Yup, yup, finally did it.

JoeEkaitis · Dec 19, 2006

I put my groceries on the belt, took out my wallet, removed a pair of $20 bills. . .and passed them through the debit/credit card reader.

Senility. . .and at the tender age of a half-century + 1. It's over. Take what you want from the living room and the kitchen, and turn the light off when you leave.

Vincent · Dec 19, 2006

Well, you had a good run.

Carrie in PA · Dec 19, 2006

You had cash? I haven't carried cash in ages. I'm not sure I'd know what to do with it, either.

tourdeforce · Dec 19, 2006

I think we all could give you a pass on the first $20, but you did it twice...?

Christine N. · Dec 19, 2006

I, too, hardly ever carry cash. I used to, to buy gas, but now even they take debit. McD's and those type of places too now, so I never need actual money.

Vincent · Dec 19, 2006

Wanna know a secret? I have $550 in my wallet right now. Cash. I feel pretty confident and nervous all at the same time.

EDIT:

I should add that I'm in a public library, and you know what those book reading types are like.

tourdeforce · Dec 19, 2006

I had to go off the grid back in 1968 after an incident with a an M-80, a watermelon and an Army recruiting station, so I use cash exclusively.

Soccer Mom · Dec 19, 2006

Cash? Those funny pieces of paper. I remember them. Vaguely.

CBeasy · Dec 19, 2006

I wouldn't feel too bad. I do things that absent minded on a regular basis, and I'm only 24. The other day, I've put the remote control in the fridge and took the jug of milk back to the couch with me.

Chumplet · Dec 19, 2006

Beezle, you'd better watch your back. Those libraries can be dangerous places.

writerterri · Dec 19, 2006

Double dork.

dpaterso · Dec 19, 2006

The acts of supreme idiocy in themselves don't embarrass me, it's the blank looks I get from cash desk operators barely older than fertilized embryos, I feel like shaking them and screaming, "I've thought more thoughts than you'll ever think in your worthless insignificant lives, small wonder my synapses are worn out!" into their incomprehending faces.

Er... which is normal, right? Where's Spork when you need him?

-Derek

oswann · Dec 20, 2006

I once carried $160,000 in cash (give or take a few hundred) in two bags when I worked for a bookmaker. I put them into the trunk of his car and we went for a beer after the meet. He chatted away merrily whilst my mind kept drifting back to the car. Don't know why.

Os.

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Dec 20, 2006

beezle said:
Wanna know a secret? I have $550 in my wallet right now. Cash. I feel pretty confident and nervous all at the same time.

EDIT:

I should add that I'm in a public library, and you know what those book reading types are like.

Um... which library? And where are you now?

sjane · Dec 20, 2006

That's ok, I put the TV remote control in the fridge yesterday and it took me an hour to find it. By then, it was nicely chilled. We all have our days.

Unique · Dec 20, 2006

JoeEkaitis said:
I put my groceries on the belt, took out my wallet, removed a pair of $20 bills. . .and passed them through the debit/credit card reader.

Senility. . .and at the tender age of a half-century + 1. It's over. Take what you want from the living room and the kitchen, and turn the light off when you leave.

Tell me you didn't!

We're doomed. Doomed, I say.

Shadow_Ferret · Dec 20, 2006

I can't remember the last time I had two $20s to rub together.

MidnightMuse · Dec 20, 2006

They still make 20-dollar bills?

C.bronco · Dec 20, 2006

Good One Joe!
I do things like that all the time, but I blame it on motherhood. Some mornings I try to open my office door with my remote-car-lock (if that's what they're called).

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Dec 20, 2006

What was the question?

MidnightMuse · Dec 20, 2006

I_Shrugged said:
-drive to the store and forget why you went there in the first place.

I've been doing this since I was 23 !

JoeEkaitis · Dec 20, 2006

tourdeforce said:
I think we all could give you a pass on the first $20, but you did it twice...?

The bills were stacked one atop the other. I hope I didn't gunk up the reader head.

Carrie in PA · Dec 20, 2006

I_Shrugged said:
-forget the names of your children (pets, friends, etc.)

I don't necessarily forget, but occasionally I will be yelling at my kid and call him by the cat's name. And yes, I've called the cats by Son's name. It's a bizarre little universe I live in...

Shadow_Ferret · Dec 20, 2006

Carrie in PA said:
I don't necessarily forget, but occasionally I will be yelling at my kid and call him by the cat's name. And yes, I've called the cats by Son's name. It's a bizarre little universe I live in...

I do this all the time. Call my sons by each other's name. Or call my sons by the dog's name. In fact, when my younger son, Kurt, and the dog, Cobie are both getting into trouble I'll get so flustered when I yell at them that I shout, "Kirby!"

eldragon · Dec 20, 2006

I miss my waitress days. CASH. Sometimes I had $500 on my way out to the car, after one nights work.

Now I can't scrounge enough change to buy a postage stamp - have to use my debit card to purchase one.

The first thing I look for at a restaurant or eatery is the credit card sign in the window. If it's not there - I keep going.

I miss cash.

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