Friday woo hoo
Can't wait to read and get my ipod loaded this weekend. Yes I'm a loser. Looks like the bike will remain in dry dock as rain is predicted.
My $7 and 15 minute smoothie;
We ate lunch at the mall yesterday. As the little old lady was making my smoothie I noticed the sign I fear most in this world 'CASH ONLY' oh shit! I never have cash I mean none nada zilch! Ten years ago there was loose talk of a imminent cashless society and I bought in..bought in real hard.
So now what? I have a large peach strawberry smoothie buzzing in the blender it costs $5 and I have 3 maybe...what to do? I tell the woman I have to run to the cash machine and I'll be right back. Well the cash machine is far from the smoothie hut, and I get there and find a lunch rush line 6 deep. WTF? I never use atms they are criminal, and here are people lined up to throw $2 away. So I stand in line and wait for the slowest atm in the greater southwest. As I stand there I wonder if when currency was first being used if there were merchants who held out and insisted on trade. Were there signs posted in ye olde shoppes that said 'NO GOLD PIECES, TRADE ONLY' Will you accept these two lovely gourds as payment for this smoothie? I briefly considered not going back to punish her for not accepting modern forms of payment, but it IS clearly posted and I'm just way too nice. Alas my turn comes, get my cash pay the $2 fee and run back to the lady and settle.
Smoothie $5
ATM fee $2
time spent 15 minutes
Being a total tool...priceless.
You can't take me anywhere.
Music- Kasabian ; ) M, the lovely new Doves single which is vaguely reminiscent of Heatwave, and Bloc Party.
Netflix-Strangers on a train
My $7 and 15 minute smoothie;
We ate lunch at the mall yesterday. As the little old lady was making my smoothie I noticed the sign I fear most in this world 'CASH ONLY' oh shit! I never have cash I mean none nada zilch! Ten years ago there was loose talk of a imminent cashless society and I bought in..bought in real hard.
So now what? I have a large peach strawberry smoothie buzzing in the blender it costs $5 and I have 3 maybe...what to do? I tell the woman I have to run to the cash machine and I'll be right back. Well the cash machine is far from the smoothie hut, and I get there and find a lunch rush line 6 deep. WTF? I never use atms they are criminal, and here are people lined up to throw $2 away. So I stand in line and wait for the slowest atm in the greater southwest. As I stand there I wonder if when currency was first being used if there were merchants who held out and insisted on trade. Were there signs posted in ye olde shoppes that said 'NO GOLD PIECES, TRADE ONLY' Will you accept these two lovely gourds as payment for this smoothie? I briefly considered not going back to punish her for not accepting modern forms of payment, but it IS clearly posted and I'm just way too nice. Alas my turn comes, get my cash pay the $2 fee and run back to the lady and settle.
Smoothie $5
ATM fee $2
time spent 15 minutes
Being a total tool...priceless.
You can't take me anywhere.
Music- Kasabian ; ) M, the lovely new Doves single which is vaguely reminiscent of Heatwave, and Bloc Party.
Netflix-Strangers on a train
posted by Robert_M at 8:48 AM
2 Comments:
I sincerely hope that your smoothie wasn't too melty when you finally obtained the means to purchase it.
It was actually quite tasty, not $7 tasty mind...but tasty.
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