You’re wasting time and holding up the line. I just watched two cars go through (pull up, get gas, pay with credit card and leave) in the time that one person tried to just get his app to work (and he still hadn’t put in gas yet).
Wherever checkouts are asking for a phone number for rewards, I use (local area code) 867-5309. Works at all the gas stations, and it’s luck of the draw who gets the fuel discounts because other people use it too.
So we all charge the discounts up, and one lucky asshole gets to benefit.
Zero credit cards skimmed since switching to apps.
RFID (tap) and chip both aren’t able to be skimmed either. I haven’t gotten a card in many years that doesn’t have those features.
If you’re still worried about skimming you can mar the shit out of your magstripe.
If you are concerned about RFID intercept attacks (really, REALLY hard to achieve, especially at point of sale instead of a controlled environment to prove a conceptual attack exists), use a hole puncher or drill to punch a hole in the embedded RFID antenna in your card.
You’re at a much greater risk for card fraud when you let a server take your card at a restaurant than any of these, or people working for businesses stealing card info from poorly protected computer systems. IMO card skimming isn’t really a threat any more unless you’re careless in certain areas (ie by not yanking on the skimmer hardware before you use it - vast majority of skimmers are “stick on” devices that cover up the original equipment so you stick your card in unknowingly. These are ridiculously easy to spot/detach if you’re actually paying attention)
Just take a minute to wait for someone who’s not having their best day.
Using an app to pay doesn’t always take longer.
They didn’t purposely fuck around just to make you wait.
I had something like this during my lunch break. I went to the supermarket to buy a snack, and there was a pensioneer in front of me at the checkout. Why do they have to do a weeks’ grocery shopping during lunch break time, especially now that we have a heat wave?
It took him ages to put his stuff on the belt. It took him ages to put the stuff back into his cart. Then it took him ages to open the store app on his mobile to claim some pennies in savings, and ages again to pay.
Actually in your case the old people are just watching and waiting for you
I’m not one, but there are people who don’t carry a wallet/cards anymore because they can (technically, assuming it works) do what they need with just their phone. I wonder how many people who fiddle with the app are like this and how many just don’t think to give up and use their card.
just park next to someone who has gone inside to use the bathroom or buy stuff and borrow their pump while they are gone
What did this person who frustrated you make you late for? Kraft Mac and cheese while watching Yellowstone?
You were so perturbed that you went online and whined. Bro, you chose to get mad about it. People do weird shit. Move on. Life is easy if you let it be.
Read the other replies and you’ll realize I’m not the only one.
Doesn’t disprove their point
Here’s my unpopular opinion: anything that makes polluting the atmosphere and contributing to the downfall of the human species via oil less convenient is a good thing. So please, block that pump for as long as you can. It’s a public service.
So block the pump so that way everybody else is Waiting longer and burning more fuel? Does that sound like a very good idea?
I’m thinking there’s probably a flaw on that logic somewhere
A small price. If it convinces even a single person to stop driving then it’s worth it.
I did warn you it would be unpopular. I think I got you beat on this one.
narrator: and it didn’t convince even a single person to stop driving
Creating friction, unpleasantness, and delays in the driving experience can definitely motivate people to drive less.
You might think you got be beat but that would be only your opinion
Not just my opinion. Also the people who downvoted me lol
