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Usually when I choose to go through the express line it is because the line is around the same length or barely greater than the other lines and there is a clea

by buugs 17y ago

Usually when I choose to go through the express line it is because the line is around the same length or barely greater than the other lines and there is a clear advantage because the normal lines have people with groceries filling their carts to the brim. Something confusing me was the pleasantries exchange and cash is faster than debit. People do say hello and ask if you found everything fine and whatnot but while they are saying that they have already scanned 3 or 4 of my items I haven't ever had the trouble of someone talking and waiting for response before scanning items. In response to cash is faster than debit there are always people fumbling with wallets to get cash out and such while with a debit card you just slide (most of the time before the checkout is even done) and enter pin/ sign receipt and you are on your way, you don't even need to wait for someone to count out change back to you.

BearOfNH 17y ago
In response to In response to cash is faster than debit, it never happens that way here in New England. I watch as the register total increments. Every $20 I pull another $20 out of my wallet so when I'm done I just hand the wad of cash to the cashier. Compare that to someone with a debit card who always has to wait for the cashier to do something (I dunno what it is) then tell the customer to swipe their card and enter their PIN, except the swipe often needs to be repeated, and then there's the wait for approval. Not only is the cash-pay mean time lower than the debit-pay method, by my observation, the debit-pay time has a huge variance depending on equipment reliability, account status, the occasional desire for extra cash and other technical issues I've encountered only once: Many years ago I tried a debit transaction but was denied, so I paid cash with my "emergency" $100 bill. Later that month the store charge showed up on my statement, but of course by then I had no evidence I had already paid the bill in cash. Of course this would never happen to anybody else, and it sure as hell isn't happening to me again.

by buugs 17y ago

BearOfNH 17y ago

In response to In response to cash is faster than debit, it never happens that way here in New England. I watch as the register total increments. Every $20 I pull another $20 out of my wallet so when I'm done I just hand the wad of cash to the cashier. Compare that to someone with a debit card who always has to wait for the cashier to do something (I dunno what it is) then tell the customer to swipe their card and enter their PIN, except the swipe often needs to be repeated, and then there's the wait for approval. Not only is the cash-pay mean time lower than the debit-pay method, by my observation, the debit-pay time has a huge variance depending on equipment reliability, account status, the occasional desire for extra cash and other technical issues I've encountered only once: Many years ago I tried a debit transaction but was denied, so I paid cash with my "emergency" $100 bill. Later that month the store charge showed up on my statement, but of course by then I had no evidence I had already paid the bill in cash. Of course this would never happen to anybody else, and it sure as hell isn't happening to me again.