Today, while I was at work, the computer system sorta messed up. It was basically the credit devices that were screwed up. We could only accept cash because we couldn't process credit, debit, or check payments. What I noticed is quite strange indeed...
We have lost the ability to pay with cash money!!!
You would have thought we were suddenly thrust into the dark ages, in some sort of ancient barter system. Apparently no one carries cash anymore. People would put their stuff on the counter, I'd see them reaching for their credit cards, and this would happen:
Me-"Excuse me, the system is down, we can't use credit cards."
Customer-"Oh no! What am I going to do?!"
Me-"You may want to try an alternative paying method."
C-Oh right, how silly of me. I'll pay by check."
Me-"Uh, no, that's also down. It's the same system."
C-"What?! How do you expect me to pay for anything?"
Me-"Well, you could always pay with cash."
C-"Damn you, speak English! What is this, how you say..."cash" you speak of?"
Ok, so it did not go exactly like that, but it may as well have. Only one person who came up to me while the system was down actually had the ability to pay cash.
"Back in my day, we didn't have 'Credit Cards.' We used to carry big wads of paper in our pockets. We used that paper to buy things like boots for walking 10 miles to school in 2 feet of snow. Sure the money got all wet and sweaty from being in our pockets all day, and there was always the chance you could catch a disease or some sort of sickness from people's dirty hands, but that's the way it was, and we liked it!!!
While I'm on the whole work subject, I'd like to make a comment, concerning how lazy most of you bastards are. Halloween SUCKS because every day I have to pick up a million costumes off the floor. Apparently, you bastards are in such a hurry that you just toss the stuff on the floor, you cannot be bothered with the whole "hanging" concept.
Usually, kids are the worst. They just don't give a shit. Today I was picking stuff off of the floor, and a kid threw a mask on the floor about six inches in front of me. What's that about? His mom made some half-assed remark. "Hey, pick that up." Or something to that effect, but it was too late, I had already grabbed it. But I know if I had not been standing there, she would not have said anything. Some people just fucking suck, and not in a good way.