I thought it was illegal to do that.
That's to cover the transaction fee that the CC company charges. I personally have never seen that, only where they have a minimum for CC transactions. The little farm stand I go to sometimes has a $10 minimum for CC.
Yeah, I get what it is for and many of them even put up a little sign explaining that they make no profit off of it. The cost had to always be there, perhaps at a smaller percentage, so it is a cost of doing business. I guess it just rubs me the wrong way that we have done everything possible to create a cashless society and now that has turned on us. I don't walk around with large amounts of cash and hate having to find an ATM for every trip to certain businesses so I can save $3-$6
No, not at all, I too have almost entirely stopped using cash, that's why I was glad the farm stand started taking credit cards, now I just have to buy more corn to get up to the $10
My friend, on the other hand, refuses to use anything BUT cash, I'm not sure he even has a credit card. If he wants something from Amazon he has his nephew buy it for him and pays him cash for it.I believe NJ is the only state in the nation that doesn't allow self-serve. The lower price for cash was common here, but it seems to be going away. Maybe as a result of the "cashless" society. We have much fewer gas stations than we used to, and most of the gas stations are now gas-only (usually with a convenience store), as opposed to "service stations" that do repairs.
"Service Stations" are all but nonexistent hereNo, not at all, I too have almost entirely stopped using cash, that's why I was glad the farm stand started taking credit cards, now I just have to buy more corn to get up to the $10
I believe NJ is the only state in the nation that doesn't allow self-serve. The lower price for cash was common here, but it seems to be going away. Maybe as a result of the "cashless" society. We have much fewer gas stations than we used to, and most of the gas stations are now gas-only (usually with a convenience store), as opposed to "service stations" that do repairs.
I'm not sure if the trend to separate out the repair shops has to do with more people getting their cars serviced at the dealer, because of the more proprietary nature of the computers, etc. Years ago I had a friend who worked part time at a gas station as a mechanic, and he said they (on purpose) had the highest gas prices in the area to keep people from buying gas there because they had no gas jockey and the mechanics had to stop work to pump the gas.
When I asked him why they sold gas at all, he said it was for the towing business that fed the repair business, that they needed the oil company name (legitimacy?) for that. That station is long gone.
Ok, you got me, my friend must have a CC for those things, but he's pretty religious about not using them. I don't miss the days of keeping cash in the drawer and having to remember to make sure I had enough with me, etc. Of course things were different in the old days, gas stations only took (their own) oil-company credit cards, department stores only took their own card, other retailers didn't take certain credit cards (probably because of differing fee structures). I'm dating myself.
We are from the same era and have the same memories, a Sears card was the first credit anything I ever had and the only one until I was in my mid 20s
You're not allowed to carry a machete down there anymore, are you? I find openly carrying one stops idiots from annoying me pretty quickly.VENTING!
When people sitting in the comfort of their air-conditioned office tell those out on their feet how to do their job!
Two things -
1 - Wind makes people tetchy. For the better part of 4 hours, I had been cleaning leaves to the best of my ability despite the cold wind blowing from the south. The ice was thin!
2. You don’t want to be on the receiving end when that ice breaks. I may look tame on the outside, but my bite is vicious and venomous.
Today’s job consists of 3 houses with adjoining back yards, two of which have their back yards back to back. A large hotel runs the full length of the block to the side of the property. Normally, it takes me about 1.5 – 2 hours to mow. But being Autumn, there was plenty of extra to be done cleaning up fallen leaves. With the wind today, I was at hour 3 and had one last part to do, the front lawn and nature strip with a large pear tree which had lost 90% of its leaves in the last two weeks. My method is to blow as much as I can onto the grass, then mow it roughly to deal with the bulk. I then go back in with the blower to push any displaced leaves back off the pavement and onto the lawn for a final cut. With the wind, I was struggling to contain the leaves to the owners property. By this stage, I was getting tetchy.
I then had the groundman of the hotel walking towards me, who had been sent out by the manager after sitting inside watching me on the security cameras supposedly blowing leaves into the hotel property. Apparently, the groundsman was told to blow the leaves back into my face. I was a little sharp in suggesting I was doing my best, that I WAS going to come back and attempt to blow the leaves back, but with the headwind its kinda hard. In any case, I had only just started, I wasn’t even close to being finished! I WAS going to go back and clean up additional leaves along their side of the pavement as a courtesy.
The groundsman agreed the manager was a d.ck. I bluntly asked what his name was, then suggested that if he wanted to come out here and speak to me about, I was more than happy to set him straight, that I was raring for an argument. The guy sort of didn’t know what to say other than he himself had cleaned leaves up 4 times in 3 days, he understood the situation. I pointed to the camera and said the manager is probably listening right now, but again suggested that he could come out here and tell it to my face and I’d would give him a fu.king character reference! He again agreed, said that he would sort the manager out.
Fuming, I continued with my work and was again approached by the groundsman. He actually held out his hand and introduced himself formally. We shook hands and agreed it was a give and take situation, sometimes leaves from his side I clean up, sometimes leaves from my side he cleans up. It was almost like he was apologising on the behalf of the hotel manager’s ignorance, who was sitting inside a climate-controlled office watching others work. I’d like to see him “manage” to remove the tube of my leaf blower from his ass.
I’m usually placid until severely provoked, at which point I SNAP. My father is the same, a very high threshold of tolerance, then BANG. I’ve dealt with the above situations a few times now, its ALWAYS on a windy day with me trying to do my best, ALWAYS an arrogant twit who has no idea what they are dealing with. These jerks are always of the assumption that a gardener with a leaf blower is a menace to society. I never willingly create mess or leave a job site with sh.t all over the road or neighbouring properties………………because I hate it when others do this. But I can’t control the weather or seasons.
And at the end of the day…………………….we are talking about a few stray leaves. In the grand scheme of things, the world is not going to stop turning.
VENTED.
Many years ago I got a new Ops Manager as my boss, she decided her office window that looked out into the warehouse should be mirrored glass so we couldn't tell when she was watching us. I asked the HR Director, who was actually a really good guy, if that's allowed, turns out she hadn't got approval for it. She tried to claim it was for her privacy, but one whole wall of her office was glass looking out into the main office. After that we parked pallets in front of the window every chance we got, it was for her privacy. She only lasted 18 months.
Why would she need privacy while doing paperwork? Or did she like to work in the nude? Or perhaps entertaining gentlemen callers during lunch?