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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Happy Shopper

Sun, 18 Sep 2011, 06:14
Jayenkai
Oh dear. Ranty Jay’s followed me to work again, today...

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Sun, 18 Sep 2011, 06:14
Jayenkai
Things RantyJay dare not say..

As much fun as it is for you to stare blankly at chocolate bars for 20 minutes, I have things to do!!!!!

Customer to other half : "which scratchcard should I buy?"
OH : "That one!"
Customer : "Nah, I'll have this one."

Customer 1 uses card. Customer 2 must wait, paper in hand, looking annoyed. Customer 1's card takes ages. Customer 2 rolls eyes, gets very annoyed. Customer 1 is finally done, and gets to leave.
.. Customer 2 uses a fucking card to pay for his paper.

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Sun, 18 Sep 2011, 06:35
steve_ancell
LOL
Fri, 23 Sep 2011, 09:49
Jayenkai
Guy, at till. Decides to buy a can of beer with his 2 pints of milk, so goes to grab the can. Old lady behind him has 2 magazines..
Lady : "Can I just get these, love?"
Jay : "Of course". <-- Jay's Error....
Scan 1..
Scan 2...
Jay : "2.89 for those, please"
Lady : "And, just these lottery.." Lady pulls out fuckload of lottery slips...

£30 worth, all fucking single tickets.

GRRRRRR!!!!!!

.. Guy got his can of beer about 10 minutes later.

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Fri, 23 Sep 2011, 12:56
steve_ancell
I bet that made your day, NOT!. LOL
Tue, 27 Sep 2011, 16:53
Hotshot

Customer 1 uses card. Customer 2 must wait, paper in hand, looking annoyed. Customer 1's card takes ages. Customer 2 rolls eyes, gets very annoyed. Customer 1 is finally done, and gets to leave.
.. Customer 2 uses a fucking card to pay for his paper.


Bloody Credit Card to pay for Newspaper(as it doesn't cost much!!) !!! LOL
Tue, 27 Sep 2011, 17:18
JL235
This is why they use Octopus Cards in HK. You put cash on the card, take it to any store, and then pay instantly by just tapping a panel. You don't even have to get the card out, it works through the wallet.

They make cash payments look slow!
Wed, 28 Sep 2011, 07:47
steve_ancell
Those HK touch and pay systems sound nice and hi-tech and all that, but lets just hope that nobody finds out how to make a touch and steal device.
Wed, 28 Sep 2011, 08:00
JL235
The distance on them is tiny, you have to get pretty close for them to work. Although yes they can work through your wallet or handbag, typically it's only through one side.

Like copying a credit card, you'd have to actually get your hands on it, and the beauty of the touch system is that you never hand them over (your the one doing the touching).

Also it's only really used for small amounts of money. I think the absolute limit is around £100, which although is major, is still pretty small when compared to stealing someone's credit card, and that's only if you put that much on it. I only ever had around £5 - £20 on mine.
Wed, 28 Sep 2011, 08:08
Jayenkai
The issue for us in the UK is that we're still, for stupid stupid reasons, using god-damn dial-up for all those Pay-point/Pay-zone machines.
Paypoint have recently started using the hovery-magiccy card stuff, but it still takes half a smegging hour to dial the bank and take the cash out, thereby completely killing the entire bloody point of it.

sucks.

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