Things you just don't get...

The J Stands for Jay · 17-06-2021 08:31AM

Potential-Monke wrote: »

. But I won't demand someone get Revolut or something, a normal one will do me, I can wait.

If all parties dealt with decent banks, you wouldn't have to wait.

The J Stands for Jay · 17-06-2021 08:35AM

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

I also can't fathom people who use card instead of cash. Takes twice, thrice as long to make payment, can take days to show on your bank balance, and is a pain in the hole to get a refund for a card payment. Worst is people who insist on using them when you're out then hit you up for a lend because the pub's machine is broke, or you have to cover their taxi because the driver quite correctly refuses to have a card machine.

Frankly I actually don't respect people who no longer use cash. Tap and go is a comically bad "innovation",

Tap card/phone on machine, phone beeps, service/goods paid for, balance on banking app instantly updated, move on quickly.

Compare this to: need to plan to obtain and carry sufficient cash, root round in pockets, wallet, purse, socks to obtain cash, examine cash to ensure it is of soffievent value, cash is then examined by the provider of goods and services to ensure it is of sufficient value, value is entered in till, cash is secured in till, core t change is removed from till and returned to you, must find sufficient storage space for coins, rattle round for rest of the day, only way to check balance is to remove cash and count.

PhilOssophy · 17-06-2021 09:33AM

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

It really isn't.

Like, it really, really isn't.

Getting a few bits in Tesco I normally have the exact amount in my hand while in the queue. Gone before the receipt can be printed.

Tap and go easily takes five times longer, it's an appalling archaic system for people who have little to be getting done.

Not to mention how many retailers refuse to position the machine in a place that lets you see exactly how much you are tapping for.

Tap and go is typically 21st century- businesses convince people that something they should be doing for the customer (handling cash, selling in a bricks and mortar store instead of moving online, self service machines in McDonalds instead of till staff), they somehow convince eejits that the new way is faster, cheaper, more convenient, when in truth it is slower, more expensive, more prone to error, but is cheaper for the vendor.

I challenge anybody to name me one "innovation" big business has made in the last 20 years that has made the customer experience cheaper, faster or more streamlined.

There aren't any*. But there are dozens that have been sold as such that only make life easier for the vendor.

*: at a push, Ryanair taking travel agents out of the equation. Even at that, if it were an option I'd far rather go into a Ryanair shop in town with a few notes than do the booking myself.

1/10.....

Greyfox · 17-06-2021 10:52AM

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

It really isn't.

Contactless takes 4 seconds, paying exact amout is giving yourself more work and carrying coins is a pain in the hole. I can always see how much im tapping for. Using cash most of the time belongs in the 90's like dial up internet

Antares35 · 17-06-2021 04:51PM

Fake nails. I think they're disgusting. Short-ish shellac is ok I suppose, but nothing worse than overly long fakes that harbour dirt underneath and do a clack clack clack all day on the keyboard.

The J Stands for Jay · 17-06-2021 04:53PM

Antares35 wrote: »

Fake nails. I think they're disgusting. Short-ish shellac is ok I suppose, but nothing worse than overly long fakes that harbour dirt underneath and do a clack clack clack all day on the keyboard.

And that weird gap that's alway left as the base of the nail. Looks like it hasn't been stuck on in the right spot, or it's been on so long that the nail underneath has grown and moved it up

17-06-2021 08:38PM

Antares35 wrote: »

Fake nails. I think they're disgusting. Short-ish shellac is ok I suppose, but nothing worse than overly long fakes that harbour dirt underneath and do a clack clack clack all day on the keyboard.

Woeful things.

whisky_galore · 18-06-2021 07:57AM

Lucozade. Awful tasting stuff.
No idea why people like it.

People who like cracking their knuckles.

SAMTALK · 18-06-2021 11:42AM

Antares35 wrote: »

Fake nails. I think they're disgusting. Short-ish shellac is ok I suppose, but nothing worse than overly long fakes that harbour dirt underneath and do a clack clack clack all day on the keyboard.

When they're using the till in the shops and the tap tap on the screen

Antares35 · 18-06-2021 11:43AM

The same cohort that "celebrate" i.e. dress up for Bloomsday every year, who've probably never read Ulysses.

FrankN1 · 18-06-2021 11:44AM

People who are excited to work on certain projects at work. Or have a "passion" for it...really?

storker · 18-06-2021 11:54AM

Greyfox wrote: »

Using cash most of the time belongs in the 90's like dial up internet

It's also much less hygienic...and IMO, results in lost business. I encountered a few places while on holiday in Clare a few years ago where we turned up to places to avail of services or buy stuff only to be told, "Oh, we don't take cards, sorry." Our reaction was not to drive miles to find an ATM and then return.

Thankfully COVID seems to be helping immensely with eliminating this nonsense.

ohnonotgmail · 18-06-2021 11:56AM

SAMTALK wrote: »

When they're using the till in the shops and the tap tap on the screen

its not the same since they stopped selling it in the bottles with the crinkly plastic wrapping. It has lost its medicinal properties.

PhilOssophy · 18-06-2021 12:06PM

FrankN1 wrote: »

People who are excited to work on certain projects at work. Or have a "passion" for it...really?

