Its just convenience. Its not worth it to lug them around and try to remember you have one.
Throwing out literal money is just absurd elitism and waste.
> Throwing out literal money is just absurd elitism and waste.
Its not wasted, Starbucks still gets the money, I just don't get anything in return.
Gift cards are just thoughtless and pointless in my personal opinion. Give people money.
That counts as "wasted" to me.
I don't know how you figure it isn't wasted money. Not only did you not receive the good or service that they spent their hard-earned money on - which is fine, you don't have to use it for yourself - you didn't even pass on the gift card and receive some smaller benefit. That's thoughtless and disrespectful - not the act of someone giving you a gift card, but you accepting and throwing it out.
I don't have space in my wallet for them, personally. By design. It improved my daily life more than I expected when I stopped using my wallet to carry more than the absolute essentials.