Comments on: Dunkin Donuts: The last remaining restaurant that requires cash http://www.spugbrap.com/blog/2006/07/dunkin-donuts-the-last-remaining-restaurant-that-requires-cash/ This is a repository for my favorite scripts, regexes, commandlines, utilities, code snippets, tips, and other geeky things that might be useful to someone googling for an obscure solution some day. It's also a place to share my thoughts about companies I've dealt with, my favorite lifehacks, observations of interesting human behavior, clever and/or evil marketing schemes I've run across, and anything else I feel compelled to write about. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Power outage in Bristow, Manassas, Gainesville - 01/29/2008 [spugbrap’s blog] http://www.spugbrap.com/blog/2006/07/dunkin-donuts-the-last-remaining-restaurant-that-requires-cash/#comment-3176 Power outage in Bristow, Manassas, Gainesville - 01/29/2008 [spugbrap’s blog] Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:33:02 +0000 http://www.spugbrap.com/blog/2006/07/dunkin-donuts-the-last-remaining-restaurant-that-requires-cash/#comment-3176 [...] So, the kids and I got unbuckled and walked all the way across the parking lot to Giant. When we got there, there was a sign on the door that said “sorry, temporarily closed” (or something like that). I guess the customers that I had seen must have been in the store when the power went out. I figured it was probably good that we couldn’t go inside, because there’s a good chance the credit card reader wouldn’t have been working when I got to the checkout, so it was good to avoid that risk, since I had no cash on me (sorry, Clint, I did not take your advice about always carrying cash). [...] […] So, the kids and I got unbuckled and walked all the way across the parking lot to Giant. When we got there, there was a sign on the door that said “sorry, temporarily closed” (or something like that). I guess the customers that I had seen must have been in the store when the power went out. I figured it was probably good that we couldn’t go inside, because there’s a good chance the credit card reader wouldn’t have been working when I got to the checkout, so it was good to avoid that risk, since I had no cash on me (sorry, Clint, I did not take your advice about always carrying cash). […]

]]> By: ClintJCL http://www.spugbrap.com/blog/2006/07/dunkin-donuts-the-last-remaining-restaurant-that-requires-cash/#comment-91 ClintJCL Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:29:20 +0000 http://www.spugbrap.com/blog/2006/07/dunkin-donuts-the-last-remaining-restaurant-that-requires-cash/#comment-91 No offense, but it's insane to walk around with ZERO cash ($1 is functionaly equivalent to $0). What if your car breaks down? What if the towing company only takes cash? What if you get mugged? <br/><br/>Ever heard of mug money? You carry at least 20, because if someone mugs you and finds out they did it all for nothing, they'll beat the shit out of you -- so that they get SOMEthing out of it. It's a New York thing.<br/><br/>Anyway, the move towards a cashless society where everything is tracked is actually a very bad thing. So-called conspiracy theorists will tell you that the global elite want to move to one world currency, completely credit-based of course, with no real (gold) standard. <br/><br/>In times past, kings have made possession of gold illegal, in order to have a tighter control on the economy. After all, the treasury prints new money whenever it wants, devaluing all existing money everytime they do this. Cash is like gold. (Except american money is not on the gold standard. Thank you Nixon.)<br/><br/>Anyway, with respect to THAT, it's at least good that some places are still requiring cash. Cash should not go away. That would be very bad.<br/><br/>Just don't put $500 in your wallet and then drop it, like I did. That was really stupid. No offense, but it’s insane to walk around with ZERO cash ($1 is functionaly equivalent to $0). What if your car breaks down? What if the towing company only takes cash? What if you get mugged?

Ever heard of mug money? You carry at least 20, because if someone mugs you and finds out they did it all for nothing, they’ll beat the shit out of you — so that they get SOMEthing out of it. It’s a New York thing.

Anyway, the move towards a cashless society where everything is tracked is actually a very bad thing. So-called conspiracy theorists will tell you that the global elite want to move to one world currency, completely credit-based of course, with no real (gold) standard.

In times past, kings have made possession of gold illegal, in order to have a tighter control on the economy. After all, the treasury prints new money whenever it wants, devaluing all existing money everytime they do this. Cash is like gold. (Except american money is not on the gold standard. Thank you Nixon.)

Anyway, with respect to THAT, it’s at least good that some places are still requiring cash. Cash should not go away. That would be very bad.

Just don’t put $500 in your wallet and then drop it, like I did. That was really stupid.

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