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Boomers please take note

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Crushingdandelions · 19/04/2026 10:04

First sign you're of a certain age...you always pay in cash and count out every last frickin' bit of change no matter how big the queue is behind you.

Just don't? Use a card please. I don't want to count out your 5p pieces.

Also - why do you need a receipt when you have bought 2 items worth £1.49?

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Letskeepcalm · 11/06/2026 09:46

Gettingbysomehow · 11/06/2026 04:59

Bloody hell so ageist. Im only just old enough to be a boomer but still look young, work full time, manage everything online just like everyone else.
The only 5 pences I have are in the small change bell jar with mostly coppers in. Some of the local shops still only take cash and what the hell do you do with the left over small change?
I know loads of 80 year olds who are perfectly managing the modern world.

Same here
But even so, if you want to use cash all the timeyou're perfectly entitled to do so without being criticised by checkout operators

SaraHoliday · 11/06/2026 09:51

In my part of the world, some places refuse card and only want cash! It can be a pain sometimes.

upinaballoon · 11/06/2026 10:27

Crushingdandelions · 19/04/2026 10:04

First sign you're of a certain age...you always pay in cash and count out every last frickin' bit of change no matter how big the queue is behind you.

Just don't? Use a card please. I don't want to count out your 5p pieces.

Also - why do you need a receipt when you have bought 2 items worth £1.49?

I'm a frickin' boomer who usually uses a card. I need a frickin' receipt because I check off my receipts on my frickin' bank statement when it arrives.
If you don't like counting out the frickin' 5p pieces, have you thought of changing your frickin' job? Does your boss make you stay there until the queue has come to a frickin' end or do you work a certain number of frickin' hours? If they're still frickin' paying you by the hour do what the man said - 'Smile and take the money.'

upinaballoon · 11/06/2026 10:36

What do you do with the small change? Chuck it in a field for an archaeologist to discover in a few hundred years, put it in the bin, give it to a beggar, make a picture by drawing round the coins, put it in a charity collecting box......

ChubbyPuffling · 11/06/2026 12:48

I use small change in supermarket self checkouts if I'm just picking up a drink/meal deal. Just feed it all in.

MadKittenWoman · 11/06/2026 12:55

DH is a Boomer (73) and I’m a subset called the Jones Generation (64). We both pay for things using our phones and only take a receipt if it’s something we may need to return. Hope that helps.

SpringAndSunshineIsHere · 11/06/2026 17:29

upinaballoon · 11/06/2026 10:27

I'm a frickin' boomer who usually uses a card. I need a frickin' receipt because I check off my receipts on my frickin' bank statement when it arrives.
If you don't like counting out the frickin' 5p pieces, have you thought of changing your frickin' job? Does your boss make you stay there until the queue has come to a frickin' end or do you work a certain number of frickin' hours? If they're still frickin' paying you by the hour do what the man said - 'Smile and take the money.'

Right?!
Jeeeesuz Frikkin Christ! 🙄🙄🙄

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