Boomers please take note

[Crushingdandelions]

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?

Ouch! That’s mean

This. So the whole world has to rush because you are too impatient and ill mannered to wait 5 seconds ......!

That says a lot about you.

No meaner than the nasty shit the OP is saying.

I’m a boomer. I’ve not used cash for years. Five pence pieces? WTF?

Jesus, is it a particularly bad menopause?! At 63, (if that's your actual age, which I doubt) you should know better.
I always use cash for my own purchases, as I like to keep track of what I've got.in my purse. And I have never come across anyone who acts like you!
I refuse to use self scan, the more people that use them, the more cashiers are out of a job.
Maybe a new career move? Lighthouse keeper would suit you just fine, sounds like you'd be doing us all a favour!

I’ll be honest I’m rubbish when people give me the odd change, it’s because we have the £5, £10, £20 button on the till and it’s just easier to press it. I have zero excuses because I’m in my forties, maths was never my forte 😂

IT system went down at work recently and the canteen was only taking cash. I paid for my breakfast and ate it in front of my colleague who already has form for looking down on me for moving back to cash (easier to keep track of). I took pity on her and lent her a fiver.

i wonder what the deletion message will be.

First sign you're a different certain age is coming on to MN and being ageist and nasty

🤣 It’s the ones with attitude like the OP (because it’s obvious) I like to do it to - I wouldn’t do it to you 🤣🤣

It’s a race to the bottom, then

Yes. I've just had surgery and paid for carers for a few days because I live on my own. I was a bit embarrassed because I coped well on discharge and there wasn't enough for them to do. I asked one of them to go to the supermarket and I had to give her cash. She returned with a receipt that I had to sign then she had to scan and upload it.

Perhaps consider thanking them for keeping the cash system going and hopefully delaying a cashless society, have a read up on the negatives of the latter.

I honestly don’t care how people pay. I don’t get to go on the tills a lot now so I quite enjoy a stint every now and then when we are short staffed and busy. The way I look at it is if they take a while looking for the odd bit of cash then it’s only fair I get the same amount of time to work out the change 😂

When the card machines go down (happens more than people think) cash is the only option so that’s why I prefer it. Nothing worse than having to put a trolley full of stock back because people don’t have cash on them and don’t even have their card to take money out of the machine because they just use their phone.

but if you are 63 you definitely should remember the "old" money - I'm slightly younger than you, i remember that very well indeed.

(I identify with gen X because i deffo don't identify with boomers, Gen Jones sounds about right, but I'm still identifying with Gen X)

I do that in Morrisons as I only go to the one where my Mum lives 5 hours away, I don't have a physical card. I also did this at John Lewis recently as again I so rarely go in there that I don't have a physical copy so I am looking for it on my phone. The nice thing about John Lewis though is that the customer service is usually over and above so the man on the till asked me to check if I had any rewards which made it longer, I said we should leave it as there was a queue but he insisted that I was a customer too and had just as much right to take my time on this.

They do unfortunately. The thread was hidden for a bit but it's been reinstated. I've just about given up reporting ageism now.

Oh no, you get paid to take people’s money, the money that pays your wages, but you don’t want to take people’s money?

I reported it, but was told that it "didn't break talk guidelines" which I find astonishing, if you read the guidelines. Ageism really is the only acceptable prejudice now.

doesn't surprise me. I suppose because the op said they were a boomer (pmsl as if.) that will be the excuse.

Sadly that doesn't surprise me.

While cash is legal tender in this country i will continue to use it. If i want a receipt for the box of tissue that i have paid cash for i will have it, all you have to do is push a button. Why would i need a receipt ? If i visit the store next to yours and they sell the same tissues how will i prove i bought them in your store and haven't pinched them? If counting cash or pushing a button is so difficult for you get a job you can cope with.

You could always find the card on your phone before you join the queue.

As well as the yoga and meditation @PoachedSmoke suggested, perhaps you should increase your fibre and water intake because it seems very likely that you are constipated.

Lets face it, anyone can be any age they want on MN if they think it bolsters their argument in some way.

Can't be arsed to check but it wouldn't surprise me if the OP has no posting history under this name either.