Funny. I was thinking the exact opposite the other day in line at the grocery store while the person in front of me was fumbling with cash.
Your condecension adds nothing, by the way.
Your condecension adds nothing, by the way.
Swipes card in reader, producing a loud error noise
"Nope, you have a chip. You need to stick it in the bottom. Hit next. Now enter your PIN. Do you want cash back? Hit okay. Let me see your ID, please."
Shows ID next to card so they can compare
"Sign this receipt, please. This one's your copy."
At which point I'm wishing I'd just used cash.
No signatures, no swiping, no ID checking.
If your not grown up enough to mange your fiances so you can keep £50 -100 in change to mange incidental day to day expenses dont be surprised if people treat you with condecension.
I'm surprised to see condescension here on hacker news, I normally don't see that here.