• jaybone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      301·
      9 months ago

      They had been saying this over at that other site for like 13 years before I left.

      I’m sure it’ll work out here though.

      • comfy@lemmy.ml
        4·
        9 months ago

        If I browsed these types of joke-sharing communities more often, I’d petition community mods to create a rule against it. I don’t think that’s too harsh.

  • whileloop@lemmy.world
    48·
    9 months ago

    I keep 3 forms of payment on me for this reason. Phone, card, cash, in that order.

    Edit: Within 30 minutes of making this comment, I was at a Walmart. No NFC payment. The machine didn’t like my card. Now I have 2 quarters and a penny in my pocket.

    • voxel@sopuli.xyz
      71·
      9 months ago

      no… nfc… payment??? wtf
      is that an American thing or what?

      • arthurpizza@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        That’s a Walmart thing. They wanted to compete with Apple over contactless payments thing and Walmart invested in tech that uses QR codes. No one ever partnered with Walmart so they now use their QR payment tech in house.

        • Legge@lemmy.world
          2·
          9 months ago

          Kroger too—no tap payments. Instead, you have to use their Kroger app’s QR code. It sucks

  • AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world
    3413·
    9 months ago

    "Why are you suddenly in a rush, sir? Life has clearly already passed you by.

    Hey, uh, just between you and me, what was Alexander Hamilton really like?"

  • Kiernian@lemmy.world
    17·
    9 months ago

    I heard the Elderly Man’s words in the voice of Kris Kristofferson’s Whistler character from the Blade movies.

    • m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      well that is at least a 4 yo joke. know a few apple types that would have the manager make it work with their expensive watch just because. Gpay which works now mostly, didn’t work half the time either. I still keep plastic handy. Target now has self-serve reversible checkouts which mostly don’t work. gl getting these to take cash. I couldn’t get this one to scan 3 items. call attendant, yeah I just left items there and walked out. love/hate tech. gl to future boy

  • eatthecake@lemmy.world
    8·
    9 months ago

    How many different payment methods does the world need? Is this efficiency or just another skimming scam lol

    • s_s@lemmy.one
      111·
      9 months ago

      Skimming works because it attacks 1980s technology.

      Contactless is much more secure, given an extra 40 years of defending scams.

      Thinking of this as “just another attack vector” is laughably ignorant, really.

      • eatthecake@lemmy.world
        111·
        9 months ago

        I tend to view the finance industry as a bunch of skimmers. Funnel money through as many companies as possible so everyone gets a fee.

        I was not thinking of security at all.

        • s_s@lemmy.one
          5·
          9 months ago

          To be fair, I wasn’t expecting to hear that you were coming into a conversation about contactless payments, using a word like “skimming” and meaning something completely out-of-context.

          That’s a real doozie, yo.

  • m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    14·
    9 months ago

    could give a flying f’ about punchline in title. must be a reddit aftertaste

  • m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    16·
    9 months ago

    news about shoplifting loses at all time highs. I’ve forgot a few things in the cart and walked out with them. arrest me. too short staffed to chase down self checkouts. no wonder MBA geniuses. spend a dollar to save a penny