Why not? What's wrong with really enjoying your work? I'd put myself in the enjoy certain projects, passion might be a bit strong but I really do enjoy projects I work on.

whisky_galore · 18-06-2021 12:16PM

FrankN1 wrote: »

People who are excited to work on certain projects at work. Or have a "passion" for it...really?

I'm "passionate" about not ending up on the dole.

sprucemoose · 18-06-2021 12:19PM

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

I also can't fathom people who use card instead of cash. Takes twice, thrice as long to make payment, can take days to show on your bank balance, and is a pain in the hole to get a refund for a card payment. Worst is people who insist on using them when you're out then hit you up for a lend because the pub's machine is broke, or you have to cover their taxi because the driver quite correctly refuses to have a card machine.

Frankly I actually don't respect people who no longer use cash. Tap and go is a comically bad "innovation",

its 2021 fyi

Greyfox · 18-06-2021 12:29PM

storker wrote: »

It's also much less hygienic.

Do you know how tapping your card works? With card i dont touch the card reader but with cash i get change that could of been anywhere, card is clearly more hygenic.

FrankN1 · 18-06-2021 12:39PM

PhilOssophy wrote: »

Why not? What's wrong with really enjoying your work? I'd put myself in the enjoy certain projects, passion might be a bit strong but I really do enjoy projects I work on.

Oh you definitely can if you work in a job you like, sports science, doctor, etc anything really. Moreso the people in business who talk ****e most of the time and spout on about how they love working on FS banking regulation work etc etc.

storker · 18-06-2021 03:57PM

Greyfox wrote: »

Do you know how tapping your card works? With card i dont touch the card reader but with cash i get change that could of been anywhere, card is clearly more hygenic.

Er...yes, that's exactly what I meant.

Sakana · 18-06-2021 08:46PM

Sparkling water. It's like drinking ash.

riclad · 19-06-2021 03:31PM

I see no problem if people want to use apple pay or other apps versus cash,
I prefer to use the self scan machines rather than wait in a queue
Some apps also give you a discount

Leg End Reject · 20-06-2021 12:02AM

I don't get why anyone would want to carry cash. Handed a pile of shrapnel every time you buy something? I'd rather burn money than deal with that.

It's also handy to log into your account and see where your money has gone.

Sakana · 20-06-2021 07:36AM

Leg End Reject wrote: »

I don't get why anyone would want to carry cash. Handed a pile of shrapnel every time you buy something? I'd rather burn money than deal with that.

It's also handy to log into your account and see where your money has gone.

Cash is also coated with all kinds of bacteria and filth.

Mister Vain · 20-06-2021 07:56AM

I used to put all my small coins into a jar and then bring it to one of those coin machine things. I was been charged money to convert money into money. Load of shíte.

Wanderer78 · 20-06-2021 08:03AM

Leg End Reject wrote:

It's also handy to log into your account and see where your money has gone.

Easier to trace your money and your activities digitally, cash isn't going anywhere for a while!

cj maxx · 20-06-2021 08:15AM

Mister Vain wrote: »

I used to put all my small coins into a jar and then bring it to one of those coin machine things. I was been charged money to convert money into money. Load of shíte.

Easier than counting them into bags , plus as I have a mixture of sterling/euro the machines are a handy way of sorting it.

whisky_galore · 20-06-2021 08:32AM

Sakana wrote: »

Cash is also coated with all kinds of bacteria and filth.

I remember counting hundreds of coins after a fundraising drive and your fingers would be black from handling them.

CalamariFritti · 20-06-2021 08:40AM

FrankN1 wrote: »

People who are excited to work on certain projects at work. Or have a "passion" for it...really?

Dont get that either. I assume most of it is fake to make the upper tier hear what they ned to hear. Quite possibly the upper tier are sort of the same. We're all trapped in having to play the game and some do it more convincingly than others.

Having said that. Since I'm getting paid for it and I'm going to be at it for 35-40 hours a week anyway I might as well relish it when I work on something somewhat interesting or challenging over mind numbing boredom.

But ye the excited/passion lingo is mostly bullsh1t I guess.

20-06-2021 09:00AM

Mister Vain wrote: »

I used to put all my small coins into a jar and then bring it to one of those coin machine things. I was been charged money to convert money into money. Load of shíte.

Just unload them into the self service checkout at Tesco etc. No commission and it feels like a free shop.

crooked cockney villain · 20-06-2021 09:37AM

Antares35 wrote: »

As in, when you just put your card in the machine and the money goes back into your account whence it came? Right pain alright

I was in Sports Direct the other day stuck behind a lad looking for a card refund. It required so many managers to come down I thought Mike Ashley himself might appear. A good 10 minutes it took.

riclad wrote: »

I see no problem if people want to use apple pay or other apps versus cash,
I prefer to use the self scan machines rather than wait in a queue
Some apps also give you a discount

It's hard to believe something even clunkier than tap and go exists, but Apple Pay is surely it. I feel like actually assaulting anybody infront of me paying for a can of Coke with it, it takes forever.

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Internet banking. Particularly for making payments. No more queueing in branches and filling out forms.

While the apps are handy the AIB one hasn't worked properly in about four months.

Mister Vain wrote: »

Not sure what you mean by this? Wouldn't you already know how much you're paying for before you tap?

Yes. But most vendors keep the machine behind the counter. If I'm in the Chinese I'm blindly tapping something I can't see- I could be paying 48 euro for an 8 euro meal for all I know.

Things you just don't get...

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