machines.

It's cash that's obsolete and should be done away with.

Cash is not obsolete. I use it all the time.

 

[JuanBolio]

That is so fucking lame. Who doesn't take cards nowadays? It's practically universal. I wish it was a requirement for businesses.

It's cash that's obsolete and should be done away with.

Thank you, no. I prefer not to have any kind of record of my transactions if it can be avoided.

 

[Crusher Disciple]

Since they would only be thrown away, anyway she should've given them to you. Would've been good PR for the store.

 

[Plecostomus]

"Assembly technician"?

"Sandwich Monkey" then?

I worked at Subway back when I was in school. So I can't mock them too bad.

 

[CorporalClegg]

You should've just said, "Well, if they are just going to waste, you could always give 'em to me instead."

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

It's cash that's obsolete and should be done away with.

Thank you, no. I prefer not to have any kind of record of my transactions if it can be avoided.

Most of the time it can't. I mean, what are you worried about, the bank? The government can't get at it without a court order, and most of the time they won't bother anyway since any criminal worth their salt will hide their tracks.

Me, I could give a damn. I always buy the same things anyway. I don't care who sees the record. In the end...to me, the added efficiency of not having to carry around bills and coins far outweighs any possible negatives.

I mean, there is one obvious fact that is indisputably in favor of cards: you can always get a card back if you lose it or it's stolen. You lose cash, it's gone for good, and is unrecoverable.

 

[Plecostomus]

Cleeg: I imagine she put them in the 'fridge in the store-room and took them home with her.

Better than imagining all that sweet sweet instant bacon going to waste.

 

[Mallory]

That is so fucking lame. Who doesn't take cards nowadays? It's practically universal. I wish it was a requirement for businesses.

We have grocery chains where I live that are cash-only. Most of them have ATMs though.

 

[SeerSGB]

That is so fucking lame. Who doesn't take cards nowadays? It's practically universal. I wish it was a requirement for businesses.

It's cash that's obsolete and should be done away with.

Thank you, no. I prefer not to have any kind of record of my transactions if it can be avoided.

This is where having relatives in another country come in handy: they ask for a zip code, well sure if you want to mail to Toronto; Radio Shack doesn't even ask anymore <eg>

 

[JuanBolio]

It's cash that's obsolete and should be done away with.

Thank you, no. I prefer not to have any kind of record of my transactions if it can be avoided.

Most of the time it can't. I mean, what are you worried about, the bank? The government can't get at it without a court order, and most of the time they won't bother anyway since any criminal worth their salt will hide their tracks.

Me, I could give a damn. I always buy the same things anyway. I don't care who sees the record. In the end...to me, the added efficiency of not having to carry around bills and coins far outweighs any possible negatives.

I mean, there is one obvious fact that is indisputably in favor of cards: you can always get a card back if you lose it or it's stolen. You lose cash, it's gone for good, and is unrecoverable.

Cash will still be useful when all the machines break down and we're left in the dark ages. Hell, when I strike it rich I'm going to be getting a large stockpile of gold and silver coins.

 

[FrontLine]

Yeah this is stupid. Just put the hand written sign on the door and tell the sandwich monkey that if she doesnt want to get in trouble then she should tell her manager to quit being such a cheap ass and get the machine fixed. Its his own damned fault.

 

[DarkHelmet]

... she should tell her manager to quit being such a cheap ass and get the machine fixed.

Bingo - one call to their merchant processor and they'd probably overnight the damn terminal.

 

[Lindley]

Hell, when I strike it rich I'm going to be getting a large stockpile of gold and silver coins.

Not a good time for that. Gold was just recently in a good selling position, and I doubt it's rebounded yet.

 

[JuanBolio]

Hell, when I strike it rich I'm going to be getting a large stockpile of gold and silver coins.

Not a good time for that. Gold was just recently in a good selling position, and I doubt it's rebounded yet.

Just as well, I'm not rich yet.

 

[Plecostomus]

... she should tell her manager to quit being such a cheap ass and get the machine fixed.

Bingo - one call to their merchant processor and they'd probably overnight the damn terminal.

I've seen situations where a worker or several workers refuse to report a damaged machine out of fear of losing a job but I fail to see how they could pull it here.

Unless this store traditionally has low sales and the loss of the credit-card terminal has no impact on the bottom line?

Frankly I can't see it.

 

[Skywalker]

I feel bad for the employees for being put in that position. Their manager should have replaced the broken machine or fixed it ASAP.

Still, they should have put up a sign on the door.

 

[SeerSGB]

Hells, if nothing else they should have had an old-school credit-card imprinter under the counter. I know a lot of places that keep 'em around just in case the card-reader punks out.