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squeeeb · 09-17-2007, 07:14 PM

have you seen that visa commercial where everyone is busily engaged in commerce, and someone pulls out cash and everything stops?

THAT IS BULLSHIT.

anyone who works in retail knows, cash is quick. i can understand bagging on the slowness of checks, most people have been behind the lady in the supermarket who decides to fill out her check, date and all, right there AFTER everything is rung up and bagged...

but cash is quick. no way can credit beat cash. at least in the store i'm working in right now, i have to wait for the credit machine to do it's magic, print out a reciept, guy signs, another receipt gets printed which is customers, etc.

i probably work in a more backwards old-skool type of store with outdated equipment. ok. but still, i don't see credit as being faster than cash.

so what is visa trying to pull? and how many people are watching that and thinking "yeah, stupid people paying in cash, slowing everything down! bastards!"

every time i see that commercial, it pisses me off...

if you work in retail, do you think cash is slower than plastic? if you shop, do you rather pay in cash or plastic?

09-17-2007, 07:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
squeeeb part of the problem Location: hic et ubique	that visa commercial is bull have you seen that visa commercial where everyone is busily engaged in commerce, and someone pulls out cash and everything stops? THAT IS BULLSHIT. anyone who works in retail knows, cash is quick. i can understand bagging on the slowness of checks, most people have been behind the lady in the supermarket who decides to fill out her check, date and all, right there AFTER everything is rung up and bagged... but cash is quick. no way can credit beat cash. at least in the store i'm working in right now, i have to wait for the credit machine to do it's magic, print out a reciept, guy signs, another receipt gets printed which is customers, etc. i probably work in a more backwards old-skool type of store with outdated equipment. ok. but still, i don't see credit as being faster than cash. so what is visa trying to pull? and how many people are watching that and thinking "yeah, stupid people paying in cash, slowing everything down! bastards!" every time i see that commercial, it pisses me off... if you work in retail, do you think cash is slower than plastic? if you shop, do you rather pay in cash or plastic? __________________ onward to mayhem!