people who don't carry cash

[Popeye_Card]

i don't know..maybe i just notice it more cause i do always keep some on me..

Maybe I just notice all of those things too because I also always keep some on me.

[TheoSqua]

I generally don't carry cash, cause when I do my family takes it and I get no value out of it. I also use an online money management system (mint.com its awesome) to show my spending habits for me. When I take cash out it just says "CASH", when I spend it on my debit, it says what I spent it on.

I almost never go to places that require cash though, and when I do go somewhere where I know i'll need cash (only time this really ever happens is concerts) I hit up the ATM first.

Really, there aren't many places that don't take a Debit card, so I don't see why it's a problem.

[JL21]

today at work there was a donation thing.. i ended up putting in for 4 people cause
they "didn't have any cash"..

I'm not sure where I stand on this one. On the one hand, why would someone purposely bring cash to work?

On the other hand, they could always say "Can you wait until lunch for my donation? I'll hit up an ATM during lunch".

[Popeye_Card]

On the one hand, why would someone purposely bring cash to work?

Because it's a pretty good idea to have some money on you any time you're in public?

[JL21]

On the one hand, why would someone purposely bring cash to work?

Because it's a pretty good idea to have some money on you any time you're in public?

Credit/debit card = a whole bunch of money

[omaha_red]

On the one hand, why would someone purposely bring cash to work?

Because it's a pretty good idea to have some money on you any time you're in public?

Credit/debit card = a whole bunch of money

true.. but here..

the same girl yesterday that said "i don't have any cash"
now owes me a buck right?

i ask her today... "ooh, sorry.. no cash"..

dumb.. i'm just saying.. having $5 in your pocket is never a bad idea..

[Popeye_Card]

On the one hand, why would someone purposely bring cash to work?

Because it's a pretty good idea to have some money on you any time you're in public?

Credit/debit card = a whole bunch of money

But it also requires some form of machine to process that money.

I don't get it. If you're carrying around the credit/debit card, presumably in a wallet, then what makes it so difficult to also have cash in that wallet. Like I said, it's not like it weighs 25 pounds or makes your wallet that much fatter.

[JL21]

I don't get it. If you're carrying around the credit/debit card, presumably in a wallet, then what makes it so difficult to also have cash in that wallet. Like I said, it's not like it weighs 25 pounds or makes your wallet that much fatter.

The difference is that I don't want to spend the time going to an ATM machine or the grocery story every day just to make sure that I have cash.

Either way, I'm not your target. I don't carry cash but I also try really hard to avoid places that take cash only. If people are going to a place like that, I just won't go with them. I've even gotten to the point where I'll ask beforehand if a place takes a debit card; if they don't, then I'll go to the ATM first. And I never ever ever have someone else pay for me.

[haltz]

i ask her today... "ooh, sorry.. no cash"..

dumb.. i'm just saying.. having $5 in your pocket is never a bad idea..

The thing that sucks is for me it's hard to ask someone for $2 if you bought a train ticket, a cover, or a beer or whatever. I always have cash since I work for tips, and it's really no big deal, but it sort of adds up. This probably doesn't go for everyone but I feel silly saying "Hey you know that dollar that I gave you..."

[omaha_red]

i ask her today... "ooh, sorry.. no cash"..

dumb.. i'm just saying.. having $5 in your pocket is never a bad idea..

The thing that sucks is for me it's hard to ask someone for $2 if you bought a train ticket, a cover, or a beer or whatever. I always have cash since I work for tips, and it's really no big deal, but it sort of adds up. This probably doesn't go for everyone but I feel silly saying "Hey you know that dollar that I gave you..."

yeah.. i have a buddy that everytime we go to the bar i hear this..

"you got a couple bucks for the jukebox?".. i bet he owes me $50 just for that..